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I still install these 4 free apps on every Windows PC

These free apps filled major gaps in Windows, replaced frustrating built-in tools, and became essential to millions of PC ...
Forbes

Microsoft’s Free New Windows Upgrade: How It Works And How To Get It

Microsoft stops supporting Windows 10 in just over 100 days on Oct.14, 2025. But on June 25, the company introduced the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, which will mean users will supported ...
How-To Geek on MSN

These 5 free open-source apps fix everything Windows 11 got wrong

The open-source community is making up for Microsoft's shortcomings.
Forbes

How To Get Windows 11 For Free Before Windows 10 Support Ends

Update, Jan. 27, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 26, has been updated to expand upon the security dangers ahead for Windows 10 users who don’t take the free upgrade to Windows 11 on offer ...

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Is Practically Free at 95% Off for a Last-Minute Back-to-School Upgrade

The Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Key gives you lifetime access to Windows 11 Professional, and it comes as an activation code ...
PC World

This free ‘Windows 11 on any PC’ app can now remove AI features

One of the hottest apps for Windows users right now is Flyoobe, a free tool that can be used—among other things—to install Windows 11 on computers that don’t ...
ZDNet

I tried this free Windows cleanup tool to see if it'd speed up my PC - and it worked

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
ZDNet

It's official: No more free Windows 10 upgrades

For more than seven years, it's been one of the worst-kept secrets in personal computing. Officially, Microsoft's free upgrade offer ended in 2016, but no one in Redmond bothered to reset the ...