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Microsoft improves Windows 11 Start menu, with no new ads in sight – and there’s a bonus for the lock screen in latest preview
A new option for a Category view in the Start menu’s list of apps is a welcome change, if it emerges from testing.
Turns out the ‘death’ of the Control Panel in Windows 11 has been greatly exaggerated, as Microsoft issues a clarification
Want to see the back of the Control Panel? You wouldn’t be alone, but this ancient bit of the Windows interface isn’t going anywhere for now.
Windows 11 could get updates that install without a reboot, as a Microsoft blunder hints these are coming with version 24H2
The plan appears to be that the majority of monthly updates for Windows 11 won’t need to reboot the PC.
Windows 10 looks to be getting one of the worst features recently added to Windows 11’s Start menu
Microsoft’s continued development of Windows 10 has a downside, namely more cluttering of the interface with adverts.
Microsoft just blocked a commonly-used trick to install Windows 11 on a PC that doesn’t meet the system requirements
A sneaky installation method appears to have been banished – but this may not come into effect until next year.
Windows 11 24H2 update is set to make a webcam change to allow multiple apps to use the camera simultaneously
Windows 11 users: Did you know that only one app can use your webcam at any given time? But not for much longer…
Windows 11 is getting useful changes to give your laptop more battery life for free
Want better battery life for your laptop? Who doesn’t, and luckily, Microsoft is changing Windows 11 to help with that.
Microsoft Copilot+ PCs set to ‘cause a crisis in Apple’s MacBook Pro sales’ as AI laptops are predicted to fly off the shelves in 2025
Copilot+ PCs could be shifting close to 50 million units annually by the time 2028 rolls around, an analyst firm reckons.
