Microsoft has shared details regarding system requirements for enrolling in the ESU program. Alongside that activation IDs have also been shared.

Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions. Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has waded into the argument over where Microsoft has gone wrong with Windows, ...

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Microsoft has confirmed that Windows updates released since August 29, 2025, are breaking authentication on systems sharing Security Identifiers. Windows uses unique alphanumeric strings known as ...

Microsoft is set to officially retire Windows 10 on Oct. 14, ending the operating system's security and feature updates. Though that's sad news for the hundreds of millions of Windows 10 users out ...

When we first published this recipe for a Ding Dong Cake, I was smitten. I have fond memories of eating the throwback treat when I was a kid (not often; I had to beg for one at the grocery store).

A judge in Virginia sent the so-called ding-dong-ditch shooting case to a grand jury Wednesday after new evidence was presented in court. Tyler Chase Butler is charged with second-degree murder for ...

Hundreds of readers have completed upgrades using ZDNET's help. In general, they report the upgrade is easy, with few issues. For those who had problems, there were typically simple fixes. Microsoft's ...

The father of a man charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old who friends say was playing a ding dong ditch prank to post on TikTok says he believes the victim was trying to break into his home ...

The Texas homeowner charged with gunning down an 11-year-old boy over a “ding-dong ditch” prank is now charged with capital murder as new details emerged that he was lying in wait for the victim.

A deadly shooting that claimed the life of an 11-year-old boy over the weekend started out as seemingly harmless fun between two young cousins who got bored at a family birthday party. The night of ...

Photo shows 11-year-old Julián Guzman who was fatally shot while playing a doorbell ditch prank, according to Houston Police. - Daniel Guzman A Houston man is accused of killing an 11-year-old boy ...