Windows 11’s “Restart now” button is a trap if updates are still installing, and...
Microsoft's Jen Gentleman and Aria Hanson say the Restart now button that appears mid-install is meant for people who want a ready update applied right away. But users have complained about it on Microsoft's own forum since 2020, and a .NET update finishing first is often what triggers it.
Windows 11’s Bing-free Search is showing up on more PCs, and it shows Bing...
I'm sure most of you have run into this at some point: you quickly press the Start button, start typing to find your app, and hit Enter, only to realize that...
Windows 11 still needs TPM 2.0, but Microsoft quietly changed who provides it on...
On 2026 AMD and Qualcomm silicon, Windows 11 gets TPM 2.0 from the chipmaker’s firmware TPM or a discrete chip, while Pluton stays for other security work. Existing Pluton PCs keep their TPM, but firmware TPM fixes depend on BIOS updates from your PC maker, as AMD’s August TPM flaws showed.
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H2 is now available for everyone, and it installs in...
Microsoft has confirmed version 26H2 is now available for everyone running versions 25H2 and 24H2, and next milestone is forced installation.
Tested: Windows 11’s new Outlook now beats Outlook Classic at one thing (unified inbox),...
Microsoft is rolling out All Accounts to the new Outlook for Windows, a unified inbox that combines Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Archive and Junk from every account while keeping mailboxes separate. I tried it on a Windows 365 Cloud PC, but cross-account search and shared mailbox support are still missing.
Everyone says disabling SysMain speeds up Windows 11, so I benchmarked it on two...
SysMain, formerly Superfetch, preloads your frequently used apps into spare RAM and prepares startup data for Fast Startup. I timed restarts, Word and Photoshop launches and RAM use on a 32GB PC and an 8GB laptop with it on and off, and explain when disabling it makes sense.
Windows 11’s new “better performance” toggle shows up, but your current PC will never...
Windows 11's recent preview builds include a new toggle called "Advanced Performance Extensions," aka "APX," and on supported hardware.
Deleting Prefetch to speed up Windows actually made PCs slower, and a Microsoft developer...
Deleting C:\Windows\Prefetch was a classic Windows XP speed-up trick, but Microsoft's Ryan Myers said it only dented performance while Windows rebuilt the files. Windows 11 still keeps up to 1,024 of them, so I timed Word, Photoshop and Notepad before and after clearing the folder.
Windows 11’s native WinUI isn’t being killed this time, Microsoft promises, but developers have...
Microsoft has clarified that it isn't killing WinUI and XAML after it began testing an experimental framework called Microsoft.UI.Reactor.
Windows 11’s Xbox mode needed a keyboard just to get back to the desktop,...
Microsoft is testing a refreshed Gaming Task View for Xbox mode on Windows 11 with Exit to Desktop and Power buttons, so you can shut down or restart using a controller. A new Battery Status widget also shows your PC and accessory charge on the Widgets board and lock screen. I tested both features.
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