If you're ready to replace your old PC and hand it down to a friend or family member, you'll need to wipe your data and reset it. Follow these instructions to make sure you do it the right way.

Every day tasks needed to be easier in Windows. For years, Microsoft virtually abdicated responsibility for resetting PCs. If you wanted a to delete all of your programs because your computer was ...

There are two main reasons why you might want to reset Windows 10 and remove everything. One is if a program or setting really screwed up your PC—like that never happens—and you just need to start ...

Resetting your Windows PC back to its factory settings may help alleviate many problems, including slow performance, software bugs, or malware issues. However, doing so involves wiping away all ...

Sometimes, you need to reset your Windows PC. There are a ton of reasons for it — maybe something isn’t working properly, so you want to reset and try to fix it. Or perhaps you need to return a work ...

Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he ...

Give your PC that fresh install feel by cleaning out all of the junk, and giving it a factory reset. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog ...

Just like with previous versions, once you've had your Windows 8 computer for a while, chances are it will become unstable or not be as sprightly as it once was. That's when a little clean up might be ...

The easiest way to reset a forgotten Windows password is to use a previously created password-reset disk. You can create such a disk (on USB removable media or a ...