Microsoft has quietly begun to reshape the sign‑in moment and a few long‑standing UI friction points in Windows 11, shipping a Beta/Canary preview that modernizes Windows Hello, refines the taskbar and system tray, and adds practical productivity shortcuts to Task Manager and jump lists —...
Tooltips — those little pop-up text boxes that appear when you hover over files, folders, desktop shortcuts, or taskbar icons — are designed to give quick context, but for many Windows 11 users they become intrusive and disruptive; this guide explains every practical method to delay, disable, or...
On August 24, 1995, Microsoft unleashed a consumer operating system that would reshape everyday computing, not just as a technical milestone but as a cultural event: Windows 95 combined a sweeping user-interface overhaul, aggressive marketing and architectural changes that together accelerated...
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Windows 11 is preparing to blur the line between phone and PC even further, with a new capability designed to let you resume Android apps directly on your desktop—no emulators, APK installs, or app store detours required. Instead of relaunching an app and hunting for the point where you left off...
Microsoft has released a fresh Dev Channel drop for Windows Insiders — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093) — a compact cumulative update that continues the platform’s steady cadence of UI polish, Copilot-era tweaks, and reliability fixes while keeping several features gated...
Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel flight sharpens two long-running efforts at once: clearer battery status at a glance, and the slow, methodical migration of legacy Control Panel functionality into the modern Settings app — both arriving in preview builds that continue to reshape how users...
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Microsoft’s Windows has become maddeningly loud about what it thinks you should do — sign in with a Microsoft account, buy Game Pass, use Copilot+, install OneDrive — yet when it comes to the small, gritty features that actually speed work, the OS still feels stingy and distracted. The...
Microsoft has quietly shipped matching Dev and Beta channel updates for Windows 11 this week — both delivered as cumulative update KB5064071 — bringing Dev builds to 26200.5751 (25H2 track) and Beta builds to 26120.5751 (24H2 track), along with focused refinements to Click to Do, File Explorer...
Microsoft’s newest Dev Channel drop for Insiders — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (identified as KB5064071 in community reporting) — is a compact, iterative update that prioritizes UI polish, stability fixes and targeted productivity improvements rather than headline-grabbing...
Windows 11’s latest 25H2 preview builds polish many of the small, everyday interactions that shape how people work on Windows — from tidier context menus and smoother taskbar animations to Start menu reorganizations and File Explorer refinements — all delivered as part of an incremental...
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (Dev Channel) — what IT should know
By WindowsForum Staff — August 15, 2025
Summary
Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) to the Dev Channel on August 15, 2025.
The flight continues Microsoft’s...
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Headline: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) — what’s new, what’s fixed, and what Insiders and IT should do next
Byline: Analysis for WindowsForum.com — published Aug 15, 2025
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Today Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) to the Dev...
Today’s Beta‑Channel flight brings Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 (KB5064071), a focused incremental update that continues Microsoft’s push to make AI features like Recall and Click to Do more useful and more reliable while tightening up a raft of UI and reliability fixes for...
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Windows 11’s out-of-box experience (OOBE) still spends too much time selling users on apps and features while hiding the handful of settings that actually shape day‑one comfort, privacy, and productivity — and that needs to change now. The common-sense fix is simple: replace promotional screens...
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Today Microsoft pushed a new Release Preview build for Windows 11, version 24H2: Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081). At first glance this looks like another cumulative preview, but the blog post and supporting documentation show it carries a broad mix of items — from the continued staged rollout of...
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Microsoft has begun pushing three lightweight Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, File Search, and Calendar — directly into the Windows 11 taskbar for eligible Microsoft 365 business customers, delivering one‑click access to contacts, documents and meetings without opening full clients and...
Microsoft appears to be testing an AI-driven companion that surfaces directly on the Windows 11 Taskbar — a small, persistent entry point for what Microsoft and code trackers are referring to as “agentic companions” — and the traces spotted in preview builds suggest it could proactively suggest...
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Microsoft is quietly shipping three compact Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — Calendar, File Search, and People — that live in the Windows 11 taskbar to give knowledge workers one‑click access to meetings, documents, and colleagues without opening full Office or Teams windows. et previewed the...
Microsoft has begun rolling out three new lightweight Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, File Search, and Calendar — that sit in the Windows 11 taskbar and promise to shave micro‑interruptions out of the modern workday by surfacing contacts, documents, and meetings in a compact, fast...
Microsoft’s latest push to blur the lines between the cloud and the desktop has landed: a trio of lightweight Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, File Search, and Calendar — are now appearing in the Windows 11 taskbar for business and enterprise Microsoft 365 customers, offering one-click...
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