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Microsoft today rolled a focused Canary-channel update that restores a long-requested multi‑monitor convenience and bundles a handful of reliability fixes for Insiders — but the flight remains distinctly experimental and should be treated as such by anyone running Canary hardware or VMs...

Microsoft is testing an experimental Copilot agent called Copilot Actions that can autonomously operate desktop and web apps on Windows — including sending emails, updating local documents, resizing photos, organizing files, and running multi‑step workflows — all from within a contained, opt‑in...

Microsoft has started previewing a Copilot update for Windows 11 that can directly open and explain individual Windows Settings pages from inside the Copilot app — a small change on the surface that meaningfully improves discoverability, accessibility, and contextual help for everyday Windows...

Microsoft began rolling out a targeted update to the Copilot app on Windows on October 13, 2025, that gives Windows Insiders direct, conversational access to specific Windows Settings from the Copilot chat experience—an incremental but meaningful step toward deeper OS integration for Microsoft’s...

This week’s Microsoft round-up reads like a compact weekend thriller: Apple launched a high‑profile ad mocking last year’s mass BSOD incident, Microsoft pushed a visible Start‑menu redesign into Insider rings while quietly changing legacy .NET packaging, OneDrive received a major Copilot and...

Microsoft’s slow-but-steady march to a truly consistent dark theme in Windows has taken a visible step forward: the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview in the Dev Channel finally extends dark mode into the previously stubborn light-mode pockets of File Explorer, while also adding a handful of...

Microsoft has pushed a meaningful refresh into the Windows Insider Canary Channel with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27965 — introducing a redesigned, scrollable Start menu, bundling a new open‑source command‑line editor called Edit, and changing how .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is delivered to...

Microsoft’s latest Insider previews have turned a long-running setup skirmish into a clear policy shift: the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) in current Windows 11 Dev and Beta channel builds now blocks the low-friction tricks that let users create a purely local account during initial setup...

Microsoft’s most recent Insider test build cements a decisive shift in Windows setup: the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) in current Dev/Beta previews now requires an internet connection and a Microsoft account on the default consumer path, and Microsoft has explicitly removed the common one‑line...

Signing out of a school or work account on Windows 11 is deceptively simple, but the choice between “signing out,” “removing,” or “switching to a local account” has real consequences for synced settings, OneDrive files, BitLocker recovery, and corporate device management — this guide explains...

Microsoft has quietly resolved a long-running annoyance in Windows that left the “Update and shut down” option behaving like “Update and restart” — applying updates and then bringing the PC back to the lock screen instead of powering it off. Background For many Windows users, the...

Microsoft’s latest Insider update tightens the screws on Windows 11 setup by removing the easiest ways to create a local account during OOBE (Out‑Of‑Box Experience), but the story is more complicated than a single patch: determined users and imaging tools still have options, and the move exposes...

Microsoft moved to contain an unusual Insider-program snafu after a recent preview build quietly removed features from testers’ PCs — then shipped a remedial configuration update and temporarily paused further flights while engineers investigate the cause. Background / Overview The Windows...

Microsoft has quietly shipped a small but important Insider update — Windows 11 KB5065793 (Build 26220.6760 / 26120.6760) — that stitches up a raft of annoying user-facing bugs and developer headaches, from taskbar and system tray oddities to SMBv1 file-sharing problems and PIX GPU‑capture...

Microsoft’s recent moves in Canary and Insider channels suggest the long‑running tug‑of‑war over whether Windows 11 will keep forcing Edge and Bing for taskbar searches may finally be loosening — but the change is still an experiment, regionally motivated, and far from guaranteed to ship...

Microsoft Paint has shed another layer of nostalgia and moved closer to being a genuinely useful, session-aware image editor: Windows Insiders can now save editable project files with a .paint extension that preserve layers and edit state, and the Pencil and Brush tools gain an on-canvas opacity...

Windows 11 Insiders are now seeing a new, unexpected entry in the parade of Copilot entry points: a floating “Share with Copilot” button that appears when you hover over an open app on the taskbar and use the window preview. The button launches Copilot Vision against the contents of that window...

The first time you boot the Xbox full‑screen experience on an OG ROG Ally, it feels like someone quietly unhooked Windows from the device and slid a console‑style launcher in its place — but the reality is more pragmatic and far more interesting: Microsoft has layered a controller‑first Xbox...

Microsoft has quietly turned one of Windows’ simplest tools into a practical entry point for everyday generative AI: Notepad on Windows 11 can now write, rewrite, and summarize text using on‑device AI on qualifying Copilot+ PCs — and Microsoft is offering that on‑device path for free without a...

Microsoft has begun shipping a significant Windows 11 Notepad update to Windows Insiders that embeds on‑device generative AI — adding Summarize, Write, and Rewrite actions that can run locally on qualifying Copilot+ PCs with no subscription required, while preserving a cloud fallback for...