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Paul Thurrott used Microsoft’s new Windows Development Skills preview with Anthropic Claude Code after Build 2026 to generate a native Windows 11 Notepad-style app using WinUI 3, the Windows App SDK, and the WinApp command-line tool in roughly 48 minutes. The result was not a miracle, but it was...

Microsoft used Build 2026 in Seattle to push developers toward modern native Windows 11 apps, pairing WinUI 3, Windows App SDK tooling, AI-assisted coding agents, and new developer hardware into a broader campaign to make Windows feel faster, more coherent, and less like a shell around web...

Microsoft is testing a hidden Windows 11 Settings option in Insider Experimental build 26300.8553 that would let users uninstall locally installed AI models from compatible PCs, according to findings shared June 1, 2026, by Windows feature watchers. The button is not a public commitment, and it...

So while migrating from an old device running Win 10 home to a new device running Win 11 pro, I faced a strange issue. I am mentioning the version of windows because pro is the one that can be controlled by enterprise. They are not the same device, so the installation is fresh and all was good...

Microsoft used Build 2026 in San Francisco on June 2 to unveil a developer-heavy AI slate led by the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, MAI-Thinking-1 reasoning model, Project Solara, Scout, new GitHub Copilot and Windows 11 tooling, and the Majorana 2 quantum chip. The pattern is more important than...

After Microsoft made Windows Subsystem for Android and the Amazon Appstore unavailable in the Microsoft Store on March 5, 2025, community WSA builds became the practical path for Windows users who still want Android apps, Google Play support, or Windows 10 backports. That is the concrete answer...

Microsoft is testing a hidden Windows 11 Settings option in Insider build 26300.8553 that lets users uninstall on-device Copilot+ AI model components, including Phi Silica, with removal apparently completed after a reboot. The button is small, but the concession is not. It suggests Microsoft has...

Microsoft began testing a movable, smaller Windows 11 taskbar with Windows Insiders in May 2026, bringing back top, left, and right taskbar placement nearly five years after Windows 11 launched with the taskbar locked to the bottom of the screen. The change is not just a nostalgia concession for...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview build 26300.8553, reported on June 3, 2026, includes a hidden Settings page for managing local AI components on Copilot+ PCs, showing model details and offering limited uninstall support for Phi Silica. The feature is not yet officially...

Microsoft is testing a redesigned Windows 11 taskbar experience in Insider preview builds, restoring the ability to place the taskbar on the top, left, right, or bottom edge of the screen and adding a genuinely smaller mode after years of user complaints. The change is not just cosmetic...

Microsoft’s current support guidance says Windows 11 users enable the virtual touchpad from Settings > Personalization > Taskbar by turning on Virtual Touchpad under system tray icons, while Windows 10 users use the taskbar’s “Show touchpad button” option, with Windows 10 support now ended. That...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 taskbar setting that lets users place the taskbar at the bottom, top, left, or right of the screen, with the option appearing in Settings under Personalization, Taskbar, and Taskbar behaviors in preview builds in May and June 2026. The change looks small because...

Microsoft added a new Windows 11 Screen tint accessibility setting in Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8497, released May 22, 2026, letting testers apply a customizable color overlay across the entire display from Settings > Accessibility > Vision. It is not yet a mainstream Windows 11...

Apple still does not provide an official iMessage app, installer, Microsoft Store listing, or web client for Windows 10 or Windows 11 in 2026, leaving PC users to rely on Phone Link, Mac-based remote access, or third-party relay tools. That single fact should frame every “download iMessage for...

Bluetooth failures on Windows 11 in 2026 are usually fixed by checking the radio toggle, disabling Airplane mode, running Microsoft’s Bluetooth troubleshooter, re-pairing the device, restarting Bluetooth services, or repairing the adapter driver through Device Manager and Windows Update. The...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 taskbar is finally regaining top, left, and right placement in 2026 through Insider testing, nearly five years after Windows 11 launched without one of the desktop’s oldest customization options. The return is small in pixels and large in symbolism. Microsoft is not merely...

Microsoft announced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box on June 2, 2026, as a Windows 11 developer workstation for local AI work, pairing NVIDIA’s RTX Spark architecture with up to one petaflop of AI compute, 128 GB of unified memory, and tooling for agents, containers, WSL, CUDA, and Copilot. The...

Microsoft used Build 2026 on June 2 in San Francisco and online to recast Windows as a platform for AI agents, announcing developer tools, sandboxing, Cloud PC execution, local models, and device concepts meant to let agents build, run, and act across Windows environments. That is more than...

WMI Provider Host high CPU usage on Windows 10 and Windows 11 is usually not a broken Windows process but a symptom of another app, service, script, driver utility, or management tool repeatedly querying Windows Management Instrumentation. In 2026, the right fix is less “kill the process” than...