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Windows and gaming

Getting a Windows PC to play, edit and talk to other devices.

6 guides, 2019–2020

Most pages here start with a Windows PC and something it will not do out of the box. Connecting a PS3 controller goes through the drivers and tools that let Windows 10 recognize the pad. Two guides cover emulators. One is about PS3 emulation for playing discs you own on a computer. The other, on iOS emulators, explains that most programs sold under that name are really simulators or app-testing services, and that Apple’s own simulator needs a Mac.

For video, a roundup of free editors that add no watermark sets out what each program will export without charge. Resetting a Steam password follows the recovery route Steam itself provides. A page on iMessage and Windows 10 sets out what a PC user could and could not do with Apple’s messaging service at the time.

2020

1 guide

How to reset or change your Steam password

Steam never needs your old password to let you back in. It needs access to the email address or the Steam Guard phone linked to the account, which is why those matter more than the password itself.

2019

5 guides

Can you use iMessage on Windows 10?

Apple has never released Messages for Windows, and nothing sold as an iMessage download for PC is the real thing. A few legitimate routes get close.

iPhone emulators for PC, and what they really are

Most programs sold as an iOS emulator for Windows are either developer tools that need a Mac somewhere in the chain, or skins that imitate the iPhone's look without running a single real iOS app.