This week, Microsoft announced Windows 11 SE—a new SKU for the education market and low-end devices, such as the brand-new $249 Surface Laptop SE. Shortly after the announcement, Microsoft published a document describing all the details about the new operating system variant. It reveals several interesting tidbits about Windows 11 SE.
Author: Taras Buria
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Microsoft wants you to use Edge for internal URLs, prevents link overriding in Windows 11
Windows 11 and 10 have a dedicated microsoft-edge:// protocol for opening specific links explicitly in the Edge browser—formerly in Edge Legacy and now in Edge Chromium. Regardless of your default browser choice, Windows opens those links in Edge Chromium in an attempt to get more users for the browser.
Surface Duo and AMD-based Laptop 4 received November firmware updates
The November 2021 update roundup for Surface devices continues with the original Surface Duo and AMD-based Surface Laptop joining the party. Here is what is new in the November 2021 update for the first-gen dual-screen smartphone from Microsoft and the fourth-gen Surface Laptop with AMD CPUs.
How to Set Wallpaper Per Monitor in Windows 11
In this article, we will show you how to set wallpaper per monitor in Windows 11. Latest Windows versions apply a wallpaper image to all monitors by default. Still, users have an option to specify background pictures for each screen (per-monitor wallpapers). If you use Windows 11 and virtual desktops, setting per-monitor wallpapers may become a little confusing.
Feedback Portal now accepts feedback for more than 30 Microsoft products
A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft launched a new Feedback Portal for users to send their thoughts, complaints, and ideas about Microsoft's products. Back then, Feedback Portal was only accepting posts about Microsoft Teams and the Edge browser. Now, Microsoft is ready to receive all sorts of feedback from users across more than 30 various products.
Edge will soon let you create new Office documents from the context menu
When you make a right-click action in Edge, the browser reveals a hefty list of various commands and actions. And it seems that Microsoft does not plan to stop shoving even more options to that list. The latest version of Microsoft Edge Canary received a fresh "New Office Tab" option that lets you create a new document.
Microsoft announced Surface Laptop SE – cheapest computer for the edu market
Today, during a special event, Microsoft announced Surface Laptop SE—its cheapest computer in the Surface family, aimed squarely at the education market to rival Chromebooks.
Firefox is now available in Microsoft Store on Windows 11 and Windows 10
As promised earlier this year, Mozilla Foundation released the Firefox browser in the Microsoft Store. It is now available to download on computers running Windows 10 and 11.
Google will soon disable Chrome sync in Chrome 48 and older
Google posted a message on the official Chrome Support website, notifying users about sunsetting synchronization capabilities in old versions of Chrome.
How to Add Exceptions to Super-Duper Secure Mode in Edge
You can finally add exceptions to Super-Duper Secure Mode in Edge. Not so long ago, Microsoft introduced a new security feature for the Edge browser called "Super-Duper Secure Mode" or SDSM. SDSM improves security by disabling the JIT compiler in the V8 JavaScript engine and applying additional security mitigations.
