By typing simple, text-based commands into Windows' PowerShell, you can quickly install apps directly from the Microsoft ...

Setting up a new Windows machine can be a nightmare. I've spent hours downloading and running installers on top of setting up Windows the right way. While there are ways to quickly remove bloatware ...

Microsoft says the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can now be installed on Windows 10, version 2004 or later using a single terminal command. "In the latest Windows Insider Preview builds, you can ...

Linux has spoiled me over the last 26 years concerning installing applications, as it has had a command-line package installation program (apt-get) since 1999. Apt-get made it incredibly easy to ...

You may assume the command line is only for system admins or developers; but for any power user, it's a great tool if you need to automate installs, clean up clutter ...

Windows Package Manager is a utility that lets you install Windows applications from a command prompt, much the way you can with most Linux distributions. Up until recently though, you could only ...

This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

Most users are familiar with Windows Defender (the antivirus tool built into Windows Security), which continuously monitors the system for suspicious software activity and also identifies and blocks ...