If you just unboxed a new Windows 11 laptop, there are five settings you should consider turning off right away to tighten privacy, reduce distractions, and reclaim background resources for the tasks that matter most.
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Windows 11 ships with a range of convenience features...
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When you unbox a new Windows 11 laptop the out‑of‑the‑box experience is deliberately full‑featured — but many of the conveniences Microsoft enables by default trade away privacy, clarity, and system headroom. A short, safe checklist of five settings you should disable right after setup can...
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 21H2 Build 19044.1618 (KB5011543) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10.
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We recently introduced an update for Search in the Windows 11 Insider Preview that highlights...
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22572 to the Dev Channel.
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The build includes the addition of Microsoft Family and Clipchamp as inbox apps – see details for these two apps below.
Starting early next week, we’ll begin rolling out an update for...
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