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Windows 11’s October preview (KB5067036) is shipping attractive UI changes — a redesigned Start menu, colorful battery icons and fixes for Update & Shut Down — but an emerging, strange regression is putting one of the OS’s core utilities under a microscope: multiple reports show Task Manager’s...

I use the Clock App for things like meeting I need to go to, laundry ready (I live in a flat with a shared laundry room two floors below me) and when to take my meds. (I'm older than most of you ...) A recent (yesterday?) update to the app seems to have stopped it working. I realised the time...

Here's a summary of Microsoft's recent blunder involving the Windows 11 Dev Channel build 26200.5651: What happened? In the Dev Channel preview build released around June 16, 2025, Microsoft accidentally replaced Windows 11's startup sound with the iconic chime from Windows Vista. This was not...

Microsoft's latest Windows 11 update is generating as much amusement as irritation among users—especially those wary of AI’s ever-growing influence on the operating system. The update in question, KB5053598, was originally intended to deliver several security improvements and internal...

The past week has thrown a wrench into what is normally a finely tuned email machine, as Microsoft Exchange Online users around the globe experienced delays, failures, and bewildering error messages. The mishap—tracked under EX1027675 in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center—saw emails either bogged...

Imagine opening your Windows 11 weather widget expecting to find the forecast for the week, but instead, you're greeted with a reading so astronomically high that it promises to melt not just snow, but every last molecule of the Earth's surface! Well, that was the surreal "scorching" reality for...

Microsoft recently announced a new bug related to the emoji panel for users running Windows 11 build 26120.1350. This build was released on August 9, 2024, to the Dev Channel as part of Microsoft's ongoing testing and development efforts for Windows 11. While this release brought several...

(Newcomer to this forum) Basically, trying to ‘save to a target folder’ or ‘open from a target folder’ goes to the Desktop folder instead of the target folder. Examples: Enter a file name in desktop search bar. List of possible files, desired file is in a target folder within another folder...

Sometimes the Forgotten Password Wizard will not open from the link in Control Panel/User Accounts/Create a Password Reset Disk or through Windows Search. Sometimes it will open in the background and is visible using Win+Tab. But you cannot bring it to the desktop. If this happens, close it with...

Does anyone know how Windows chooses which recent folders to display in the File Explorer's Quick Access menu? My software continuously displays slightly older folders, not the most recent ones. It randomly will add a new one however. I've tried opening folder several times in a row and it...

I have attached a link to my problem, my problem only occurs in the start menu, notifications tab and settings, I am not pressing any keys in this recording. any help is appreciated Link Removed

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Hi All, I have the latest build in W11 fully up to date. However when I change the windows theme to 'light' the date/time and sound/network in the task bar when I hover over just turns to white boxes and when I search for something windows + S I can't see the text I am typing and lastly not all...

Hello, I have a problem with file explorer on Windows 8.1. For example, I have about 1000 files and I would like to review the views (list) of files from the middle of the folder (e.g. files marked with numbers 500, 600, etc.). Until now, everything worked normally, but today after scrolling the...

On Windows 10, version: 10.0.18362, I have a Windows service application. In the service process, when I use the following code to display a user interactive message box: //Start Impersonate Loggon User MessageBox(IntPtr.Zero, message, caption, MB_DEFAULT_DESKTOP_ONLY | MB_YESNO |...

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So I turned off my PC overnight, when I woke up today instead of welcoming me in, my screen also said: Prepairing your desktop. Next thing I know my entire desktop files and folders were deleted and my background is black (happens everytime I turn on my PC now). I still have all of my files, but...

Anyone else had this problem?

Running Windows 10 and Google Chrome. Hi Today I had a strange issue start in Google Chrome, whenever I type a search into the address bar, it takes me to a website for, ECS Tuning.com a automobile parts supplier. I ran a search and did not find anyone else reporting this issue. I ran...

I shared two drives on my PC so I could play my media on my Raspberry Pi KODI box and one drive opens an Explorer window every 20 minutes on my PC. One drive I shared was F: which is a partition on an internal SATA drive, it never opens a window. The other was J: an external USB drive. The...