As you're probably well aware, Windows doesn't have the elegant package management system that Linux users have enjoyed for decades. Microsoft's built-in package managers for Windows, Winget, solved ...

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Why it matters: Some Windows users often complain about preinstalled apps that are difficult to remove, resulting in cluttered interfaces, annoying notifications, and sometimes slower performance.

If you are not using a package manager on your Windows system to install applications and other software, you should. Period. End of story. Searching for, downloading, and installing applications ...

Installing a bunch of applications at once on Windows can be annoying. You need to find the installer packages, download them, then run them all, one after another ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While Windows comes with plenty of apps out of the box, the real fun ...

Provisioning packages can be applied to a device during initial setup (out-of-box experience or "OOBE") and after ("runtime"). > - You can interrupt a long-running provisioning process by pressing ESC ...

As of 2024, Windows now collects more data about you than ever before, and it’s a real point of concern for privacy enthuasists. It’s not just that the recently announced Recall feature is a privacy ...

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