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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.6780 (KB5067103) to the Dev Channel, continuing the 25H2-era enablement-package cadence and delivering a mix of incremental Copilot-era experiments, UI polish, and a pack of reliability fixes — while reminding Insiders that many of the...

Microsoft Word is changing a fundamental assumption of how the desktop app handles new documents: in current Insider builds Word now creates new documents directly in the cloud (OneDrive by default) with AutoSave enabled from the first keystroke, rather than leaving a new document in an unsaved...

Microsoft has begun previewing two of the most consequential additions to the Copilot on Windows experience for Windows Insiders: Connectors that let Copilot reach into personal cloud services (OneDrive, Outlook email/contacts/calendar, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts)...

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 Canary-channel preview, Windows 11 Insider Build 27965, quietly tightens a handful of long-standing annoyances while previewing a broader Start menu redesign and developer-focused tooling — and, crucially for everyday users, it fixes two small but irritating regressions that...

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’s latest Insider releases deliver a pair of practical, long-overdue fixes for File Explorer and a small but meaningful taskbar flyout tweak — improvements that polish daily Windows use but also underline how incremental and staged modern OS evolution has become. Overview In early...

Microsoft has pushed three new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds into the Canary, Dev and Beta channels, packing a handful of practical UI tweaks for early testers and a larger, targeted cumulative update (KB5065797) that advances the Dev/Beta feature streams for 25H2/24H2 respectively. The...

Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel build for Windows 11, Build 27959, brings a collection of small but widely requested user-facing tweaks and a raft of stability fixes — most notably a new setting that lets you reposition the on‑screen hardware indicators (volume, brightness, airplane mode...

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’s Insider channels closed out September with a quiet but consequential set of previews: seven focused Windows 11 improvements that refine AI experiences, accessibility, and everyday system diagnostics for Insiders — and set clearer expectations for how Copilot features will be baked...

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 ha appena rilasciato nuove build Insider per Windows 11 — la versione 26120.6760 sul Beta Channel e la 26220.6760 sul Dev Channel — che introducono una serie di piccole ma pratiche funzionalità (tra cui un collegamento rapido per un test di velocità di rete direttamente dal taskbar)...

Microsoft’s latest Insider checkpoint—packaged as KB5065793 and appearing in recent Dev and Beta preview builds—delivers a handful of practical interface changes and deeper platform plumbing that together reveal Microsoft’s current priorities: quicker diagnostic access, tighter Copilot...

Windows Insiders received a quietly odd patch this week: the latest Beta and Dev preview packages add a handful of small but useful features — a one‑click network speed test in the taskbar and a Copilot onboarding screen during Get Started — and then, without fanfare or explanation, Microsoft...

Microsoft has pushed fresh Insider preview updates into the Dev and Beta channels—delivered as cumulative update KB5065793—which advance Dev machines to Windows 11 build 26220.6760 (25H2) and Beta machines to build 26120.6760 (24H2). The flight is small on paper but notable in practice: it...