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Google’s Chrome is quietly changing how it greets Windows 11 — and one of those changes is small in code but large in perception: Chrome Canary now contains an optional “start with Windows” toggle and an in-product prompt that asks users to let Chrome launch at sign‑in so browsing can “begin...

I cut a handful of apps from my Windows startup list and my PC went from sluggish to immediately usable — a change that’s small to perform, reversible, and one of the highest-return tweaks most Windows users can make today. The simple act of pruning programs that auto‑launch at sign‑in reduces...