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People still crave Windows Phone as its fan-made marketplace gets new features

…Now, almost nine years after Windows Phone 8.1's death, its unofficial marketplace just got an update. Related Your Windows Restart button is getting an update — now it does what you…

May 1, 2026 · Simon Batt

5 services I disabled to improve Windows performance

…For a single PC user with limited data, this feature wasn’t worth the trade-off in performance. To turn it off, go to Settings -> Windows Update -> Advanced Options and disable the…

Apr 3, 2026 · Claudiu Andone

I kept track of every Windows 11 update that broke something this year, and the list is getting long

…Related Nvidia confirms that the Windows 11 January update causes frame drops and artifacting There are even more problems with the Windows 11 January update. App sign-ins broke across Windows Microsoft…

Apr 20, 2026 · Ty Sherback

Microsoft wants to fix Windows Insider by making it "simpler and more transparent"

…On the other hand, the new Beta Channel offers previews of Windows updates slated to ship in a few weeks (Microsoft calls this a "refresh" of the previous Beta Channel). Gradual feature…

Apr 10, 2026 · Patrick O'Rourke

PowerToys keeps shipping features Windows should have had years ago, and the latest update proves it

Apr 3, 2026 · Abhishek Kumar Mishra

Microsoft just made Command Prompt worth using, and it's about time

…So is any of this actually new? Windows Terminal already has most of these features, plus more, which makes the update feel a bit redundant. Windows Terminal has tabs, panes, custom color…

Apr 7, 2026 · Korbin Brown

Stop letting Windows Update decide when to restart your PC

…Windows 11 may occasionally try to undo these changes after a major feature update, so it is worth checking the Task Scheduler every few months. First, we stop Windows from running updates…

Apr 5, 2026 · Chandraveer Mathur

Microsoft finally admits the Copilot key wasn't a great idea, and it'll let you change it back soon

…A future Windows 11 update will let you remap the Copilot key to Right Ctrl or Context Menu. Back when Microsoft was going all-in on Copilot, we saw an update to…

May 19, 2026 · Simon Batt

Microsoft finally agrees Windows 11 has problems, and K2 is its plan to fix them, claims report

…Related Windows 11 will finally let you move your taskbar, a Windows 10 feature that was taken away for no reason A Windows 95-era taskbar feature may soon come back to…

Apr 27, 2026 · Simon Batt

Windows finally fixed File Explorer's most annoying quirk, and it only took 20 years

…Explorer update that aims to quietly improve everything. Windows 11 Pro A USB installation drive and license key for Windows 11 Pro, with additional features like Hyper-V and Windows Sandbox support…

May 2, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

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