Windows 11’s new hidden setting opens every app maximized by default, rolling out to...
The new Open apps maximized setting under Settings > Accessibility > Visual effects skips the manual maximize click every time you open an app. It's especially useful on smaller laptop screens and Windows tablets, and here's exactly how to turn it on using ViVeTool.
Windows 11’s August update is breaking games, and Microsoft is investigating after a studio...
I told you that the Windows 11 August 2026 update could break certain games, reboot your PC out of nowhere, and cause other performance issues, including lower-than-usual frame rates. A gaming...
Microsoft is removing the Windows 11 feature that interrupted your drag and drop, it’s...
Microsoft is killing off the Windows 11 feature called "Drag tray" because it kept blocking your drag and drop.
Will Windows 11 remove the Windows 10-era right-click menu? Microsoft reveals what’s next
Microsoft reveals what happens to Windows 10's context menu that's tucked behind "Show more options" when Windows 11's new version rolls out.
Windows 11 is breaking Legacy Media Player features to push you to a modern...
Windows Media Player Legacy can no longer enable captions in Build 29648.1000, throwing an error that tells you to switch apps instead. The modern Media Player got real caption customization back in June, but it still opens slower, uses 3x more RAM idle, and can't play HEVC without a $0.99 purchase.
Windows 11 is getting a major privacy upgrade, blocks apps spying on your camera...
Windows 11 desktop apps used to share one master toggle for camera, microphone, and location access. Build 26340.9212 breaks that apart, giving Chrome, Steam, and every other Win32 app its own individual switch, plus a new permission prompt Windows Latest tested and confirmed firsthand.
Microsoft says it made Windows 11 worse than Windows 10 for right-click menus, promises...
In 2021, Microsoft said Windows 11's context menu would fix Windows 10's clutter. Five years later, it admits the replacement became cluttered and sluggish too. The new redesign in Build 26340.9212 lets you toggle every action, extension, and layout choice yourself, and Windows Latest tested it.
Microsoft just rebuilt one of Windows 11’s oldest tools in modern UI, rollout starts...
Windows Latest tested the redesigned Print Management app running in Windows 11's Release Preview channel. It keeps every administrative control from the old MMC console, printer queues, drivers, ports, and servers, while looking and behaving like a proper Windows 11 app for the first time.
Windows 11 is fully removing a legacy tool that malware and ransomware have abused...
Microsoft is cleaning up Windows 11 and removing multiple legacy features, starting with WMIC, in hopes that it makes the OS more secure.
Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical
Jon Seager, Canonical's VP of Engineering, says developers handed Windows laptops by employers are increasingly running Ubuntu through WSL for AI and machine learning work. Microsoft keeps improving WSL and shipped WSL Containers in 2026, turning Windows 11 into a genuine Linux development platform.
































