Learn where Downloads, Drive, Android, and Linux files actually live, plus the shortcuts that make the Files app much faster.

Toggle the Real-time protection switch off. You may receive a User Account Control (UAC) prompt asking if you want to allow the change to occur. Select Yes. When you're ready to turn system protection ...

Over on the iPhone, file management duties are handled by the Files app developed by Apple. There are three main tabs here to ...

You kind of have to sympathize with some of these so-called AI agents. They’re apologetic screw-ups that can’t get anything right, while their cruel human masters insist on making them carry out ...

Imagine you share a file with your colleague, but you don't want them to have access to it after a particular time. Previously, you had to reset the link to cut off that person's access—but a recent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Now the Windows-maker has issued another warning, flagging “the ...

Efficient hard drive management is essential for maintaining an organized and optimized computer system. Windows operating systems offer various tools to help users manage their data, and Diskpart is ...

WTF?! Microsoft released the final cumulative update for Windows 10 a few days ago, and some users are still deciding what to do next. The old operating system will likely continue working for years ...

Is a Recent Windows Update Responsible for SSD Failures? Microsoft Has an Answer Your email has been sent Some Windows 11 users are blaming a recent patch for causing data corruption and hardware ...

Microsoft has found no link between the August 2025 KB5063878 security update and customer reports of failure and data corruption issues affecting solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) ...

Correlation without causation was the caveat we applied last week to reports that the KB5063878 update for Windows 11 was nuking SSDs and HDDs. Now SSD controller maker Phison has reported back on an ...

Microsoft released Windows 11 version 24H2 security update KB5063878 on August 12, 2025. It notably fixed delays signing into new Windows 11 devices, caused by "certain preinstalled packages," but it ...