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Windows 11 KB5120998 movable taskbar

Windows 11 KB5120998 out with major new features, direct download links for offline installer...

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Windows 11 KB5120998 is now available, and it's one of the biggest updates of the year, particularly if you care about the Taskbar, Start menu, and Search more than anything else. You can install...
A Microsoft engineer debunked Windows God Mode in 2010, but the myth still won't die

“God Mode? Hardly.” Microsoft debunks Windows 11’s God Mode, but the trick still works

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God Mode, the folder trick that supposedly unlocks a hidden Windows settings panel, was debunked by Microsoft engineer Brandon Paddock back in 2010. Fifteen years later, guides published this year still call it a secret feature, proof a good myth outlives even a clear explanation from the person who found it.
Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows

“Now includes TETRIS for Windows!” The story behind Microsoft’s 1990s last-minute sticker gamble

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Why Microsoft's 1990s Entertainment Pack shipped with a "Now includes TETRIS" sticker, and I'd love if Windows 11 has these fun products.
10 unannounced Think-branded Lenovo devices leak ahead of Lenovo Innovation World 2026

Exclusive: 10 unannounced Think-branded Lenovo products coming soon (plus a bonus concept)

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Windows Latest has exclusive images of 10 unannounced Think-branded Lenovo products, including new ThinkCentre desktops, ThinkVision monitors, and ThinkBook laptops, all set to launch at Lenovo Innovation World 2026, plus a bonus rollable ThinkBook concept called Project Swan.

Is Control Panel dying in Windows 11? Microsoft’s biggest UI revamp says not yet

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What happens to Control Panel on Windows 11? Right now, we're not seeing any signs of its removal, and it may not happen anytime soon.
Microsoft 365 Copilot AI

Microsoft’s latest AI rebrand beats its own history of terrible rebrands, renaming Microsoft 365...

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If you use Microsoft 365 and want to know what’s coming next, what would you search for on Google/Bing? Microsoft 365 Roadmap, right? Wrong. Microsoft now wants you to search for "AI at Work...

Windows on Arm just did what Windows RT couldn’t: run 7,000 apps and play...

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Microsoft is touting a major Windows on Arm milestone ahead of Nvidia's RTX Spark launch this fall, with over 7,000 verified apps and 85% of Xbox Game Pass now compatible. But is this solving a real problem or just fixing outdated perception? Here's what the numbers actually show.
Link to Windows may soon let your phone shut down or restart your PC remotely.

Forgot to shut down your Windows 11 PC? Your phone will soon do it...

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Windows Latest dug through the Link to Windows Android app and found unused strings for remote shutdown, restart, and sleep controls, complete with warnings about unsaved work and pending updates. None of it is live yet, but the strings are detailed enough to suggest the feature is close to shipping.
Windows XP CD Pirated

Windows XP’s most famous pirated key wasn’t a hack, and a Microsoft engineer explains...

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If you used a PC in the early 2000s, this image of a CD with FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 written with a marker needs no explanation.
Windows 11 Alt Window Multitasking

Windows 11 just got a new trick for multitasking, and it’s handy if you’ve...

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There's a new feature for Windows 11 (and Windows 10) if you use PowerToys, and it's called "Window Hopper."
Microsoft Settings app asking to make Bing as search engine

“It’s optional,” Microsoft on Windows 11 tool forcing Bing in Chrome, Firefox, and Brave.

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Microsoft has responded to backlash over its app that switches Chrome, Firefox, and Brave to Bing search. The company told Windows Latest the tool isn't distributed through Windows or Edge, requires consent before changing defaults, and settings can be reverted anytime you choose.
Microsoft's first smartphone, the Orange SPV, launched five years before the iPhone

Before the iPhone, Microsoft had already built the smartphone, running a Windows you probably...

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Long before the iPhone, Microsoft and Orange launched the SPV in 2002, a Windows-powered smartphone with email, calendar, and Exchange integration years ahead of its time. From Windows CE's early handhelds to the Pocket PC era, here's how Microsoft's mobile head start slipped away.
Windows 95 launch

“It was fun,” Microsoft on why Windows 95 had music, cartoons, and games

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Windows 95 turns 31 today, and Raymond Chen explains why its CD shipped with a Weezer video, cartoons, and games nobody asked for. Because it was fun. That instinct built one of the best-selling operating systems ever, and it is the same instinct Windows 11 has quietly lost somewhere along the way.
Satya Nadella and Copilot

Microsoft CEO warns AI dependency can mean “outsourcing your thinking,” and it should worry...

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Satya Nadella says a firm will not exist if it does not have control over the knowledge or data, as models have "outsourced your thinking."

Microsoft needs to act, as drivers are trashing Windows 11 more than anything else,...

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Microsoft and acknowledged that its recent Windows update broke compatibility with a driver, which eventually caused the game crashes.