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Microsoft’s latest Insider cumulative — delivered as Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7051 (KB5067115) — lands as a compact but consequential update that places an opt‑in Ask Copilot entry directly on the taskbar, expands a console‑style Full Screen Experience (FSE) for handheld gaming...

Microsoft’s latest Insider cumulative — shipped as KB5067115 and tied to Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7051 — brings a significant shift in how people will discover and interact with their PC: an opt‑in Ask Copilot entry in the taskbar that fuses classic Windows Search with Copilot’s...

Microsoft has quietly started to push a major change to the Windows 11 taskbar: an opt‑in “Ask Copilot” search pill that blends the long‑standing Windows Search index with Copilot’s conversational, voice, and vision capabilities, arriving first to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels...

Microsoft’s latest push embeds Copilot directly into three new Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, Files, and Calendar — that Windows 11 will automatically install on devices running Microsoft 365 desktop apps unless administrators opt out, turning taskbar‑centric mini‑apps into promptable...

Microsoft is quietly testing a deceptively small but immediately practical productivity tweak in Windows 11 Insider builds: Copy & Search, a one‑click path that pastes whatever you copy into the taskbar search box and runs the lookup without the manual paste step. This change is rolling out as...

The search control on Windows 11 isn’t a freely movable widget — it’s a configurable taskbar item you can hide, shrink to an icon, or show as a full text box — and for users who want to place the search field anywhere else on the screen, reliable third‑party tools can restore or extend placement...

The Windows 11 search box can’t be grabbed and dragged around like a widget, but you can control exactly how it appears on the taskbar — from the full search box to a single magnifying-glass icon or hidden entirely — and there are safe, supported ways plus third‑party options if you want more...

Microsoft is replacing the Windows 11 taskbar search box with an “Ask Copilot” experience that floats above the taskbar, combining the existing Windows Search platform with Copilot’s multimodal AI features — vision, voice, and conversational assistance — and offering an opt‑in, permissioned...

Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11 — KB5066835 — is rolling out now, shipping important security fixes plus a modest set of user-facing improvements (including a new lightweight terminal editor “Edit,” File Explorer “AI Actions,” multi‑monitor Notification Center...

Microsoft is replacing the long‑standing Windows 11 taskbar Search box with a Copilot chat box, folding traditional Windows Search into a conversational, multimodal Copilot experience that will surface chat, local file and app search, and quick access to Copilot Vision and Voice directly from...

Hiding the Windows 11 taskbar is quick and usually reliable, but when auto-hide misbehaves it can be maddening — disappearing when you don’t want it to, or refusing to hide at all. This guide walks through every practical method I use on Windows 11 (including build 25H2), explains why auto-hide...

For years the little clock on a secondary display was a tease — visible but mute — and with the September 29, 2025 preview update Microsoft finally restored the ability to open the Notification Center and calendar flyout from any monitor in a multi‑monitor Windows 11 setup, delivering a...

Windows 11’s newest features read like an annual awards shortlist for flashy marketing — generative AI in Notepad, a clipboard that brags about being smarter, and Recall quietly recording sessions — while many of the operating system’s foundational pain points remain outstanding and, in some...

Start11’s latest update continues the app’s steady, practical mission: restore control of the Start menu and taskbar for users who find Windows 11’s defaults limiting. The v2.55 update, released as a beta build at the end of September, brings a mix of small but meaningful behavior changes, a...

Defender is present in the taskbar and system tray, and Task Manager says it's running, but when I click on it on the taskbar, it doesn't maximize. I've also tried cycling through windows using Task View, which also shows it's open, but, again, clicking on it does not bring it up like a normal...

For years the quickest way I reached for the volume on Windows was a keyboard shortcut or the tiny slider in Quick Settings—only to discover that Windows 11 quietly restored a single, frictionless gesture: hover the mouse over the speaker icon in the taskbar and roll your mouse wheel to change...

Microsoft is quietly testing a new taskbar entry that makes it possible to send an open app window or the entire desktop to Copilot Vision with a single click — a small interface change that signals a substantial shift in how Windows 11 expects users to interact with AI-powered assistance across...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing another Copilot shortcut in Windows 11 — a “Share with Copilot” button that appears when you hover over an app on the taskbar and lets Copilot Vision scan and analyze whatever’s visible in that window. Background Microsoft’s Copilot strategy has been to make...

Hi, The ENTIRE POINT of a taskbar icon/instance is that you can look at it and quickly identify it. So WHY ON EARTH does File Explorer in Windows 11 keep changing colour depending on whether it happens to be on documents or pictures etc. Honestly. ffs

Windows 11 Insiders are now seeing a new, unexpected entry in the parade of Copilot entry points: a floating “Share with Copilot” button that appears when you hover over an open app on the taskbar and use the window preview. The button launches Copilot Vision against the contents of that window...