Can you really get a Windows PC running like new again? Using this free tool from Microsoft, you can get pretty close.

Boosting internet speeds around your home is easy with Ethernet cables, and these tips will help you keep things neat.

Your router might be the real bottleneck, not your internet plan.

Actually, that's not true, I absolutely do. Uninformed people make a claim online; it gets repeated as received wisdom; Reddit references it; and ChatGPT and other large language models use those ...

Windows 11's new "internet speed test" tool sounds handy… until you click it. Turns out it's basically just a glorified ...

Windows 11's new internet speed test has left people longing for Windows 8 — that's how badly Microsoft has dropped the ball here.

The test itself is run via the Speedtest service from Ookla, with which Microsoft collaborates. In practice, the feature therefore functions as a shortcut to a web-based speed test, not a local tool ...

Microsoft's PC Manager promises to optimize your machine's performance at no cost. I tried it out to see if it's good enough to replace third-party tools. I've been testing PC and mobile software for ...