Microsoft is currently testing a number of new features and experiences for Windows 11, ranging from agentic AI for PC management to an AI-driven “Fix it” button for troubleshooting to a new Start menu design…
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“It’s been over a month, but I have accidentally deleted some photos via the recycling bin, and I’d really like them back. I’ve heard of Windows recovery files, but I’m not sure how they work.…
Yesterday, Microsoft announced in a blog post a “new generation of Windows experiences” that includes a brand-new Start menu for Windows 11. The first traces of this new Start menu appeared last month in an…
“Computer, do this.” It’s been one future that sci-fi has promised since Star Trek. Microsoft now says that that future is arriving, at least within a small corner of Windows 11. Microsoft is promising that…
Microsoft has now taken the great, big Windows 11 24H2 update into its final rollout phase, many months after it first debuted. According to a May 2nd status update on this support page (spotted by…
Update on May 5, 2025: According to a Windows 10 support page (spotted by Windows Latest), the removal of “recent files” app jump lists in Windows 10’s Start menu was confirmed to be a bug…
For years, I’ve assumed that most people don’t need third-party antivirus tools and have cheerily passed this suggestion along to others. After all, Microsoft’s Windows Security suite (also known as Windows Defender or Microsoft Defender)…
Windows 7 came onto the market in 2009 and put Microsoft back on the road to success after Windows Vista’s annoying failures. But Windows 7 was not without its faults, as this curious story proves.…
Cybersecurity can be complicated. (I sat in on a pentesting session during the RSAC’s cybersecurity conference this week, and I don’t envy them their jobs.) But not all of it is—especially when it comes to…