You probably already know that good password practices are an important way to protect access to your accounts. Of course, the other side of the coin is that the best ...

Sometimes after installing a Windows Update, a Feature Update – or randomly – you find that you are unable to login to your Windows 11/10 computer. This is a common occurrence that might have happened ...

With an Intel RealSense 3D camera, you can use Windows Hello sign in with your face instead of your password. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services.

Users can use hardware security keys, manufactured by Swedish company Yubico to log into a Local account on Windows 11/10. The company recently released the first stable version of the Yubico Login ...

Windows 10: The new version of Windows curiously doesn’t allow you to change the image that displays behind on the login screen when you first start your computer. This tiny utility, aptly called ...

Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is Windows, but she also covers everything from mobile tech to video games to DIY hardware projects. She likes to press buttons and ...

How to disable the blur effect on the Windows 10 login screen Your email has been sent The blur effect on the Windows 10 login screen is new with version 1903, and it ...

If you are the only one using your computer, you can easily skip the password required each time you start Windows 7/8.1/10 by deactivating it. Here is how to get ...

If you are the only one using your computer, you can easily skip the password required each time you start Windows 10 by deactivating it. Here is how to get started. The previous step only works when ...

We’re just weeks away from the Anniversary Update for Windows 10, which includes all kinds of new features. But along with all the big stuff like better inking and a beefed up Cortana, there are also ...

Microsoft recently added a passwordless sign-in option to Microsoft accounts for consumer-level Windows users, including anyone using Windows 10 Home edition and, soon, Windows 11 home edition. Prior ...