Windows 11 comes with numerous applications by default that offer little added value for many users — but still take up memory, clutter the Start menu, and start additional background processes. This ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Hot on the heels of the NSA publishing a “high-risk of ...

Anyone running Windows with cloned or duplicated installations on the network may experience unwanted network behavior since the late August preview update or the security updates from the Microsoft ...

The System Preparation Tool, also known as Sysprep, is a utility used by system administrators and IT professionals in Microsoft Windows. Its main purpose is to prepare and configure Windows operating ...

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Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing 0x80073cf2 errors when using the System Preparation (Sysprep) tool after installing November Windows 10 updates. Admins use Sysprep to prepare Windows ...

Microsoft released a major update to the Canary and Dev channels this week with build 26052. The build adds Sudo, among several other things. It is also is the first official Windows 11 version 24H2 ...

Update April 05, 13:44 EDT: Microsoft has fixed this known issue in the optional March preview cumulative update. Microsoft says admins are seeing 0x80073cf2 errors when using the System Preparation ...

The error ‘Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation’ is often caused by the apps that you might have downloaded from the Windows Store or if you ...