When a new version of Windows 10 is released, Microsoft also releases new ISO disk images of the operating system to perform clean installs or create a bootable recovery environment. This article ...

An alternative to Flyby 11 from the same developer, Flyoobe is designed to install Windows 11 on any computer, supported or unsupported. Similar to the popular Rufus software, Flyoobe works by ...

Software giant restores a tool that allows Windows 7 to be more easily installed on older Netbooks. This time, though, it is under an open-source license. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried ...

We have already covered solutions for the CrowdStrike BSOD issue on Windows computers. Now that Microsoft has released an official recovery tool that you can download and use it to fix the CrowdStrike ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Microsoft has yanked a tool it touted as a way for netbook owners to install Windows 7 without a DVD drive after a prominent blogger accused the company of using open-source code without acknowledging ...

A very powerful internal testing tool was accidentally shared with the public by Microsoft, known as the StagingTool, which has the ability to unlock hidden features of preview builds of Windows 11.

Last week was a banner one for fans of the Windows Insider Program. Microsoft made a big “oops” by posting a direct download link to an internal tool for flipping a lot of the internal switches in ...