Category: Windows Latest

“Sort of a feature,” Microsoft on why Ctrl+C fails on Windows 11 due to a design choice

Pressing Ctrl+C once and having it fail to copy anything isn’t a bug you imagined. Microsoft’s clipboard history service listens[...]

Microsoft now pays you if you invite your friends to use Edge browser on mobile

If you invite enough friends to Microsoft Edge, you can easily buy yourself Xbox Game Pass or a gift card[...]

Windows 11 is modernizing a mouse indicator that hasn’t changed since the Windows XP

In the 90s, if you couldn’t find the cursor on Windows, you’d rely on the trailing feature and move your[...]

Microsoft built a Classic Outlook “skin” for New Outlook to win over users who won’t switch

Microsoft says it will let users apply an Outlook Classic-like interface to New Outlook using built-in themes, hoping that making[...]

Microsoft explains why Pinball vanished from Windows: “We couldn’t afford to spend days studying the code”

Windows XP was the last version of Windows to ship with 3D Pinball, the space-themed game that had lived inside[...]

Microsoft built a dedicated app that forces Bing everywhere on Windows 11, including Chrome, Firefox, and Brave

Microsoft has apparently found the free time to build a standalone app whose only job is switching your default search[...]

Windows 11 will let you decide how much memory goes to graphics and AI on PCs with unified memory, and it’s a big deal for gaming

Windows 11 is getting an option to change how much unified memory is set aside for graphics and AI work,[...]

Windows 11 26H2 will auto-enable Point-in-Time Restore by default, how to check yours

Bad past incidents can lead to good outcomes, and one of the best examples is the new recovery tools in[...]

Microsoft quietly hides the new OneDrive app it force-installed on Windows 11, but it’s still on your PC

You’ll no longer find “OneDrive Photos” in the Start menu apps list or in Windows Search results, as Microsoft appears[...]

Tested: Windows 11 has fully removed the legacy tool abused by cybercriminals for malware and ransomware, called WMIC

Windows 11 has a command-line tool called Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC), which is mostly used by enterprises, but it’s[...]