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Microsoft acknowledged in its June 23, 2026 optional Windows 11 preview update that a storage issue tied to CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal can cause abnormal disk usage on affected PCs, with user reports collected by Windows Latest describing cases from tens of gigabytes to roughly 500GB. The...

Microsoft acknowledged on June 29, 2026, that Windows 11’s KB5095093 preview update improves disk usage for the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file, after user reports showed the hidden database log swelling from megabytes into tens, hundreds, and in some cases roughly 500GB. The bug is not...

Windows 11 battery life in 2026 is less about one miracle toggle than about stopping the operating system, apps, and display from spending power while you are not looking, typing, or actively asking the machine to work. The DigitBin test that kicked this off found the largest practical gains...

Microsoft began testing Android-to-PC app continuity for Windows 11 Insiders on August 22, 2025, with Build 26200.5761 in the Dev Channel and a Spotify-first “Resume alert” that lets playback move from an Android phone to a Windows 11 PC. The feature is small in its first public form, but its...

Thurrott.com published a July 5, 2026 update to Paul Thurrott’s Windows 11 Field Guide virtualization chapter, covering how Windows 11 users can enable and use Windows Sandbox and Hyper-V Client on supported PCs. The update reads like a how-to, but the bigger story is that virtualization has...

Microsoft is pitching Surface devices to Australian schools as an AI-ready Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 Education platform for secure classroom deployment, device management, and teaching productivity, according to a new Microsoft Australia education campaign. The message is not subtle: AI in...

Microsoft acknowledged in late June 2026 that Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 can mishandle the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal database log file, allowing it to consume unusually large amounts of storage, and shipped a fix in the June 23 optional preview update KB5095093. The bug is not...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 version 24H2 and 25H2 enterprise PCs can suffer Explorer, Start menu, Settings, taskbar, Windows Search, and other XAML app failures after cumulative updates released from July 2025 onward, with Microsoft’s fix beginning in the June 23, 2026 preview update...

Neowin’s guide to launching multiple Windows 11 apps with one action describes a deceptively simple trick: create a plaintext .bat file, add one start command per app, save it on the desktop, and run it whenever your workday begins. The mechanics are old, but the usefulness is current. In an...

Microsoft has acknowledged a Windows 11 storage bug in KB5095093, the June 23, 2026 optional preview update for versions 24H2 and 25H2, after reports that CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal could balloon from a few megabytes to hundreds of gigabytes on the system drive. The fix is currently in the...

Guiding Tech’s Windows 11 troubleshooting guide argues that a monitor failing to display full screen is usually caused by mismatched resolution, scaling, monitor-side aspect settings, bad cabling, GPU scaling overrides, or app-specific fullscreen behavior. That sounds mundane, but it is exactly...

Microsoft Edge is Windows 11’s default browser and PDF reader, but Paul Thurrott’s newly updated Windows 11 Field Guide entry argues that users should configure it defensively even if they never plan to browse with it. That is the uncomfortable truth at the center of Edge in 2026: Microsoft has...

Microsoft is considering a redesigned flyout for PowerToys Awake, a free Windows 11 utility that keeps a PC from sleeping during long-running tasks, according to a newly opened proposal in the Microsoft PowerToys GitHub repository reported by Neowin on July 5, 2026. The change is not a shipping...

Buy a Copilot+ PC now only if your current device is already due for replacement and you expect to use AI-assisted capture daily; otherwise, wait and keep using the standard Windows 11 Snipping Tool. Microsoft’s most interesting upcoming capture feature, perfect screenshot, is tied to Copilot+...

Thurrott.com published and updated its Windows 11 Field Guide virtualization material on July 5, 2026, centering the 2026 edition around Hyper-V, Windows Sandbox, and the broader virtualization tools built into modern Windows 11. The update is not just another how-to chapter refresh. It is a...

Windows 11 Pro for Workstations is Microsoft’s workstation-tier client operating system for high-end PCs, positioned above Windows 11 Pro and below Windows Server, with support for larger memory, more CPU sockets, ReFS storage features, SMB Direct networking, and persistent-memory workloads. It...

Microsoft has fixed a Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 bug that could break Explorer, Start, Search, Settings, the taskbar, and other XAML-dependent shell components on some provisioned enterprise PCs, with the repair beginning in the June 23, 2026 preview update KB5095093 and expected to reach broader...

Microsoft has confirmed Windows 11 version 26H2 as the next annual feature update, with preview work already visible in Insider builds and a broader rollout expected in the second half of 2026. The important part is not the size of the download, but the direction of the operating system. If the...

Windows 10 and Windows 11 users began reporting in early July 2026 that a large blank white window briefly appears near the upper-left corner of the desktop after startup or unlock, with Neowin and Reddit users tracing the likely trigger to a Google Chrome scheduled task. The bug is not yet a...

Microsoft released KB5095189 on June 23, 2026, as a cumulative Out of Box Experience update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, delivered during initial setup when OOBE updates are installed and the device has an active Internet connection through Windows Update. The change is small in the...