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Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider work restores the taskbar’s long-missing ability to sit on the right side of the screen while still supporting “Never combine” taskbar buttons and labels, a configuration newly highlighted in Paul Thurrott’s June 2, 2026 hands-on coverage. This is not merely...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview build 26300.8553, reported on June 3, 2026, includes a hidden Settings page for managing local AI components on Copilot+ PCs, showing model details and offering limited uninstall support for Phi Silica. The feature is not yet officially...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds in late May 2026 put long-requested Start menu and taskbar customization back into testing, including Start menu sizing, section toggles, profile hiding, smaller taskbar buttons, and the ability to move the taskbar to the top, left, right, or bottom...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 Start menu update in Insider Experimental builds as of May 29, 2026, adding controls to hide the user name and profile picture, resize Start, and toggle major sections such as Pinned, Recent, and All apps. The visible change is small enough to look like...

Microsoft is working through Windows 11’s older dialog boxes and rewriting them in WinUI 3, with the file copy dialog already completed internally and the common file dialog next on the list, according to remarks from Microsoft design executive March Rogers this week. That matters because...

Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 Search improvements in late May 2026, with optional update KB5089573 letting regular PCs find and prioritize files from as few as two characters, while Insider builds 26300.8553 and 26220.8544 add substring matching for compound file names. The short...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8553 to the Experimental Channel on May 29, 2026, adding a more modular Start menu that can hide or show individual sections, switch between small and large layouts, and remove the visible account name and profile image. The update is not...

Microsoft on May 22, 2026, released Windows 11 Insider Preview builds 26220.8491, 26300.8497, 28020.2149, and 29595.1000 across its Beta, Experimental, Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) channels, while continuing a staged migration to its redesigned Windows Insider Program...

Microsoft published fresh Windows 11 Insider ISO images in mid-May 2026 for its renamed preview channels, including Experimental Future Platforms build 29591.1000, Experimental build 26300.8493, and Beta build 26220.8474, giving testers a cleaner path to install, upgrade, or virtualize the...

Microsoft began testing new Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu customization controls on May 15, 2026, in Insider Experimental Build 26300.8493, including taskbar placement on any screen edge, a smaller taskbar option, and new Start menu toggles for visible sections. That sentence sounds almost...

Microsoft began testing new Windows 11 personalization controls on May 15, 2026, giving Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel options to resize the Start menu, hide major Start sections, adjust file recommendations, obscure account identity in Start, and move the taskbar to any screen...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 “Low Latency Profile” in Insider builds in May 2026 that briefly drives the CPU to maximum frequency during high-priority actions such as launching apps, opening Start, and invoking context menus. The pitch is simple: make the moments users notice most feel...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 “Low Latency Profile” that reportedly boosts CPU frequency for one to three seconds during app launches, Start menu opens, context-menu calls, and other high-priority interface actions in current Insider builds. The point is not to make Windows benchmark faster...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 “Low Latency Profile” that briefly pushes the CPU to maximum frequency for one to three seconds during high-priority actions such as opening apps, launching Start, showing flyouts, or invoking context menus in current Insider builds. The early numbers are...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 “Low Latency Profile” that briefly boosts CPU frequency during app launches, Start menu openings, flyouts, and other interactive actions, with Windows Central reporting the feature surfaced in Insider builds in early May 2026. The argument over whether that is...

When Microsoft says it is giving Windows users “more control” over updates, it is touching one of the oldest fault lines in the Windows ecosystem. The company’s latest Insider changes add a calendar-based pause system, make it possible to skip updates during first-run setup, and separate simple...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 “Low Latency Profile” that temporarily boosts CPU frequency for brief, high-priority interactions such as launching apps, opening Start, and invoking menus, with early reports claiming substantial responsiveness gains in Insider builds as part of its broader K2...

Microsoft is reportedly testing a Windows 11 “Low Latency Profile” in Insider builds that briefly drives a PC’s CPU to maximum frequency for roughly one to three seconds when users launch apps or trigger priority shell actions such as Start, menus, and system flyouts. The pitch is simple: make...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Experimental builds 28020.2075 and 29585.1000 on May 8, 2026, with build 29585.1000 adding new hardware IDs for the Microsoft Internet Protocol Print driver ahead of July’s planned printer driver ranking change. That single line item is more important than the usual...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 “Low Latency Profile” in Insider builds in May 2026 that briefly drives CPU frequency higher when users launch apps, open Start, or trigger key interface actions. The idea is simple enough to sound overdue: stop waiting for the scheduler to notice that the user...