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Optimize your OS with the latest Windows 11 performance tweaks, security updates, and news on Microsoft’s AI-driven Copilot pivot.
… Finally, Microsoft is also making it easier to move between different testing channels or stop participating in Windows Insider builds altogether without having to reinstall Windows 11. “We’re making some behind-the-scenes changes to enable Insider builds to use an in-place upgrade IPU to hop betwe…
… Scott Hanselman, vice president of technical staff for CoreAI, GitHub, and Windows, defended Microsoft’s speed boost changes to Windows 11 over the weekend, pointing out in a post on X that “your smartphone already does this” and that Microsoft isn’t cheating by boosting CPU clocks temporarily. …
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 test will allow you to reposition the taskbar and change the size of the Start menu. The update, which is rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Experimental channel, lets you place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or right side of the screen. …
Microsoft is testing its much-needed refresh for the Windows 11 Run menu, offering a modern interface that the company says is faster and comes with support for dark mode. The redesign is rolling out now to Windows 11 Insiders in the new Experimental Channel. …
… Hopefully it will make widgets in Windows a more useful part of the operating system, instead of something that many users have avoided. The changes are part of Microsoft’s ongoing effort to improve Windows 11. …
… Last month, Microsoft announced a slew of upcoming changes to improve Windows 11 and address some of users’ most common complaints about the platform. …
… Microsoft is also said to be upgrading the haptics system on its upcoming Surface models, coinciding with some recent changes to Windows 11. “Users will be able to feel haptic feedback effects on compatible input devices while performing certain actions, such as aligning objects in PowerPoint, wind… …
… This new option will appear next week when users right-click the “Dynamic Action Button.” This change to Office apps comes just a month after Microsoft also started removing “unnecessary” Copilot buttons from various Windows 11 apps. …
… But the type of malware that Hagenah describes could sit in the background on a PC and take screenshots anyway, with or without Windows Recall. Microsoft doesn’t think there’s a vulnerability here because this is simply how Windows works. …
… The MacBook Neo looks like it will have a positive impact on Windows itself, with Microsoft unveiling big changes to Windows 11 just days after Apple’s MacBook Neo announcement.