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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...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel, introducing several notable changes and improvements. Deprecation of Windows PowerShell 2.0 A significant change in this build is the removal of Windows PowerShell 2.0. This deprecation aligns with Microsoft's...

Dropdown menus play a vital role in the user interface of Windows 11, offering both novice and advanced users an intuitive way to interact with applications and system settings. Yet, when these menus fail to function as expected—whether by not appearing, disappearing too quickly, or showing in...

Another year, another round of incremental changes and divisive decisions for Windows 11 users—this time courtesy of the latest Patch Tuesday cumulative update. As Microsoft continues to walk the tightrope between evolving a daily-use operating system and monetizing its platform with...

If you’re a Microsoft 365—or rather, Microsoft 365 Copilot—user, you’ve probably come across a change recently that might’ve left you scratching your head. The Office branding has officially been phased out in favor of "Microsoft 365 Copilot," which comes with a fresh, new logo. But before you...

Ah, File Explorer—the trusty sidekick of every Windows user. It's been through thick and thin, through times of glory and grim performance. Fast forward to 2025, and we are witnessing the latest iteration with the Windows 11 24H2 update. Unfortunately, it seems like File Explorer is less the...

For some reason, the Quick Access list of folders in File Explorer recently included an elastic list of folders from my Music library. If I remove one, it adds the next one in the alphabet. How do I remove all these Music folders from Explorer?

Hello, guys! Does anyone have any idea why the desktop icons are displayed like this? It’s been like this for a while now and it's incredibly frustrating. I have a couple of games on my computer, but it only happens to Age of Empires (l & ll) and to Europa Universalis lV, which I downloaded...

I have a windows server 2012, I have a folder that I need to grant access to a local service account. Cant seem to do it through gui. The service account is NT Service\MSSQLSERVER. Is this possible?

When I set the zooming to 100%, the searches, saved games, favourites and user folder icons disappear, but if i set it to 125%, the icons display normally.

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out the new Media Player for Windows 11 to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. We designed the new Media Player to make listening to and watching your multimedia content more enjoyable on Windows 11, and we’re really excited to...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21292 (RS_PRERELEASE) to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. This build is being offered to ALL Insiders in the Dev Channel. All Insiders in the Dev Channel will now receive the same build going forward. What’s new...

I accidentally used a theme which I really wanted in my windows 8 pc, but since I reverted it back to normal...My taskbar, metro apps, systen ui, and file explorer has messed up. -When using a metro app, UI freezes and no longer works (app switcher, charms, taskbar) requires crtl+alt+del and...

Last night while I was on a website my monitor screen had the webpage up but no bars with options at the top or bottom. The system tray was not at the bottom and the address bar and tool bar was not at the top. There was no way to close out because there was no X at the top and no way to close...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16362 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring who have opted in to Skip Ahead only. Insiders who joined Skip Ahead will continue to receive builds from the RS_PRERELEASE branch which has transitioned to RS4...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15055 for PC and Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Other changes, improvements, and fixes for PC If you have Symantec/Norton anti-virus software installed on your PC, you should no longer...

What a mess. Took some time but I got a bunch of it cleaned up. The major problem is that the clock isn't showing in the taskbar. There's a blank space where it should be. If I mouse over the space, it will show time/date. If I click, the calendar will come up. I've done internet searches. Fun...

Hi Because I'm having problems with Chrome I'm trying to use the Edge browser. What I'm having problems with is the Favorites bar. I've figured out how to save something to it, (awkward and not what you would expect) but once it's on there how do move it to the position I want and delete the...

Here's a story for ya. Yesterday I decided to give Windows 10 a shot because of what all my friends were saying. "OHHH ITS AMAZEBALLZ" "SOOOOOO AWSM" and such. The upgrade took a few hours but was well worth it. The programmes were exactly where I left them along with everything else. The new...

I came home from work and discovered that my computer had been updated to Windows 10. Pretty underhanded move on Microshaft's part, but I thought I'd give it a whirl. Everything seems fine except now when I open Photoshop everything is so tiny I can't really work in the program anymore. Attached...