“Keep an eye on storage space, let updates install and always check for viruses.” For years, that was the best advice that you could give anyone that owned a Windows PC. It was always important to ...

I've recently replaced my old Windows 7 machine with a new Windows 10 machine. I'm using an older Canon MF 4150 for my printer / scanner needs. Windows immediately recognized the device and installed ...

Microsoft will add a new malware scanning option for consumers with the Windows 10 "anniversary update" release that's coming this summer. This option, called "limited periodic scanning," will be part ...

Windows 10 comes with a free built-in antivirus program called Windows Defender that offers real-time protection and the ability to performs scans of your computer. It also allows you to perform a ...

One question we see a lot of around these parts is how do you scan QR codes in Windows 10 Mobile? Back in the days of Windows Phone 8.1 you could just launch the camera and dive into Lenses for Bing ...

Photo Scan is a handy Windows 10 app for those times you need to pull text from images. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Say you ...

There could be times when Windows Defender or Windows Security Quick Scan might not be working on Windows 11 or Windows 10 computers. In such situations, you could follow these tips and tricks to ...

Windows Fax and Scan allows you to send and receive faxes from your computer via a connected fax modem or the fax server on your office network. The program also offers a scan facility for digitizing ...

This summer's Windows 10 update will add QR codes to the Blue Screen of Death. Smart idea or just more frustration? Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and ...

Microsoft has silently fixed the "items skipped during scan" Windows Defender bug that was causing some items to be excluded from scans if they were stored on a network device. The issue was fixed ...

In this article, we will show you how to scan for hardware changes in Windows 11/10. All the peripheral devices that we connect to our system require a dedicated ...

With Windows 10, you can no longer do a quick-and-dirty scan for updates from the GUI without triggering the detection and installation of those updates. The same holds true for Server 2016 or Server ...