A Reddit user has detailed a distressing experience in which the BitLocker encryption feature locked access to over 3 terabytes of personal data following a fresh installation of Windows 11, a ...

A Reddit user ended up losing 3TB of games and backups after reinstalling Windows 11 because the operating system was lagging. Turns out, the BitLocker security was enabled by default after Microsoft ...

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To give its users more time to upgrade their software and hardware to Windows 11, Microsoft has promised to continue supporting Windows 10 with one more year of security updates. Anyone with Windows ...

Microsoft has confirmed that this month's security updates disable USB mice and keyboards in the Windows Recovery Environment ...

X is warning that users must re-enroll their security keys or passkeys for two-factor authentication (2FA) before November 10 ...

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This month’s release from Microsoft includes 175 updates — and four zero-day flaws that should be patched ASAP.

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