Category: Windows Latest

Microsoft just made Windows 11’s Photo Viewer less annoying, and it’s noticeably faster

Windows 11’s built-in photo viewer, ‘Microsoft Photos,’ is getting a big update with a cleaner look that drops Copilot-related features[...]

Microsoft keeps breaking Windows 11’s most basic features, now trashing wallpapers after cursors

Microsoft has confirmed what we reported a week ago. A bug in Windows 11’s latest update can reset the desktop[...]

Windows 11 will start telling apps your age, but Microsoft says it won’t share your birthday

Microsoft is overhauling how Windows 11 handles child safety and account privacy by moving age verification directly into the operating[...]

Windows 11: Microsoft explains who’ll get a broken cursor after installing new updates, no word on wallpaper bug yet

There are at least three issues affecting Windows 11, and Microsoft has acknowledged two so far. One is a bug[...]

Windows 11 users were right about the giant Start menu, and Microsoft now lets you shrink it using these steps

Windows 11’s Start menu has taken up close to 90% of the screen on plenty of PCs since last November,[...]

Microsoft is auto-enabling Memory Integrity on Windows 11 PCs from October. Why you shouldn’t turn it off

Microsoft will start switching on memory integrity by default for eligible Windows 11 devices from October 2026, arriving through that[...]

Windows 95’s Start menu was invented by a chimpanzee-lab psychologist: ‘Even a rocket scientist couldn’t figure out Windows’

When someone on X posts a picture of their new 5K Dell UltraSharp monitor, worth more than $2000, you would[...]

“More interruptions than necessary,” Microsoft on Windows 11’s forced reboots for updates, rolls out a fix

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 will now bundle driver updates, .NET, and firmware updates together with the monthly security[...]

Microsoft extended Windows 10, but Nvidia just made the extension meaningless for gamers

Windows 10 is fully supported until October 2027 as part of Extended Security Updates (ESU), which makes sense given that[...]

Windows 95’s taskbar didn’t come from Steve Jobs’ NeXT Dock, and a former Microsoft VP explains what did

Former Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore says the Windows 95 taskbar didn’t come from Steve Jobs’ NeXT Dock. Instead, he mentions[...]