Lance Whitney is a technology journalist with an IT background. He's written for TechRepublic, PCMag, Macworld, and Time, among others, He also teaches classes in AI, cybersecurity, and social media.

Windows 11 has gotten surprisingly good at steering me away from Control Panel. If I right-click This PC and choose Properties, I end up in Settings. If I open the old System page in Control Panel, ...

When you try to open "About your PC" a.k.a "System Properties" window, what is happening under the hood. For me it crashes. I suspected it might have been some of the services i disabled but no, it ...

System Restore can undo troublesome Windows system changes. Restore points preserve system files, settings, drivers, and apps. Create restore points before making major changes to Windows. System ...