Tag: windows
Turns out the ‘death’ of the Control Panel in Windows 11 has been greatly exaggerated, as Microsoft issues a clarification
Windows 11 and Windows 10 aren’t on the brink of seeing the Control Panel shuffling off into the sunset, Microsoft has clarified. As Ars Technica reports, this follows a string of articles last week that popped up around the Control Panel – which is nearly 40-years-old and plays host to…
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Windows 11 could get updates that install without a reboot, as a Microsoft blunder hints these are coming with version 24H2
We’ve heard before that Windows 11 could be getting a ‘hot-patching’ feature with version 24H2, arriving later this year, whereby (some) future cumulative updates won’t require a reboot – and we’ve just been treated to another clue that this might come to fruition. Windows Latest reports that PhantomOfEarth on X…
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Windows 10 looks to be getting one of the worst features recently added to Windows 11’s Start menu
Windows 10 might get an unpopular change to the Start menu which Microsoft recently implemented in Windows 11, going by a new leak. This is the addition of an account manager section, and that piece of extra clutter in the Start menu could well be coming to Windows 10, as…
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Microsoft’s new Game Bar Compact Mode could make Windows 11 actually worth using on gaming handhelds
Microsoft is testing a new Compact Mode to hopefully make using Game Bar in Windows 11 (and 10) easier and improve navigation on smaller screens, Windows handheld devices such as the Asus ROG Ally X, and while using a controller. As well as a simplified Game Bar layout, it includes…
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Good news – Microsoft is finally realizing a feature resembling AirDrop for Windows PC and Android device users
Are you a Windows 11 (or 10) user who’s jealous of Mac owners with iPhones who can use AirDrop to seamlessly transfer files? AirDrop’s slickness is hard to deny, even for the most hardened Apple dissenters, but Windows users with Android smartphones should soon get similarly smart file sharing powers,…
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Windows 11 users, good news – the Start menu could get a fresh new look to make your apps more manageable
Many of the recent changes to Windows 11’s Start menu that we’ve seen tested by Microsoft have been getting hot and cold reactions, but this hasn’t deterred the software giant from continuing to experiment with the menu, and it’s currently trialing a new ‘Category’ layout that we learned about last…
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