Microsoft shipped its largest-ever security update on June 9, 2026, and the 2011 Secure Boot certificates inside Windows begin expiring in late June, which makes this the right month to stop ignoring ...

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In this Microsoft SQL Server and JDBC tutorial, you'll learn how to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server in Java using JDBC. The steps are relatively straightforward: Each database is different, so ...

Personal Data Servers are the persistent data stores of the Bluesky network. It houses a user's data, stores credentials, and if a user is kicked off the Bluesky network the Personal Data Server admin ...

PowerToys 0.99 adds new monitor and window-management tools for Windows users, plus updates to Command Palette, Keyboard Manager, ZoomIt, and Image Resizer. Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.99, ...

Windows 12 rumors are just that ... rumors. Even with rumors everywhere, the writing is on the wall. What could cause even more Windows users to migrate to Linux? Every so often, I have to ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft officially severed ties with Windows 10 earlier this month, leaving hundreds of millions of PCs around the world to decide whether to upgrade to ...

The web-based UI for managing all aspects of Windows Server, Windows Server Admin Center (WAC) sure has grown up a lot in the last seven years. If you're new to the concept, you can run WAC on a ...

One weakness of Valve’s Steam Deck gaming handheld and SteamOS is that, by default, they will only run Windows games from Steam that are supported by the platform’s Proton compatibility layer (plus ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Microsoft has released big updates for Windows Terminal and Terminal Preview. They add rewritten multi-window support, a new console architecture, fresh color themes, and more. Windows Terminal, the ...

Don’t limit yourself to your laptop’s small screen. Here’s how to wirelessly project your Windows 11 device to another PC with a larger monitor for a more comfortable computing experience. I've been ...