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Windows has always been a moving target: features appear, gain fans, stagnate, and sometimes quietly disappear — often replaced by something that reflects Microsoft’s current priorities around security, cloud services, and AI. The past decade alone shows a clear pattern: legacy, underused, or...

It still works to let you install Windows using a local account instead of a microsoft account, but the microsoft store, and its related apps, including notepad, photos, and windows terminal, will not work properly, and you can't switch to a microsoft account either.

Microsoft is quietly moving generative AI from apps into the very heart of Windows by adding an AI Actions submenu to File Explorer — a right‑click surface that lets you run visual search or apply quick, model‑driven image edits without opening a separate editor. The capability, visible in the...

Microsoft's newest Canary‑channel experiment folds small but consequential AI workflows directly into the Windows 11 shell: a right‑click “AI actions” submenu in File Explorer that surfaces visual search and one‑click image edits, accompanied by a returning seconds clock in the Notification...

Microsoft’s latest Canary‑channel experiment pushes intelligence deeper into the Windows shell: a new AI actions submenu in File Explorer lets you right‑click images to run Bing Visual Search, blur or remove backgrounds, and erase objects — all without opening a full editor. This context‑aware...

Microsoft is quietly folding AI-powered image editing and Bing visual search directly into the File Explorer right‑click menu as part of Insider testing, a move that turns the once‑simple file manager into a micro‑workflow gateway for quick edits and visual lookups. Background Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s latest Insider whispers fold AI deeper into the Windows shell: right‑click a picture in File Explorer and you may now see an “AI actions” submenu offering Bing Visual Search, background blur, object erase, and background removal — a small set of micro‑workflows that signal a broader...

Microsoft has quietly restored the little thing that annoyed a surprising number of users: the expanded clock in Notification Center can once again show seconds — and that small user-experience win arrives alongside a broader set of AI-focused experiments that put generative image actions...

On September 8, 2025 Microsoft pushed a fresh Canary-channel flight—reported as Build 27938—that strings together a set of small-but-significant UI and AI experiments. The visible pieces are straightforward: a new “AI actions” entry in File Explorer’s right‑click menu that surfaces image edits...

Microsoft has quietly published KB5066123, an Image Processing AI component update that advances the component to version 1.2508.906.0 for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2 — a targeted, vendor-specific push to refine on-device image processing used by Photos, Camera...

Microsoft has quietly released KB5066122, an Image Processing AI component update that advances the on-device imaging stack to version 1.2508.906.0 for Intel‑powered Copilot+ systems running Windows 11, version 24H2 — a targeted, vendor‑specific push intended to improve image scaling...

Microsoft has quietly shipped KB5066121, a targeted Image Processing AI component update that advances the on-device imaging stack on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs to version 1.2508.906.0, and will be delivered automatically via Windows Update to eligible Windows 11, version 24H2 machines...

Microsoft’s glossy marketing often highlights the big, headline features of Windows 11, but a recent explainer that rounds up “13 features you probably didn’t know about” is a useful reminder: the OS is full of practical, time‑saving tools that rarely make the launch‑pad demo. The original list...

You probably use Windows every day without realizing it already comes with dozens of tiny productivity and security features that feel like magic once you know they exist—features such as dictation that types your words for you, OCR that pulls text straight out of images, a cloud-backed...

Microsoft’s plan to ship the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update alongside Windows Mixed Reality hardware crystallized in Berlin this fall, but a closer look at the timeline, features, and promises shows a mix of ambitious engineering, marketing finesse, and a few important caveats for enthusiasts...

Microsoft has released KB5065499, an Image Processing AI component update that advances the component to version 1.2507.797.0 for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2. The patch is targeted specifically at the on-device imaging AI stack that Windows uses to scale...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a targeted component update for on-device image AI: KB5065502 updates the Image Transform AI component to version 1.2507.797.0, delivering refinements to the feature set that powers foreground erasure and AI-generated background fill on Copilot+ Windows 11 devices...

Microsoft has pushed a quiet but consequential component update to the Image Transform AI module — KB5065502 — which delivers Image Transform version 1.2507.797.0 to Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2, replacing the prior 1.2507.793.0 release and installing automatically through...

Microsoft has quietly released KB5065501, a targeted Image Processing AI component update that pushes the component to version 1.2507.797.0 specifically for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2 — an incremental but meaningful step in Microsoft’s ongoing on-device AI...

Microsoft has quietly pushed an Image Processing AI component update — version 1.2507.797.0 — specifically for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs, delivered as KB5065501 and intended to refine how Windows 11 handles image scaling, foreground/background extraction and other AI-assisted photo and camera...