Microsoft explains how Shift + Restart once enabled a fast reboot in early Windows and why modern Windows no longer supports it.

Raymond Chen recently shared another interesting tidbit about the inner workings of Windows 95. The original 32-bit consumer operating system had a "secret" fast-restart feature, which ...

Back in the 1990s, my fellow PC chums and I thought we had stumbled across a magic trick with Windows 95, something that we ...

Over on The Old New Thing blog, developer Raymond Chen explains what's going on when you hold down Shift and choose to ...

Microsoft's default settings for Windows 11 are filled with tiny annoyances, including unnecessary taskbar icons and unwanted apps. Here's how to declutter your PC and maximize its security.