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Microsoft has quietly confirmed what many Windows users have long suspected: the Start menu option labeled “Update and shut down” could, in some setups, install updates and then restart (or return to the lock screen) instead of powering the machine off — and Microsoft now says that behavior was...

For the first time in years of user grumbling and forum posts, the Start menu’s long‑promised “Update and shut down” command finally does what it says: install pending updates and then power off the PC. Microsoft documented the correction in Insider release notes and packaged the same servicing...

A recent optional preview update for Windows 11 is producing a frustrating and easily reproducible regression: closing Task Manager with the window “X” can leave the underlying taskmgr.exe process running, and each reopen spawns a new visible Task Manager instance while earlier instances persist...

Microsoft has quietly closed one of Windows’ most persistent little annoyances: the Start menu option labeled “Update and shut down” will now, in the scenarios Microsoft targeted, actually power the PC off instead of rebooting it — a fix that arrived first in Insider preview flights and was...

Microsoft has quietly corrected one of Windows 11’s most persistent little annoyances: the Start menu option labeled “Update and shut down” now behaves as advertised in recent preview builds and the optional October preview package, restoring the long‑promised behavior of applying updates and...

Microsoft’s October 28, 2025 preview cumulative—KB5067036 (OS Builds 26200.7019 for 25H2 and 26100.7019 for 24H2)—has started landing for Windows 11 devices and brings a dense mix of visible shell changes, on‑device and cloud‑assisted AI actions, accessibility improvements, and a broad set of...

A recent Windows 11 servicing regression left a small but visible slice of users seeing a persistent red cast across certain videos and games, and Microsoft has acknowledged the problem, staged a fix in an October preview release (KB5067036) and plans wider remediation in upcoming cumulative...

Microsoft’s optional October preview for Windows 11, KB5067036, has been tied to a reproducible regression that leaves Task Manager’s underlying taskmgr.exe processes running after the window is closed — and repeated open/close cycles can spawn multiple hidden Task Manager instances that quietly...

Microsoft’s recent optional preview update (KB5067036) introduced a surprising regression: closing Task Manager with the window “X” can leave the underlying taskmgr.exe process running, and each reopen spawns another live instance — producing duplicate Task Manager processes that quietly consume...

Microsoft has quietly answered one of the longest-running user complaints about Windows 11 by rebuilding the Start menu into a single, scrollable launcher with new viewing modes, explicit controls for recommendations, and tighter Phone Link integration — and you can get it now via an optional...

Microsoft’s October preview for Windows 11 (KB5067036) has introduced a puzzling regression: closing Task Manager with the window Close (X) button sometimes does not terminate taskmgr.exe, leaving behind “ghost” Task Manager processes that accumulate with each reopen and can degrade system...

Microsoft has confirmed that an optional Windows 11 preview update (KB5067036) can leave Task Manager processes running after you close the window — producing multiple background taskmgr.exe instances that can potentially degrade device performance until they are terminated or the system is...

Microsoft’s optional October preview for Windows 11 (KB5067036) appears to have introduced a puzzling regression: clicking the Task Manager window’s close button (the “X”) can leave the process running and — worse — spawn a new taskmgr.exe instance each time you reopen it, producing multiple...

Microsoft’s latest optional preview for Windows 11 appears to have introduced a baffling regression: the Task Manager’s close button can fail to terminate the app, leaving behind one or more live taskmgr.exe processes that accumulate each time you open and close the utility. The bug was tied to...

Microsoft’s optional October preview for Windows 11 has introduced a puzzling regression: the Task Manager can fail to close and instead leave behind multiple running taskmgr.exe instances, producing a slow, hard‑to‑diagnose resource leak for affected systems and forcing users to adopt manual...

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’s optional October preview update (KB5067036) delivered a redesigned Start menu and other UI tweaks — and, for a subset of devices, a troubling Task Manager regression that can leave multiple taskmgr.exe processes running in the background after you click the window “X”. Background /...

The latest Windows 11 preview update has introduced a baffling Task Manager regression that can leave multiple invisible copies of taskmgr.exe running after you click the window “X,” creating a slow, hard‑to‑diagnose resource leak for affected users and raising fresh questions about preview...

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 optional October preview update for Windows 11, KB5067036, shipped a handful of visible improvements — a redesigned Start menu, colorful battery icons, and fixes for the Media Creation Tool — but it also appears to have introduced a surprising and insidious regression: closing Task...