Windows 11 using most of your RAM? Microsoft says that’s a good thing, as...
After a restart with no apps installed, Windows 11 used 2.4GB on a 4GB VM and 3.7GB on a 16GB VM. Microsoft’s documentation explains why Windows keeps more pages in RAM when memory is abundant, what Available and Cached mean, and when high RAM usage turns into a problem. Compressed memory read 0MB on all three.
If you skipped Windows 11’s 2026 update over bugs, Microsoft has now fixed all...
Weeks after September's update broke File History, Remote Desktop and File Explorer, Microsoft's 25H2 status page tells users to move to 26H2. We break down every fix from KB5129195 to KB5127936, the USB audio bug Microsoft hasn't fixed, and why skipping 26H2 won't help.
Microsoft’s own video show how badly Windows 11 struggled on 8GB RAM PCs, and...
Microsoft has declared that you can "do more with 8GB ," and this time, these are not just words, as the changes are already available. If you use Windows 11 26H2...
Microsoft spent two years telling you to buy 16GB of RAM, now it says...
Windows boss Pavan Davuluri says 8GB is enough for everyday work, backed by new memory optimizations. We trace Microsoft's shifting RAM advice from Copilot+ PCs and 32GB gaming guides to today's $429 Lenovo deal at Walmart, and why a $949.99 Surface now gets 8GB where it once got 16GB.
Microsoft admits Windows 11 was moving your open apps to slower storage on 8GB...
Microsoft has shared the test conditions behind every 8GB RAM claim, from a 900MB cut in memory growth to Widgets loading on demand. We put them next to our own 26H2 test, where an 8GB laptop's RAM use after a restart fell from 5GB to 3.3GB, and explain how to get build 26300.9818.
Windows 11’s big redesign now covers even its ancient defrag tool, as Microsoft finally...
March Rogers confirmed on X that Optimize Drives is "on our list" after a user asked for WinUI 3 or a move into Settings. We explain what the decades-old tool still does for HDDs and SSDs, and where it fits in Microsoft's ongoing WinUI 3 and Control Panel cleanup in Windows 11.
Microsoft’s design boss fires back at Windows 11 critics over a missing Windows 10...
Baca explains why an unlock step could add friction and interfere with taskbar icons and the system tray, reveals Windows 10 saw a significant volume of accidental taskbar moves, and says nothing is beyond reconsideration, just as the movable taskbar itself returned in 2026.
Microsoft doesn’t care if you hate OneDrive, kills Windows 11’s best local way to...
Microsoft confirmed "PC-to-PC Migration is no longer available" just a year after launching it. We compare what the local Wi-Fi transfer tool moved (any folder, 118GB in Microsoft's own demo) with Windows Backup's five folders and 5GB of free OneDrive storage.
I uninstalled Windows 11’s worst app, the 2GB RAM-eating WhatsApp, and the website does...
A year after Meta killed the native app, WhatsApp's WebView2 wrapper still lags. I tested WhatsApp Web, the Edge-installed web app (579.6MB hiding behind a 2.5MB entry), Smart Connect streaming at 83.5MB and Telegram at 340.1MB, and asked why Meta can't build a native app.
Windows 10 had it, but Microsoft says it’s never coming back to Windows 11...
Windows 11 lets you move the taskbar from Settings, and Microsoft says that's intentional. We revisit Tali Roth's reflow explanation, the hidden Left/Top/Right/Bottom menu in testing, and why power users and Windows 10 holdouts deserve more weight than internal metrics give them.
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