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How to Find Your Windows PC's Serial Number

Open Command Prompt or PowerShell and enter "wmic bios get serialnumber" to find your PC's serial number. Windows and System ...

How to change your Windows 10 computer's name to make it more personalized and easier to find on your network

You can change your computer name on a Windows 10 PC to make it more recognizable on your network. Here's how to do it.

Windows 10 is officially retired. Here's how to protect your computer without upgrading

Microsoft will no longer be offering free security updates for Windows 10. If you're not ready to upgrade to Windows 11, here ...

How to find and change your computer's name on a PC or Mac

You can find your computer's name on a Windows PC by opening the "About" menu, and on a Mac with the "Sharing" menu.

Your Windows 11 PC has an emergency shutdown feature - here's where to find it

To access Emergency Restart, press the CTRL + ALT + DEL keys on your Windows PC -- a pretty normal action. However, this time, hold down the CTRL key and click the power button in the bottom-right ...

Microsoft said my PC was 'too old' to run Windows 11 - how I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 earlier this month. Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check. It's possible to bypass this and install Windows 11 in 10 easy ...