In the latest 'Building Windows 8' blog post, Microsoft details the challenges it has faced supporting both USB 3.0 and older USB devices in the upcoming OS. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

Windows 8, like its predecessors, makes USB drives accessible via Windows Explorer, or as its now known, File Explorer. The contents of a removable device, however, are typically only available in ...

Running Windows completely off of a USB flash drive is quite handy if you want to try a newer or older version of Windows without affecting your current system. The USB drive can also serve as a ...

If you’ve poked around PC World in recent weeks, you’ve learned how to download and install Windows 8 on a new hard-drive partition and how to install Windows 8 in a virtual machine. Today, let’s talk ...

Crapware is a fact of life for Windows PC buyers. Most of the time, it’s relatively harmless: limited anti-virus subscriptions you don’t want, WildTangent games and demoware you don’t need, and ...

In the past few years, we’ve seen a wave of new inexpensive Windows tablets and laptops, starting with the release of Windows 8. But as you may have found out the hard way, these lower-end tablets and ...