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Microsoft appears to be rolling back one of Windows 11’s most controversial design choices: sources say the OS will soon let you move and resize the taskbar again, restoring the long‑lost ability to dock it to the left, right, or top of the screen and to change its thickness. Background Windows...

Microsoft is quietly putting a one‑click internet speed check where most Windows users already look for connectivity: the taskbar’s network menu. The change appears in the Release Preview builds of Windows 11 (KB5077241, builds 26100.7918 and 26200.7918) and surfaces a Perform speed test / Test...

Microsoft's latest moves feel like a two-act drama: on one stage, engineers are quietly rebuilding the Windows 11 Taskbar into something users actually asked for, and on the other, corporate strategy teams are recalibrating a multibillion-dollar relationship with OpenAI while accelerating plans...

When Microsoft rewrote Windows’s shell for Windows 11, it didn’t just shift icons to the center — it deliberately traded decades of user-facing flexibility for a tightly curated, symmetrical experience, and that trade-off explains why the taskbar in Windows 11 behaves so differently from the...

Microsoft appears to be quietly reversing one of the most controversial user‑facing choices of the Windows 11 era: insiders and multiple Windows‑focused outlets report that the company is prototyping the ability to move and resize the taskbar — including restoring left/right (vertical)...

Nearly five years after Windows 11 shipped with a redesigned—and deliberately less customizable—taskbar, Microsoft appears to be reversing course: multiple industry reports say Windows 11 will soon let users move the taskbar off the bottom of the screen and adjust its size, restoring long-missed...

GovCIO’s Kearneysville hiring blitz for a Journeyman Windows System Administrator puts a familiar, high‑stakes mix of legacy Windows operations, enterprise virtualization, and DoD‑grade security squarely in the spotlight — a hybrid role that demands hands‑on Windows Server and VMware experience...

Microsoft appears to be quietly rewriting a stubborn chapter in its Windows migration story: Insider Preview builds are shipping an option to never combine taskbar buttons and to show labels, effectively restoring a core Windows 10 taskbar behavior that many users have long insisted was...

Microsoft is testing a new taskbar entry called Ask Copilot that replaces the familiar Windows Search pill with an AI-aware, multimodal input — but only if you choose to turn it on. The feature arrives in Windows Insider preview builds (Dev and Beta channels), appears as an opt‑in toggle under...

Microsoft appears to be listening: after years of user complaints, Windows 11 is reportedly being prototyped to allow the long-missed ability to move and resize the Taskbar — a change that, if it ships, would restore one of Windows’ most basic customization freedoms and address a top request in...

Microsoft appears to be listening — again — and the small but vocal fight over the Windows taskbar is suddenly at the centre of a broader shift in Windows engineering priorities that also includes a quieter rework of how Microsoft will ship platform-level Windows images for new hardware. Recent...

Microsoft’s push to embed Copilot deeper into Windows 11 — now reaching File Explorer with right‑click AI actions, contextual summaries, and editing tools — is not just a product update; it’s a strategic bet that Microsoft is doubling down on an AI‑first vision for the operating system. That bet...

Ruben Circelli has built a steady reputation as a versatile technology and gaming journalist who writes clear, practical reviews and serviceable explainers for mainstream audiences — and his recent writing on AI tools, consumer hardware, and gaming shows a consistent focus on usability, privacy...

Microsoft’s recent round of UI polish for Windows 11 centers on the taskbar and desktop icons — subtle changes that aim to reduce clutter, improve discoverability, and prepare the shell for deeper AI integration — and they matter more than you might think because the taskbar is now the primary...

Microsoft insiders and community sleuths have flagged a new UI experiment that could fundamentally change how Windows 11 handles persistent system chrome: Microsoft appears to be prototyping an extra taskbar — a secondary, optional taskbar surface designed for richer customization and a...

Microsoft shipped a small, convenient behavior in Windows 11 but left out the final mile of usefulness — and a fast-moving community mod has now delivered the missing piece: per‑app taskbar volume control that works by simply hovering and scrolling over individual taskbar icons. Background /...

This genius mod that makes volume control in Windows 11 so much better — a deep dive Windows 11 finally cleaned up a lot of UI cruft, but in the process Microsoft consolidated several tiny, incredibly frequent interactions (volume, media, battery, lock‑keys) into the Quick Settings panel. That’s...

I used a tiny, open‑source tweak to turn my chaotic Windows system tray into something calm, usable, and—most importantly—predictable, and the change felt disproportionately big compared with the small amount of time it took to apply. The author at MakeUseOf described that same revelation after...

Microsoft is switching on a trio of Microsoft Teams messaging protections by default for tenants that still use the out‑of‑the‑box configuration, a move that will automatically enable weaponizable file type protection, malicious URL detection, and an end‑user false‑positive reporting mechanism...

If you use Windows 11 every day, a handful of overlooked shortcuts and settings can convert tiny, repetitive interruptions into seconds (and eventually hours) of reclaimed time — and the five tricks below are among the simplest, most reliable wins you can enable in minutes. They range from the...