Are you running the most up to date version of Windows? Did your PC update to the big Windows 11 24H2 upgrade yet, or do you still need to grab all the fresh new goodies? Knowing which version of ...

Microsoft's latest Canary Channel build for Windows 11 Insiders brings forward a number of features that were previously in ...

How can you tell whether you're running the most recent update to Windows 10? The answer is just a few clicks away, once you know how to find and decode detailed version information. Start by typing ...

The next major release of Windows isn’t due until the end of the year, but it looks like Microsoft is getting an early start. New Windows Insider builds released to the Canary and Dev channels both ...

IDG Checking for new updates in Windows 11. (Click any image in this story to enlarge it.) All updates are not created equal In Microsoft-speak, there are updates and then there are updates, like ...

Interrogating the software itself seems to show that the next version of Microsoft's key software will get a new seasonal reference. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Windows 11/10 is getting updated every now and done, and keeping a track of all the Windows Updates can be difficult. If you are looking for ways to look up the Windows Updates for your Windows 11/10 ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

There are times when it is important to determine what version of Microsoft Defender is currently installed in Windows 10 so you can diagnose a problem or determine if you have the latest version ...