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Apple’s June 2026 Mac price increases have given Microsoft and Windows PC manufacturers a narrow opening in the consumer laptop market, after months in which the low-cost MacBook Neo made many entry-level Windows machines look overpriced and underbuilt. The reprieve is real, but it is not a...

Microsoft released the first public preview of WSL Containers, or WSLC, with WSL 2.9.3 for Windows 11 on June 29, 2026, adding a native wslc command-line tool for building, running, and managing Linux containers inside the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The preview matters because it turns WSL...

Windows 11’s best quality-of-life upgrades in 2026 are not a single headline feature but a layered collection of settings, built-in apps, AI tools, security defaults, file-management changes, and optional Microsoft utilities spread across the operating system. That dispersion is the point...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 optional preview update KB5095093 for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 improves File Explorer launch performance, address bar reliability, disk-image mounting responsiveness, and several Home view behaviors before the same changes move into July’s broader security...

Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 KB5095093 on June 23, 2026, as an optional preview update for versions 24H2 and 25H2, bringing File Explorer performance improvements, faster disk-image mounting, and more modern interface work to one of the operating system’s most visible daily tools. The...

A Windows enthusiast known as O_MORES has demonstrated Windows 11 running on an ASRock ConRoe 865PE system with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, DDR1 memory, and an AGP Radeon HD 4650, using Windows 11 IoT-era support paths and modified legacy graphics drivers. The stunt matters because it exposes a...

Microsoft is telling Windows users and IT administrators in June 2026 to continue phased Secure Boot certificate deployments using Windows updates, OEM firmware, validation tooling, and staged rollout practices as the ecosystem moves from aging 2011 certificates toward newer 2023 Secure Boot...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Dynamic Updates KB5102558, KB5095615, and KB5095186 on June 23, 2026, targeting Setup and Windows Recovery Environment components for Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and the emerging 26H1 branch. The updates landed beside the latest optional preview update, but they...

Microsoft has begun changing references to Windows 11’s controller-first gaming interface from “Xbox mode” to “XBOX mode” in Insider testing, with the all-caps branding appearing in Experimental Build 26300.8758 released on June 26, 2026, despite the change not being called out in Microsoft’s...

Microsoft confirmed in June 2026 that recent Windows security updates can make the Recycle Bin’s permanent-delete confirmation dialog show internal $Rxxxxx-style file names instead of the original names on Windows 11, Windows 10, and supported Windows Server releases. The files themselves are...

A hardware enthusiast has reportedly booted Windows 11 on an ASRock ConRoe865PE motherboard using a Core 2 Quad Q6600, DDR1 memory, and a Radeon HD 4650 AGP card, then demonstrated working AGP acceleration, H.264 decoding, Half-Life 2, and Crysis on the retro platform. The stunt is charming...

Admins and power users testing Windows 11 Insider Beta build 26220.8680 should generally keep Widgets enabled for pilots and flexible user groups, keep Microsoft’s quieter defaults in place, and disable Widgets only on tightly managed, shared, classroom, kiosk-adjacent, or distraction-sensitive...

Windows 11’s movable taskbar returned on May 15, 2026, for Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel, where Microsoft now lets testers place the taskbar on the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the screen in preview builds tied to 25H2 testing. Verdict: do not upgrade a production PC just...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 KB5095093 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 does not prove a universal Patch Tuesday switch-on for Shared Audio, but it does move Bluetooth LE Audio from demo territory toward serviced, retail Windows behavior. The practical verdict is this...

Microsoft resumed automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in June 2026 on eligible commercial Windows devices that already run Microsoft 365 desktop apps, using the Office update mechanism rather than the Microsoft Store or a conventional Windows feature update. The detail that...

A widely shared registry tweak can make Windows 11 File Explorer feel faster by disabling Automatic Folder Type Discovery, the long-running Windows behavior that guesses a folder’s contents and applies a matching view template each time Explorer decides it needs one. The setting is not magic...

A modder known as Omores has shown Windows 11 running on an early-2000s DDR1 platform built around an ASRock ConRoe865PE motherboard, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor, ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP graphics, and Windows 11 IoT, with working acceleration and stable operation. The stunt is impressive...

Microsoft released three Windows 11 Dynamic Update packages on June 23, 2026, pairing KB5102558 for Setup with KB5095615 for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 recovery files and KB5095186 for Windows 11 26H1 recovery files. The timing matters because these are not flashy desktop features; they are the...

Microsoft quietly extended its consumer Windows 10 Extended Security Updates program in late June 2026, allowing eligible personal PCs enrolled in ESU to keep receiving security patches through October 12, 2027, two years after Windows 10’s official end-of-support date. That is the plain fact...

Microsoft is expanding Windows 11’s Low Latency Profile to more PCs with the June 2026 optional preview update, KB5095093, after initially tying the performance feature to this month’s broader Windows 11 update wave for versions 24H2 and 25H2. The change is small in code but large in symbolism...