Windows 11’s modernization broke a 26-year-old scroll trick that even Electron apps still have,...
Electron, Win32 and WPF all honour the Shift+click scrollbar shortcut, but WinUI has neither it nor the Scroll Here menu, even in Windows 11's Notepad. A GitHub bug is open, as Microsoft keeps patching WinUI's missing basics in 2026. Here is what else WinUI got this year.
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H2 is crashing some games and apps, promises to fix...
It’s October 2026, and Microsoft is still finding bugs in Windows 11’s September updates, and it's affecting version 26H2.
Tested: Microsoft cloned Outlook Classic’s look into a New Outlook theme, instead of building...
Microsoft has just cloned Outlook Classic's look and turned it into a theme for New Outlook, in the hope that holdouts will finally switch.
Windows 11’s WinUI just got basic features and less RAM hogging, after years of...
Microsoft is aware of the “framework gap” that pushes developers to the web or other frameworks, and it just made WinUI better.
I turned Windows 11’s useless Copilot key into a screenshot button, here’s how
Your Copilot key can do far more than open Copilot. Windows 11's Keyboard settings now turn it back into Right Ctrl or the Context Menu key, while PowerToys Keyboard Manager can map it to screenshots, clipboard history, Everything search, mic mute, the emoji picker, or a push-to-talk key for gaming.
Microsoft is killing a decades-old Windows Media Player feature in November, and points users...
Skins arrived with Windows Media Player 7 in 2000, when Microsoft even shipped a tool to import Winamp skins. Meanwhile, the modern Media Player uses about 377MB of RAM while idle, against 103.4MB for Legacy, and still wants $0.99 before it plays HEVC videos.
Microsoft’s then-CEO called Linux a cancer, and now Windows 11 ships Linux containers with...
Microsoft's wslc runs Linux containers through per-user sessions, virtiofs and a new Consommé networking model. Craig Loewen confirmed wslc compose is coming, --privileged is next, and WSL Containers is supported in production on Windows Server.
Windows 11 setup now offers to install TikTok and Netflix on your new PC
Assisted Setup opens Get Started after OOBE to install apps, pin regional websites like BBC and eBay UK to the taskbar, and nudge you toward Windows Update. We tested it on a UK PC, along with the new Tips widget that brings Microsoft's retired Tips app back as a lock screen and Widgets board card.
How to download and install Windows 11 26H2, now available for everyone
Windows 11 26H2 reaches 24H2 and 25H2 PCs as a quick enablement package, and our test PC landed on Build 26300.9550. Here is when to use the Installation Assistant, how to upgrade from an ISO without losing files, and what Rufus can and cannot bypass.
Download Windows 11 26H2 ISO (offline installer) directly from Microsoft
Windows 11 26H2 reaches 24H2 and 25H2 PCs as a 174KB enablement package, but the ISO is a full installer. We explain the Media Creation Tool, clean installs, SHA-256 checks, and why the movable taskbar and resizable Start menu are not 26H2 exclusives.
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