If a Windows upgrade has ever gone sideways on you, you know how vague and unhelpful the error messages can be. Here are my go-to troubleshooting tricks when that happens.

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Microsoft is rolling out significant updates to its core Windows 11 apps — Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad — with new features now being tested by Windows Insiders in the Dev and Canary Channels.

Performing repetitive tasks or running a series of commands might be essential to your computing routine, but it can take a lot of time. That’s where creating a Batch (.bat) file on Windows 11 comes ...

I can open various file URI links (underlined), at double-click, in their default app (ex, .pdf, .html), and can also open .png or .jpg when I set up the browser or another app to be its default app, ...

In November, Microsoft began testing an update that allowed users to rewrite or summarize text in Notepad using generative AI. Another preview update today takes it one step further, allowing you to ...

This year, if you receive an extension, the deadline to file will be pushed back to Oct. 15. Chris Gash for Money Tax Day is nearly here. Tuesday’s federal income tax deadline is approaching quickly, ...

What can you tell me about the IRS income tax filing requirements for retirees this tax season? My earned income stopped when I retired last March, so I’m wondering if I need to file a tax return this ...

As I’ve been working in earnest on retirement planning over the past several decades, I’ve realized a couple of key things. One is that retirement planning isn’t a math problem to solve. Nearly all of ...