How-To Geek on MSN

Installing Linux is easier than Windows 11 now (here’s what changed)

Windows installer is slow, reboot-heavy, ad-filled and forces online accounts and privacy toggles. Linux installs fast, ...
PCMag UK

You're Using Windows 11 Wrong—Until You Learn These 31 Game-Changing Tricks

Unleash Windows 11's hidden features, maximize the power of its AI tools, and fine-tune your PC like a pro with these ...

Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying

Windows 10 wasn’t perfect; these examples of what it did right are cherry-picked. But part of the operating system’s ...
iTech Hacks

How to Enable Quick Machine Recovery to Fix Boot Problems on Windows 11

Stuck in a Windows 11 boot loop? Here's how to enable Quick Machine Recovery to automatically repair startup crashes ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Microsoft hides these 7 Windows 11 settings for a reason

Most Windows users have come to terms with the fact that Microsoft doesn't deserve praise for its implementation of the Settings app in Windows 11. I might be beating a dead horse saying this, but it ...
Shacknews

How to set up Secure Boot on Windows for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

The Activision Support page has a useful article filled with advice on how to do this. I also strongly recommend you check any relevant literature for your motherboard, especially when it comes to ...
Ars Technica

Installing Ubuntu 25.10 (ARM) on Surface Laptop 7 = Boot loop

I have a Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM. 1TB SSD). I really like the hardware, and I decided to try Ubuntu on it. Downloaded the ISO for the ARM version of 25.10. Put it on a ...
PC Gamer

'Systems that have a secure boot process, in reality, do not': Major backdoors have been discovered in Framework Linux machines and it might just be the tip of the iceberg

SSDs This neat Windows registry trick boosts NVMe SSD performance up to 80% but it's only officially available for enterprise users Linux 2025 might have been the year for Linux gaming, but there's ...