If your PC struggles to handle modern software, you'll fare much better with these lighterweight alternatives.

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...

Setting up a fresh Windows 11 PC is the perfect moment to lock in a core toolkit of free apps that handle everyday tasks better than the built-in defaults. I focus on a small set of utilities that ...

Even if you aren’t a huge techie, you probably know about all the big, mainstream apps that are fundamental to how we use our PCs. I’m talking Word, Outlook, Chrome, Slack, Dropbox, etc. You know, ...

For some of them you may have to subscribe to their premium version to get the feature to play music offline without connection to the internet. AIMP is a multimedia application that allows its users ...

To install MPV Player on Windows 11, download a portable build (Zhongfly or Shinchiro) from mpv.io, unzip it, and run the install batch file as admin. Configure it via mpv.conf. Windows 11 has a ...

Got yourself a new Windows PC powered by an Arm processor? Now it's time to get to work with your favorite apps! Windows PCs with an Arm processor (like the Snapdragon X) can run most apps just fine, ...

Windows 11 includes many apps, but some are better than others. Some apps receive top billing and will boost your everyday productivity. Other apps can be dumped, but delete tools with care. Every ...