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  1. Reduce File Explorer CPU Usage in Windows 11 24H2: Safe, Low-Risk Fixes

    When File Explorer becomes the system’s biggest CPU hog after upgrading to Windows 11 24H2, it stops being a mild annoyance and starts costing time, battery life, and user confidence—with many users reporting sustained explorer.exe or related processes eating CPU even at idle. The problem is...
  2. Microsoft Copilot Multi-File Upload: Promise, Limits, and GPU ID Gaps

    Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly gained the ability to accept multiple files and images in a single chat session — a practical, long-requested update that promises to speed workflows and make multimodal reasoning more useful — but early hands‑on tests expose important limits and some surprising...
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    Disk Drive Issues

    Windows 11 Home Device name Vampiressd13 Processor AMD Ryzen 3 3350U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx (2.10 GHz) Installed RAM 8.00 GB (5.94 GB usable) Device ID 906CFB63-6C56-48F8-995E-9A949DED0FD2 Product ID 00356-02689-47185-AAOEM System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based...
  4. Word for Windows: New Docs Save to Cloud by Default with AutoSave

    Microsoft has quietly flipped a fundamental behavior in Word for Windows: new documents now default to being saved to the cloud with AutoSave enabled, creating a cloud-backed identity for a file the moment you start typing rather than waiting until you press Save. This change—rolling out first...
  5. Word for Windows now saves new docs to the cloud by default

    Microsoft has quietly flipped a foundational behavior in Word for Windows: new documents you create now start life in the cloud, with AutoSave enabled by default and an immediate OneDrive/SharePoint identity — a change rolling out in Word for Windows Version 2509 (Build 19221.20000) and later...
  6. Word for Windows: Default Cloud AutoSave for New Docs Explained

    Microsoft is rolling out a quiet but consequential change to how Word for Windows saves new documents: starting with Word for Windows Version 2509 (Build 19221.20000) in Insider channels, documents you create will be saved to the cloud (OneDrive, SharePoint, or a preferred cloud location) by...
  7. Word for Windows 2509+: New Documents Save to Cloud by Default with AutoSave

    Microsoft is quietly shifting a fundamental part of the Word for Windows experience: new documents created in Word will now default to being saved in the cloud (OneDrive or another configured cloud destination) with AutoSave enabled, and the change begins with Word for Windows version 2509 and...
  8. Windows 10 ESU Enrollment: Rollout, Fixes, and How to Sign Up

    Microsoft’s planned one‑year lifeline for Windows 10 users is live — but don’t be surprised if your PC still doesn’t show the “Enroll now” option in Settings. Microsoft has pushed a staged rollout of the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment experience into Windows Update, and an...
  9. COPILOT in Excel: AI as a native formula for smarter spreadsheets

    Microsoft has quietly folded generative AI into Excel’s calculation engine with a native worksheet function — =COPILOT(...) — that accepts plain‑language prompts, reads cell ranges as context, and returns live, spillable outputs directly into the spreadsheet grid. Early previews show it can...
  10. Windows 10 ESU rollout explained: enrollment options and planning

    Microsoft’s slow, staged rollout of the Windows 10 Enroll now (ESU) wizard means the extension lifeline Microsoft promised for legacy PCs is available — but not instantly visible to everyone, and it comes with conditions and caveats that every Windows 10 user should understand before relying on...
  11. Windows 10 ESU: 12-Month Safety Net and Windows 11 Upgrade Push

    Microsoft’s latest move to shepherd Windows 10 users into safer ground lands as both relief and pressure: a one‑year, largely free Extended Security Updates (ESU) lifeline that lets many holdouts avoid an immediate upgrade — but only if they enroll, often by signing into Microsoft services —...
  12. Open and Edit AI Files on Windows Without Illustrator: Best Workflows

    Most Windows users don’t realize how many practical ways there are to open, preview, and even edit .ai files without paying for Adobe Illustrator—and which of those methods preserve vectors, fonts, and layers well enough for real projects. In short: if an Illustrator file was saved with PDF...
  13. Windows 11 Newsroom Workflow: End-to-End Sports Galleries and Obituaries

    A single sports image page and a quietly written obituary tell a bigger story about how local journalism actually gets made—and for many newsrooms, the glue holding that story together is a Windows PC on a deadline desk, a sideline laptop on battery power, and a carefully tuned workflow that...
  14. Fix OneDrive Sign-In Loop on Windows: Quick Troubleshooting Guide

    Thanks for sharing that Windows Report guide (published August 22, 2025). How would you like me to help with it? Summarize it in plain English? Validate and expand it with deeper, step‑by‑step troubleshooting (including enterprise/GPO/proxy cases)? Apply the fixes to your exact setup and walk...
  15. OneNote for Windows 10 Ends Oct 14, 2025 - Migrate to OneNote on Windows

    Microsoft has confirmed that OneNote for Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, after which the app will become read‑only and will no longer receive updates, fixes, or sync functionality — Microsoft is directing all users to migrate to the unified OneNote on Windows (the...
  16. OneNote on Windows becomes the sole supported app as Windows 10 OneNote ends

    Microsoft is pulling the plug on the legacy OneNote app that shipped with Windows 10: beginning October 14, 2025, OneNote for Windows 10 (the UWP “legacy” client) will reach end of support and be placed into a read‑only state, and Microsoft is actively steering users and organizations toward the...
  17. Excel COPILOT: In-Cell AI Formulas with Natural Prompts

    Microsoft has quietly changed one of Excel’s oldest conventions: now you can call an AI assistant from inside a worksheet cell the same way you call SUM or VLOOKUP — with a new COPILOT function that accepts plain‑language prompts, references ranges and tables, and returns dynamic, spillable...
  18. Microsoft 365 Copilot iOS Preview: Edits Move to Word, Excel, PowerPoint

    Microsoft's latest change to the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile experience on iOS—which converts the app into a file preview and Copilot chat wrapper that redirects editing tasks to standalone Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps—represents a deliberate shift in how the company structures mobile...
  19. OneNote for Windows 10 End of Support: Migrate to OneNote on Windows

    Microsoft has confirmed that OneNote for Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft is urging users and organizations to migrate to the newer OneNote on Windows app now to avoid losing editing and sync functionality when the legacy app becomes read-only...
  20. 10 Windows Privacy Tweaks to Reduce Telemetry and Surprises

    Windows ships with a lot of sensible defaults — and a surprising number of questionable ones — and MakeUseOf’s recent roundup of “10 Windows settings I never leave on default” is a useful checklist for anyone who values privacy, stability, and fewer surprise interruptions. This feature pulls...