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Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 taskbar setting that lets users place the taskbar at the bottom, top, left, or right of the screen, with the option appearing in Settings under Personalization, Taskbar, and Taskbar behaviors in preview builds in May and June 2026. The change looks small because...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 setting that lets users turn off Bing-powered web results in Start and Search, with the option reportedly shown at a Windows Insider event in San Francisco in early June 2026. The change is small in interface terms but large in symbolic weight: Microsoft is...

Microsoft is preparing new Kerberos capabilities for upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server Insider builds, adding IAKerb and LocalKDC so Windows can authenticate in scenarios that have historically fallen back to NTLM, including blocked domain-controller access and local-account connections...

Microsoft’s latest Windows Insider reshuffle has opened the door for OfflineInsiderEnroll 2.6.6, an unofficial script updated in June 2026 to enroll Windows 11 PCs into preview channels without requiring a Microsoft account. The tool does not crack Windows Update so much as expose a...

Microsoft has revived in-person Windows Insider meetups in 2026, bringing regular Windows users face to face with product leaders before Microsoft Build in San Francisco and planning more stops, including London on June 22. That sounds small beside the company’s larger Build-stage narrative...

Microsoft is developing a Windows 11 setting that will let users turn off web results in the operating system’s built-in search, previewing the option at a Windows Insider meetup in San Francisco ahead of Build 2026, with Insider testing expected before any broad rollout. That sounds like a...

Microsoft began testing a substantially more customizable Windows 11 taskbar in Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493 on May 15, 2026, giving Windows Insiders options to move it to the top, left, or right edge of the screen and to make it genuinely smaller. This is not a cosmetic tweak hiding in...

Microsoft is developing a Windows 11 setting that will let users turn off web results in the operating system’s built-in search interface, with the option previewed at a Windows Insider event in San Francisco ahead of Build 2026 and expected to reach Insider builds before general release. The...

Microsoft began testing a movable Windows 11 taskbar on May 15, 2026, in Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493, letting eligible Windows Insiders place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or right edge through Settings rather than registry hacks or third-party shells. That is the plain...

Microsoft on May 22, 2026, released Windows 11 Insider Preview builds 26220.8491, 26300.8497, 28020.2149, and 29595.1000 across its Beta, Experimental, Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) channels, while continuing a staged migration to its redesigned Windows Insider Program...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493, released to Insiders in mid-May 2026 for version 25H2 testing, restores official taskbar positioning and introduces a smaller taskbar mode after nearly five years of user complaints. The move is not merely a nostalgia play. It is...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on May 22, 2026, adding a Screen Tint accessibility setting in the Experimental channel alongside improved HID braille display support, Magnifier changes, Voice Access voice isolation, and related fixes across Beta and Experimental builds. The...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 Search change in Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493 that makes apps and local files appear ahead of web suggestions when they are the stronger match, after years of complaints that Start and taskbar search too often favored Bing over the PC. The change is...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Build 26300.8493 to the Experimental channel on May 15, 2026, restoring official taskbar placement options, adding a smaller taskbar mode, expanding Fluid Dictation to Spanish and French, and polishing several Windows shell behaviors. The build is not a...

Microsoft began rolling out movable and smaller Windows 11 taskbar options to Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel on May 15, 2026, letting testers place the taskbar on the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the screen through Settings. The change restores one of the most conspicuous...

Microsoft began testing a Windows 11 performance update on May 14, 2026, in Release Preview builds 26100.8514 and 26200.8514, while a separate May 15 Experimental build brought back movable taskbars for Insider testers. The two changes arrive through different Windows Insider tracks, but they...

Microsoft began testing movable Windows 11 taskbar positions on May 15, 2026, in new Windows Insider Preview builds, restoring the ability to dock the taskbar to the top, left, right, or bottom edge of the desktop after removing that flexibility at Windows 11’s 2021 launch. That is the small...

Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493 on May 15, 2026, giving Windows Insiders an official way to move the taskbar to the top, left, right, or bottom of the screen. The change sounds almost comically small until you remember that Windows 11 launched in 2021...

Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493 on May 15, 2026, giving Windows Insiders the ability to place the taskbar at the bottom, top, left, or right edge of the screen and to enable a genuinely smaller taskbar. That sounds like a small settings change until...

Microsoft is testing early code for a Windows 10-style smaller Windows 11 taskbar in preview build 26300.8346, restoring a customization path it removed when Windows 11 launched in 2021. The feature is unfinished and hidden, but its appearance matters because the taskbar has become the symbol of...