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Windows 11 might be the latest version of Windows, but if you still use Windows 10 and need to "clean install" the operating system, or install or upgrade to it for the first time on an older PC, ...

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Microsoft releases KB5072653 to fix Windows 10 KB5068781 install error 0x800f0922 and details prerequisites for the ESU prep ...

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Microsoft has confirmed it is investigating a bug causing the Windows 10 KB5068781 extended security update to fail to ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...