Ready to clean house now that it's 2026? Here's how to get rid of all those old electronics cluttering your home.

Windows 11 has a built-in report that provides insight into your laptop's battery status, including whether a replacement is actually needed.

One final thing to keep in mind is that your very first deep clean can take up to two hours, depending on how much history your system has accumulated. If the progress bar feels slow, that is normal.

You can pay for third-party PC optimization software to make your computer run more smoothly, but Microsoft PC Manager does ...