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The usable answer is straightforward: the redesigned Settings > System > About page in Windows 10 appears to be a cosmetic interface change, not evidence that the page has lost its core function. Users can still check device specifications and Windows details there. The reported feature-ID...

Secure Boot certificates protecting older Windows PCs reached their expiration date on June 24, and Microsoft widened its automatic certificate-upgrade effort that same day, leaving many Windows 10 users unsure whether their machines had been updated, remained secure, or were quietly falling...

Microsoft is previewing a set of Windows 11 changes in 2026 that restore several user-requested controls, including movable taskbars, Start and taskbar personalization, a redesigned Feedback Hub, and enterprise app-removal policies, after years of complaints that Windows 11 prioritized...

Windows 11’s right-click context menu appears headed for another redesign after Microsoft design lead Marcus Ash recently signaled that the company is working on changes aimed at making the menu simpler, faster, and more customizable for users. The details are still thin, and that matters...

Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Patch Tuesday delivered fixes for more than 200 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Exchange, Defender, Hyper-V, and server components, led by a wormable Windows kernel TCP/IP flaw that can be exploited remotely without credentials or user interaction. The raw number...

Microsoft began testing a movable Windows 11 taskbar on May 15, 2026, in Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493, letting eligible Windows Insiders place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or right edge through Settings rather than registry hacks or third-party shells. That is the plain...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 AI retreat became visible on May 7, 2026, after Windows Latest reported that Microsoft is removing or renaming Copilot entry points in consumer-facing apps where the assistant has failed to deliver clear value. The move is not the death of Copilot; it is the demotion of...

Microsoft is broadening its Windows 11 File Explorer performance work in spring 2026, moving beyond background preloading toward fixes for launch order, disk activity, visual delays, navigation responsiveness, and hangs across one of the operating system’s most-used surfaces. That is the...

Microsoft’s reported Windows K2 initiative is an internal effort, begun in the second half of 2025, to improve Windows 11 performance, reliability, and user trust as Valve’s SteamOS-powered Steam Machine prepares to challenge Windows gaming PCs in 2026. That makes it more than another polish...

Microsoft’s April 2026 Windows cumulative updates quietly delivered one of the more meaningful security hardenings in recent memory: new guardrails around Remote Desktop Protocol files, better known as .rdp files. For a feature most users barely think about, the change matters because .rdp...

Microsoft is trying to do something unusually hard in 2026: make Windows 11 feel less like a moving target and more like a finished product. That matters because the operating system has spent years accumulating complaints about inconsistency, friction, bloat, and the sense that new features...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 patch cycle has produced a nasty and very familiar kind of embarrassment: an update meant to improve the OS has instead broken a core Start menu search experience on affected systems. The immediate fix is not a traditional hotfix or manual reinstall, but a...

It took nearly five years, but Microsoft is finally moving to give Windows 11 users back one of the platform’s most-requested desktop controls: the ability to move, resize, and better tailor the Taskbar to the way they actually work. The change matters because it is not just a cosmetic tweak; it...

Die mediale Welle um ein angeblich unmittelbar bevorstehendes „Windows 12“ – AI‑first, hardware‑gegated und abonnementbasiert – hat sich als Fehlalarm entpuppt; was viral ging, war überwiegend eine schlecht verifizierte Übersetzung, eine Aneinanderreihung alter Projektfragmente und spekulative...

A newly logged elevation‑of‑privilege flaw in the Host Process for Windows Tasks (taskhostw.exe / taskhostex.exe) gives local authenticated users a path to SYSTEM‑level effects by abusing improper link resolution (commonly called “link following”) in scheduled‑task/hosted‑task file operations —...

Just joined. New one for me:: "You don't currently have permission to access this folder" but its not a file problem, it's the USB drive. Tried to change permissions - Administrator has a Red X in permissions. Ch'd to 'Everyone', etc .. doesnt matter. this is weird. Suspect latest...

I've been trying to get my laptop (HP Envy 15T CTO) to install Cumulative Update KB3140745 with no luck. The machine gets stuck on 'restarting', and I have to power off. I have tried to jump directly to 3140768 by way of a standalone file downloaded from MS, but my machine rejects it with an...

Yes it was horrific cos an Update from MS was supposed to upgrade my Nvidia driver but it left my computer in oversize icons that I had to undo and a program that just would not work as it went to a black screen and stayed there until I rebooted. I had to go back to an earlier backed up version...

I am running into a unique situation with Remote Desktop that I have never seen before. I have 3 PC's, two laptops and 1 desktop, all running Win 7 64B retail. Under normal circumstances I use the desktop as the hub of my work and remote desktop into the laptops when I need. Last night I...