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Microsoft has started rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7859 (KB5077223) to the Beta Channel, delivering a small but focused set of reliability fixes and a single new account-related suggestion that will be gradually enabled for Insiders who opt in to receive the fastest preview...

Microsoft has shipped a pair of new Windows 11 Insider pre-release updates today — a Release Preview channel cumulative (KB5077241) that covers both 24H2 and 25H2 builds, and a Beta channel enablement package (KB5077223) for 25H2 — and the notes reveal a mix of small but practical polish...

Microsoft appears to be rolling back one of Windows 11’s most controversial design choices: sources say the OS will soon let you move and resize the taskbar again, restoring the long‑lost ability to dock it to the left, right, or top of the screen and to change its thickness. Background Windows...

GovCIO’s Kearneysville hiring blitz for a Journeyman Windows System Administrator puts a familiar, high‑stakes mix of legacy Windows operations, enterprise virtualization, and DoD‑grade security squarely in the spotlight — a hybrid role that demands hands‑on Windows Server and VMware experience...

Microsoft appears to be quietly reversing one of the most controversial user‑facing choices of the Windows 11 era: insiders and multiple Windows‑focused outlets report that the company is prototyping the ability to move and resize the taskbar — including restoring left/right (vertical)...

Microsoft’s early‑2026 Insider previews are shaping into a practical, mostly incremental refresh for Windows 11 — one that emphasizes device polish, enterprise manageability, and selective AI accessibility rather than sweeping UI overhauls or headline-grabbing features. Background Microsoft has...

Microsoft appears to be quietly reversing one of Windows 11’s most controversial design decisions: multiple Windows‑focused outlets report that Microsoft is prototyping a movable and resizable taskbar — restoring the ability to dock the taskbar to the top, left, or right of the screen and to...

Microsoft has quietly folded a longtime defender's toolkit into the core of Windows 11: Sysmon (System Monitor) is now available as a built‑in, optional Windows feature in Insider Preview builds, and Build 28020.1611 (KB5077221) also brings a small but practical OneDrive sharing polish and a...

Microsoft appears to be listening: after years of user complaints, Windows 11 is reportedly being prototyped to allow the long-missed ability to move and resize the Taskbar — a change that, if it ships, would restore one of Windows’ most basic customization freedoms and address a top request in...

Microsoft’s plans to restore the long‑missing ability to move and resize the Windows 11 Taskbar mark a rare public course‑correction: after five years of a locked, bottom‑anchored Taskbar, engineering work is reportedly underway to give users back the placement and sizing controls they once took...

Windows 11’s Canary build 28020.1611 folds two practical features into the OS: Sysmon as an inbox optional feature and a smoother OneDrive file-sharing flow, plus a small but welcome fix to the desktop watermark. The changes arrive as a controlled rollout to Insiders and signal a deliberate push...

Microsoft’s Canary channel just received another terse but consequential preview: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1611 lands with a small set of visible fixes and a major operational shift for defenders — Sysmon (System Monitor) is now available as a built‑in, optional Windows feature —...

Microsoft’s push to embed Copilot deeper into Windows 11 — now reaching File Explorer with right‑click AI actions, contextual summaries, and editing tools — is not just a product update; it’s a strategic bet that Microsoft is doubling down on an AI‑first vision for the operating system. That bet...

Ruben Circelli has built a steady reputation as a versatile technology and gaming journalist who writes clear, practical reviews and serviceable explainers for mainstream audiences — and his recent writing on AI tools, consumer hardware, and gaming shows a consistent focus on usability, privacy...

Microsoft rolled out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.7760 (KB5077202) to the Dev Channel on February 9, 2026, delivering a small set of user-facing improvements — most notably a staged reintroduction of Emoji 16.0 and native pan/tilt camera controls in Settings — while continuing to rely...

Windows 11 Insiders are finally being handed a long‑promised emoji refresh: Microsoft has started rolling Emoji 16.0 back to Insider builds this week, bringing the Unicode Consortium’s 2024 additions into the Windows 11 emoji panel after a series of starts, stops, and toggled rollouts. This...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.7760 (KB5077202) to the Dev Channel today, a small but strategically meaningful update that continues Microsoft’s pattern of shipping feature-ready binaries via enablement packages while using server-side gating to control who actually...

Microsoft has quietly moved one of the security community’s most trusted tools out of the Sysinternals download bucket and into Windows itself, delivering native Sysmon functionality as an optional Windows 11 feature that can be enabled, updated, and (crucially) supported through Microsoft’s...

Windows 11’s next wave of updates is shaping up to be broader than a simple “Copilot everywhere” story: the OS is getting interface modernizations, productivity restorations, and a careful—but aggressive—push to make conversational AI a first-class desktop interaction. What’s arrived in Insider...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a minor—but informative—update to the Canary Channel today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1546 (KB 5074176), a small servicing flight that fixes a specific app interaction with cloud‑backed files and includes a cosmetic desktop watermark anomaly that...