Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 arrives as a compact, pragmatic feature drop — not a headline-grabbing redesign, but a set of practical, widely useful changes that shift tidy pieces of Windows from optional downloads or third‑party workarounds into the operating system...
Microsoft has quietly pushed KB5077241 into the Windows 11 preview channel and, while it’s not a headline-grabbing feature update, it is one of the more consequential quality-and-security releases in months — bundling a practical taskbar speed test, a curated Emoji 16 roll‑in, in‑box Sysmon...
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Microsoft is quietly putting a one‑click internet speed check where most Windows users already look for connectivity, adding a “Perform speed test” / “Test internet speed” control to the Taskbar network menu and Wi‑Fi quick settings in recent Windows 11 preview builds.
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Microsoft’s decision to fold System Monitor — Sysmon from the Sysinternals suite — into Windows 11 as an optional, inbox feature marks one of the most consequential changes to desktop monitoring in years. The functionality has begun appearing in Windows 11 Insider Preview builds (notably the Dev...
Microsoft has quietly folded Sysmon — the long-favored Sysinternals system-monitoring tool — into Windows 11 as an optional, inbox feature, delivering it through Insider preview builds and the Windows servicing pipeline rather than as a separate Sysinternals download. That change, which appears...
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