If you try to open the Windows Registry Editor, it will ask for administrator privilege to open. Click Yes to the UAC prompt can get irritating if you use regedit frequently. There is a solution now ...

A lot of software comes out for Mac and Windows these days, but there are always a few games or apps that don't make it OS X. Thankfully, you can easily port many Windows programs to OS X with a free ...

Most of us keep complaining about how sluggish Windows 11/10 is when it comes to starting up but fail to realize that it’s under our control to speed up the process. Often the bootup process is ...

Thanks to the huge collection of apps from Apple’s App Store an iPad can do most of what average computer users want to do. But sometimes there’s a special Windows PC program that does something not ...

Some Android users own Macs and wish they could run a special piece of OSX software on their Android tablet or smartphone. The solution: the newly updated Parallels Access, which formerly only ran on ...

Actually, some software can indeed run from a USB drive (a.k.a. flash drive). And that’s mighty handy, as it allows you to carry your favorite programs in your pocket and use them just by plugging the ...

Now go to programs, and click on run programs which were compatible with previous version of Windows. * Now follow the instructions given by trouble shooter. This would let you install a program, ...

To run an old app or game on Windows 11, use your operating system's built-in compatibility mode. To use compatibility mode, right-click your app or game, click "Properties," open the "Compatibility" ...

Access to Windows software on a Chromebook is tricky but not impossible. Here are your options and how to use them. Joshua Goldman Managing Editor / Advice Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop ...

Connectix, a company that got its start selling software that lets PCs run video games written for gaming consoles, has expanded into a new market. On Monday, the San Mateo, Calif., company released ...

Sure, with powerful enough hardware you could run your Windows applications on Linux inside a virtual machine (VM) such as Oracle's VirtualBox. The problem with these is that they don't run well on ...