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Microsoft has quietly moved the full list of installed apps onto the Start surface, given users direct control over the long‑complained‑about Recommended feed, and introduced three distinct viewing modes — Category, Grid and List — as part of a staged Windows 11 refresh delivered in October 2025...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a substantial refresh of the Windows 11 Start menu as part of the optional October 28, 2025 preview update (KB5067036), introducing a single, vertically scrollable Start surface, multiple "All apps" view modes, tighter Phone Link integration, and a handful of...

A baffling regression in Microsoft’s optional October 28, 2025 Windows 11 preview (KB5067036) can leave Task Manager processes running after the window is closed, allowing multiple invisible copies of taskmgr.exe to accumulate and quietly consume memory and CPU — a problem reproduced across...

Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool briefly became a show‑stopper for some upgrade and recovery workflows this month — a regression that closed the one‑click path for creating Windows 11 installation media on certain Windows 10 and Arm64 hosts — and Microsoft has now issued a remediation while...

Microsoft’s October preview for Windows 11, KB5067036 (OS build 26200.7019 for 25H2), was intended to deliver a mix of reliability fixes and visible feature updates — but for a subset of devices the package triggers an installation failure during the final servicing phase, returning the cryptic...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a redesigned Start menu for Windows 11 as part of the KB5067036 preview packages, delivering a more fluid, context‑aware layout, tighter mobile integration, and a string of productivity‑focused refinements that signal a shift away from a fixed Start experience...

Microsoft’s latest optional preview for Windows 11, KB5067036, has delivered a visible Start menu refresh and other small improvements — and, for a subset of users, a nagging regression that leaves Task Manager processes alive after you click the window Close (X) button, spawning multiple...

Microsoft’s optional preview update KB5067036 lands in the Release Preview channel with two of the most visible changes Windows users have asked for in years — a new just‑in‑time Administrator Protection model that binds elevation to user verification, and color‑coded battery icons that make...

Microsoft has quietly rebuilt the Start menu in Windows 11, replacing the old two‑pane launcher with a single, vertically scrollable surface, adding three distinct “All apps” views (Category, Grid, and List), tighter Phone Link integration, and new personalization toggles — delivered as an...

Microsoft has quietly corrected a frustrating compatibility regression that left some Windows users — particularly owners of Arm64 devices and those running Windows 10 22H2 — unable to run the official Media Creation Tool (MCT) after the Windows 11 25H2 rollout, delivering the fix as part of the...

Windows 11’s Start menu has finally been rethought into a single, scrollable launcher with Category, Grid and List views — but Microsoft is rolling the update out gradually, and many users will not see the change even after installing the October preview. If you want the redesign right now...

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...

Microsoft has quietly corrected a frustrating hiccup that left some users unable to create Windows installation media on Arm-based machines: the Media Creation Tool failure tied to build 26100.6584 is listed as fixed in the October preview cumulative update KB5067036, which also bundles a broad...

Microsoft quietly fixed a nagging compatibility problem that left some Windows users unable to run the Media Creation Tool on Arm64 hosts, pushing the remedy into the October/November preview update KB5067036 while also bundling a raft of visible Windows 11 feature changes — including the...

Microsoft's latest preview update for Windows 11 — KB5067036 — delivers the most significant Start menu overhaul since the OS launched, promoting a single, scrollable, and more adaptive Start experience that Microsoft says will make app discovery faster and more intuitive for both tablet and...