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MakeUseOf’s latest Windows hotspot diary argues that a laptop using a phone’s mobile hotspot can burn gigabytes of data in a single day unless cloud sync, game launchers, app updates, Windows Update, Delivery Optimization, startup apps, and metered connection settings are brought under control...

Windows 11 can be forced to boot with less usable RAM through the legacy System Configuration utility, as Windows Central’s Mauro Huculak demonstrated in a July 2026 how-to using the Boot tab’s “Maximum memory” option. The trick works, but the more interesting story is not that Microsoft hid a...

Microsoft has spent the past three months turning its 2026 “fix Windows 11” push into visible changes, with April, May, and June bringing preview work on taskbar placement, Start menu cleanup, search improvements, File Explorer performance, update reliability, and recovery tools. The early...

Windows 10 and Windows 11 users are reporting a large blank white window that appears near the upper-left corner of the desktop after startup or unlock, with Reddit and forum reports pointing to a Google Chrome scheduled task named RunPlatformExperienceHelperOnUnlock as the likely trigger. The...

Verdict: do not upgrade a primary PC just to get Screen tint today; stay on Windows 11 Insider Beta 26H1 only if you are already testing pre-release builds, need the accessibility overlay now, and can tolerate Controlled Feature Rollout behavior. Microsoft shipped Screen tint in Windows 11...

Use Notepad Tabs and Auto-Save in Windows 11 to Organize Quick Notes Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 10 minutes Notepad is no longer just a single blank text window for quick edits. In Windows 11, the modern Notepad app supports tabs and can automatically restore your previous session...

Microsoft’s 2011-era Secure Boot certificate chain began expiring in late June 2026, affecting older Windows 11 PCs that have not yet received Microsoft’s newer 2023 Secure Boot certificates through Windows Update or OEM firmware updates. The practical answer is simple: check the badge in...

3mdeb’s Dasharo port of coreboot with AMD openSIL can now boot Windows 11 without workarounds on the MSI PRO B850-P WiFi, a consumer AM5 Ryzen motherboard, according to Phoronix’s July 3, 2026 report on the project’s latest progress. That sentence sounds small only if firmware is treated as...

IGN’s Microsoft-sponsored buying guide argues that Copilot+ PCs can improve Windows 11 productivity by using dedicated neural processing hardware, known as an NPU, to run selected AI features locally for tasks such as summarizing text, translating content, assisting with screen actions, and...

Microsoft has fixed a Windows 11 storage bug in the June 23, 2026 optional preview update KB5095093, after users reported that the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file could swell from ordinary database-log size into tens, hundreds, or even more gigabytes on the system drive. The fix is narrow...

Microsoft has extended consumer Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for enrolled personal devices until October 12, 2027, giving holdouts another year of critical security patches after the operating system’s formal October 14, 2025 end-of-support date and the original October 2026 ESU cutoff...

In July 2026, the best Nintendo Switch emulator for Windows 11 and Windows 10 is not a single clean answer but a split between Eden for active development and Ryubing for stability. That answer comes with a large asterisk: the Switch emulation scene has become legally pressured, fragmented, and...

On June 29, 2026, Microsoft made WSL Containers available in public preview for Windows 11, adding a built-in wslc.exe command-line tool and a Windows-facing API for running Linux containers through the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The move is not merely another developer convenience layered...

Microsoft’s newest Windows 11 AI controls now let a determined user disable or hide much of the operating system’s visible AI surface area in minutes, including context-menu actions, Copilot app entry points, Recall snapshots, Click to Do, and app-level tools in Notepad, Edge, Office, Photos...

Intel released Wi-Fi and Bluetooth driver package 24.50.0 for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on June 30, 2026, bringing wireless fixes, security updates, and one of the first visible links between Intel’s PC drivers and Microsoft’s new Driver Quality Initiative. The interesting part is not that a...

Microsoft began testing restored Windows 11 taskbar positioning and smaller taskbar controls in Insider Experimental Build 26300.8493 on May 15, 2026, with later build 26300.8758 adding a clearer dedicated size setting on June 26. The change matters because it reverses one of Windows 11’s most...

Copy Large Folders Reliably with Robocopy Resume, Retries, and Logs in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Copying a large folder with File Explorer can be frustrating. A network hiccup, locked file, long path, or sleep interruption may stop the transfer, and it is...

On Windows Weekly 990, Leo Laporte, Richard Campbell, and Paul Thurrott covered Microsoft’s quiet extension of consumer Windows 10 security updates to October 2027, new Windows Insider changes, fresh Windows 11 builds, agentic AI announcements, Xbox price increases, and the week’s practical PC...

Sony’s July 1 announcement says new PlayStation games will stop shipping on physical discs in January 2028, moving future releases to digital delivery through PlayStation Store and retailer-sold digital formats. The decision is not just a format change; it is a forced renegotiation of what...

Microsoft is testing a more customizable Windows 11 Start menu in Insider builds in mid-2026, adding controls to resize the menu, hide major sections, and reduce the forced “Recommended” experience that users have complained about since Windows 11 launched. That is the plain answer, and it...