Take these preemptive steps to protect your data and make your laptop more recoverable in case it's ever lost or stolen.

4. Turn on Windows Hello authentication Sure, you already protect and authenticate your Windows PC with a password and likely a PIN. But a person who somehow learns your password or PIN can gain ...

Modern Windows PCs often include some kind of biometric hardware, mainly in the form of facial recognition (using infrared cameras) or fingerprint scanning. Both of these features let you use Windows ...