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Microsoft released the March 10, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 — KB5079473 — advancing supported installations to OS Build 26200.8037 (25H2) and OS Build 26100.8037 (24H2) and bundling a mix of security patches, stability fixes, performance improvements, and a handful of visible...

The March 2026 feature drop for Windows 11 arrives as a focused, quality‑of‑life release rather than a headline‑chasing overhaul: Microsoft’s KB5077241 preview (OS Builds 26200.7922 / 26100.7922) brings practical tools — most notably native Sysmon support, a taskbar‑accessible network speed...

Microsoft has released the optional February 2026 preview for Windows 11—KB5077241—a non‑security cumulative that begins shipping new productivity and security‑adjacent features in preview form today and is slated for broader rollout on Patch Tuesday, March 10, 2026. This update bundles a mix of...

Microsoft has quietly added a one‑click network speed test to the Windows 11 taskbar in the Release Preview channel — but it’s important to understand that the new control is a launcher that opens a browser‑hosted speed‑test widget (currently surfaced via Bing) rather than a native, in‑OS...

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. Background Windows has...

Microsoft’s latest Release Preview build for Windows 11 gives us a concrete look at the next feature drop — a measured package of quality‑of‑life enhancements that Microsoft says will start reaching production PCs in the coming weeks. The preview includes a curated subset of Emoji 16.0, a...

Microsoft has shipped a pair of new Windows 11 Insider pre-release updates today — a Release Preview channel cumulative (KB5077241) that covers both 24H2 and 25H2 builds, and a Beta channel enablement package (KB5077223) for 25H2 — and the notes reveal a mix of small but practical polish...

Microsoft has quietly pushed another Canary-channel preview — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1495 (serviced as KB5074168) — and the headline change is small but useful: you can now set .webp images as first-class desktop backgrounds, alongside a handful of stability fixes and a couple of...

Microsoft has quietly made a small but welcome change to the desktop personalization pipeline: recent Insider flights now accept .webp images as first-class desktop backgrounds, removing the longstanding need to convert web-sourced wallpapers to JPG/PNG before applying them. This change appears...

Today’s Canary-channel flight from Microsoft delivers a compact but practical update: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1495 (KB 5074168) ships with a handful of fixes, a continuation of recent desktop background improvements (notably .webp wallpaper support), and a single noteworthy known...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7653 (KB5074157) to Insiders, matching the Beta-channel preview that landed on January 16, 2026 and now appearing in the Dev Channel as well; the update delivers modest but meaningful UI modernizations, practical feature additions...

Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7653 (KB5074157) to the Beta Channel on January 16, 2026, a focused preview quality update that brings WinUI‑based modernized dialogs for Settings > Accounts > Other users, faster Copilot suggestions in Click to Do on eligible...

Microsoft’s latest Insider preview — distributed as KB5074157 and identified as Build 26220.7653 — quietly stitches together a set of modest but meaningful improvements to Windows 11: modernized Account Settings dialogs rebuilt on WinUI, native support for .webp desktop backgrounds, and faster...

Microsoft has quietly added native support for .webp images as desktop backgrounds in the Insider channels, a small but practical tweak that removes a long-standing friction point for users who collect web-sourced wallpapers — while the more eye-catching idea of native video wallpapers remains a...