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Windows 11’s quiet evolution over the past few years has produced a stack of small, focused wins that together deliver a noticeably smoother, more productive PC experience — from a remarkably rebuilt Snipping Tool to a Game Bar optimized for handhelds, deeper package management, and tighter...

MS Paint may be heading for the exit sign in Microsoft’s product roadmap, but losing Paint does not mean losing the ability to capture, annotate, and share screenshots on Windows — far from it. Built-in tools have quietly matured over the past decade and a half, and the modern Snipping Tool...

Every time my game bar program restarts all the notification sounds like achievements and party chat joining/leaving for myself or others gets set to 100%. The program does not remember what I set it to in between resets of game bar or my Pc. I have updated my audio drivers and turned off the...

Windows 11 hides small time-savers behind familiar key presses — the TechRadar piece you supplied condenses that idea into a practical, ten-shortcut cheat sheet I find useful enough to keep on my desk. Background / Overview Windows has carried keyboard shortcuts for decades, but Windows 11 added...

Lenovo’s latest Legion Space update tightens the bridge between PC handhelds and console-style gaming by adding native toggles, Game Bar widgets, and input remaps that make the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) feel more integrated on Legion Go devices — but it also exposes new fault lines in...

Fix Game Stutter: Enable VRR, Disable Fullscreen Optimizations & Tune Game Bar (Win10/11) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Modern Windows builds add layers like Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), “Fullscreen Optimizations,” and the Xbox Game Bar capture stack. When they’re...

Windows 11 gives you more ways than ever to capture what’s on your screen — from a single-key full-screen snap to precise region captures and even short screen recordings — and most of them are built into the OS. This guide distills all working methods, explains where screenshots go, fixes...

Windows 10’s built‑in Gaming settings—Game Bar, Captures, Game Mode, Xbox Networking, and Graphics options—are small switches with outsized influence on how games feel and behave. This guide explains what each control does, why it matters, and how to test changes safely so players can extract...

Editing Xbox GameDVR clips on a Windows PC is straightforward once you know where clips live, which built‑in editors are available, and which settings control capture quality and behaviour—this guide walks through each step, offers troubleshooting and performance tips, and evaluates the...

Microsoft’s Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) will change how Windows handhelds behave: starting November 21, 2025 Microsoft is rolling out a controller‑first, console‑style shell that can boot directly into the Xbox PC app, trim desktop overhead, and present a thumb-friendly launcher on...

Windows 11’s new console-style “Xbox” experience is no longer just a marketing demo for a single handheld: Microsoft has layered a full‑screen, controller‑first shell into Windows 11 that can be enabled on supported handheld PCs and — with caution — tested on other devices. This Full Screen...

Windows 10 and 11 both hide powerful, no‑install screen recording tools that let you capture, narrate, and save video clips in just a few clicks — whether you want a quick how‑to, a classroom demo, or a gameplay highlight. Built into the OS, the Xbox Game Bar and (in modern Windows 11 builds)...

Microsoft’s new Xbox “Full Screen Experience” for Windows 11 — a controller‑first, console‑style shell that ships on the Asus ROG Xbox Ally family — can be enabled on other Windows 11 machines today via supported Insider channels or, for advanced users, by applying community workarounds; the...

Capturing a moment on-screen — whether a crashing error, an important receipt, or a how‑to step for a colleague — is a basic but essential skill for every Windows user, and in 2025 you have more options than ever to do it quickly, accurately, and with built‑in editing tools ready to polish the...

If you've just moved to Windows 11 or are trying to shave seconds off daily workflows, mastering the OS's screenshot tools is one of the simplest productivity wins you can make—Windows 11 bundles at least seven practical capture methods (from the revamped Snipping Tool to hardware button combos...

Microsoft’s short clarification that Gaming Copilot “only runs when you use it” has calmed the loudest headlines, but it did not erase the wider set of technical and policy questions that surfaced when community packet captures and early beta reports showed Copilot-related network activity tied...

Microsoft’s new Gaming Copilot landed in Windows 11 on October 26, 2025, promising real‑time, context‑aware help inside the Xbox Game Bar — and immediately reopened a debate about what it means for a PC to “see” and process gameplay. The feature blends local neural processing with optional cloud...

Microsoft’s new Gaming Copilot—shipped into the Windows 11 Xbox Game Bar as a beta in mid‑September—can capture screenshots, perform OCR on on‑screen text, and (unless you opt out) send that extracted text and related captures back to Microsoft where they may be used to improve AI models...

Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot — the AI assistant now embedded in the Windows 11 Game Bar — can capture screenshots, listen to voice interactions, and collect conversation and personalization data while you play, and those inputs can be used to train Microsoft’s AI models unless you explicitly opt...

The Xbox Game Bar is a convenient, built‑in Windows 11 overlay for recording, performance monitoring, and quick access to audio and social tools — but when it’s not needed it can run as a persistent background process and introduce overlay conflicts or small CPU overhead. This feature piece...