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Microsoft released the optional KB5095093 preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 on June 23, 2026, bringing File Explorer launch-speed improvements, responsiveness fixes, and related shell reliability changes to builds 26100.8737 and 26200.8737. That sounds like a small patch-note...

A community-uploaded Windows Movie Maker 6.0 installer appeared on the Internet Archive on June 30, 2026, after X user Katie said the classic Microsoft video editor had been tested successfully on Windows 7, Windows 10, and Windows 11. That makes the rediscovery real enough to excite anyone who...

Dave Plummer, a former Microsoft engineer known for work on classic Windows components, has released TinyRetroPad, a 2.5KB Notepad-style text editor for Windows that deliberately rejects modern Notepad’s tabs, AI writing tools, telemetry concerns, and expanding feature set. It is not just a...

Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates program now gives eligible Windows 10 PCs security patches until October 12, 2027, after Windows 10’s mainstream support ended on October 14, 2025, but staying put still requires enrollment, updated boot certificates, backups, and stricter security...

Hello. I am using windows 11 pro, version 23H2, build 22631.6199. It is not doing the automatic update, so I have tried to manually update it. I have downloaded KB5065431 (x64 package) and tried to install it. However, I keep getting an error "the update is not applicable to your computer". What...

Microsoft’s recent Windows 11 preview builds, including February 2026 Release Preview builds for versions 24H2 and 25H2, shift attention from conspicuous AI branding toward practical efficiency changes such as taskbar network speed testing, improved taskbar overflow behavior, and faster resume...

Intel released Wi-Fi driver 24.50.0 and Wireless Bluetooth driver 24.50.0 for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on June 30, 2026, adding support for newer Intel wireless adapters while promising better 6GHz performance, stronger Wi-Fi/Bluetooth coexistence, stability fixes, security updates, and...

Anyone installing Windows 11 from scratch in 2026 still encounters an operating system that strongly nudges them toward a Microsoft account, OneDrive, Edge, Bing, Microsoft 365, diagnostic sharing, personalization toggles, and cloud-connected defaults before the desktop ever becomes theirs. That...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 preview update for Windows 11 moved GIF search in the emoji panel from Google’s Tenor service to GIPHY after Tenor’s older API was deprecated, preventing affected users from seeing a “GIF service is not available” error after June 30. The failure looked, to ordinary...

Microsoft added a storage fix to the June 23, 2026 Windows 11 preview update KB5095093 after users reported that the default Capability Access Manager service could inflate the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file by tens or even hundreds of gigabytes on Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 systems. The...

Microsoft introduced a dedicated Taskbar Size setting in Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8758, released June 26, 2026, giving testers a Settings-based way to shrink the taskbar itself as well as its icons on Windows 11 version 26H2 preview builds. That sounds like a small UI...

Microsoft confirmed that GIF search in the Windows 11 emoji panel broke because Google deprecated the Tenor API on June 30, 2026, and Microsoft’s June 23 KB5095093 preview update switches Windows 11 version 24H2 and 25H2 systems to GIPHY instead. The fix is mundane, but the lesson is not. A tiny...

SteamOS is outperforming Windows 11 on some integrated-graphics gaming PCs because Valve’s Linux-based gaming stack, Proton compatibility layer, and lighter console-style runtime can leave more CPU, memory, and GPU headroom for games on constrained AMD APU hardware, as recent Ryzen 5 8600G...

Amazon is disabling the legacy Kindle for PC app on June 30, 2026, replacing it with a Microsoft Store Kindle for Windows app for compatible Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs, while leaving Windows on ARM users and some international storefront customers without a clean upgrade path. This is not a...

Microsoft confirmed in June 2026 that Windows 11 still supports Hibernate even though the option is often hidden from the Start menu power controls, with the feature remaining available through power settings and command-line configuration on compatible PCs. That answer settles the narrow...

On June 30, 2026, Mezha reported that a modder known as O_MORES had Windows 11 running on an ASRock ConRoe865PE system using a Core 2 Quad Q6600, DDR1 memory, AGP graphics, and enough driver work to play Half-Life 2 and Crysis. The stunt is funny because it should not exist, at least according...

Microsoft has told Windows 11 version 24H2 Home and Pro users that support ends on October 13, 2026, after which those PCs will no longer receive monthly security updates, preview updates, fixes, time zone updates, or technical support. The machines will not stop booting, and this is not a...

Microsoft’s Windows account responded this week to a viral X video mocking a Windows gaming laptop beside Apple’s MacBook Neo, countering with a $699 Dell XPS 13 that more directly matches Apple’s budget ultraportable on price, size, and premium positioning. The reply was a clean hit on the...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8758 in late June 2026 with a dedicated Taskbar Size setting that lets testers choose a smaller taskbar height and smaller taskbar icons from Settings. That is not a headline-grabbing AI feature, a security architecture...

Windows users seeing the volume bar repeatedly appear or remain stuck on screen are usually dealing with one of three things: a stuck hardware control, a misbehaving audio device, or third-party software repeatedly sending volume commands to Windows. The symptom is small, but the diagnostic...