Windows 11

Microsoft is adding a new policy that enables IT admins to customize the Windows Search experience on the Windows 11 taskbar. The company announced yesterday that the feature is already available in the latest Windows 11 preview builds for Insiders in the Beta and Dev channels. Microsoft recently started testing improvements to the search experience…

Windows has had a slow start to 2023. But nevertheless, there are some interesting pieces of news to share, including a 39 percent drop in Windows revenue from PC makers in FY2023 Q2, tabs coming to Notepad, an updated design for File Explorer, and more. So, let’s get started. Windows revenue plummets 39 percent in…

Microsoft has released a new optional patch to fix a bug that caused the Remote Desktop application to crash on Windows 11. The company was previously affecting users running Windows 11 version 22H2 (also known as the Windows 11 2022 Update) on their systems. According to Microsoft, several users reported that the Remote Desktop app…

Microsoft has started the process of automatically upgrading users that are on Windows 11 version 21H2 to version 22H2. The company announced on the Windows Health Dashboard (via Neowin) yesterday that the latest version of Windows 11 will be applied to all consumer and non-managed business devices running the Home and Pro editions. Microsoft first…

Microsoft has acknowledged an issue that could cause problems with the Start menu, Windows Search, and various UWP applications. The company has updated its Windows Health Dashboard to indicate that the bug affects Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 21H2 as well as Windows 10 versions 22H2, 21H2, and 20H2. More specifically, Microsoft has warned that…

Microsoft has updated the preview release of Windows Terminal to version 1.17. The latest update brings several new features and enhancements based on customer feedback, including Mica and process restart support, dropdown menu customizations, an updated color schemes page, and much more. First off, Microsoft has added support for dropdown menu customization to help users…

Microsoft has released yesterday the January Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. Yesterday also marked the end of support for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1. Microsoft had already ended support for Windows 7 back in January 2020, but the company is now sunsetting its Extended Security Updates program for…

Microsoft has confirmed that the System Restore feature could break some apps on Windows 11 version 22H2. The company detailed that the problem affects select first and third-party applications that use the MSIX Windows app package format, including Microsoft Office, Windows Terminal, Cortana, Notepad, and Paint. In Windows 11, System Restore is a recovery tool…

Microsoft is planning to disable insecure SMB (Server Message Block) guest authentication fallbacks by default in Windows 11 Pro. The company has announced that this security improvement is already included in the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25276 released this month According to Microsoft, the guest authentication method doesn’t provide support for inspection trails and…

Last week, Microsoft confirmed a new issue that caused application shortcuts to disappear from the Taskbar and Start Menu on Windows PCs. Microsoft has recently released a PowerShell script that helps IT admins to restore some deleted Windows application shortcuts. On January 13, several IT admins reported on Reddit and Twitter that a buggy attack…