Can you still install windows without a microsoft account?

When Microsoft launched Windows 11 in October 2021, it assumed that within four years nearly every PC user would be running the new operating system. It therefore stuck to its original end-of-support

Q I have a 128GB Kingston USB memory stick. Before upgrading my PC from Windows 10 to 11, I copied some files to the stick to ensure they were safe during the process. I also encrypted them somehow, b

WINDOWS 10 & 11 Use the improved PowerToys dashboard The latest version of Microsoft’s PowerToys (0.93) introduces a vastly improved Settings dashboard. On the homepage, there’s now a ‘Quick access’ p

Lawrence Klein is doing what many Computeractive readers have told us they hoped someone would. He’s suing Microsoft for ending support for Windows 10, and wants judges to force the company to postpon

Microsoft’s video-editing tool Clipchamp stores temporary files from your video projects locally – ie, on your computer’s hard drive, not online. If you create particularly long videos these files can

The cheapest way to upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 is to use Microsoft’s Windows 11 Installation Assistant, which you can download for free from www.snipca.com/55926. However, if your computer doesn’t