Author: Taras Buria

Microsoft recently published an update on the Windows 11 Health Dashboard website, notifying users about issues with some stock apps. According to Microsoft, an expired certificate caused various parts of the operating system and apps to stop working. For example, when opening Snipping Tool, users receive a Windows 8-like notification with the "This app can't open" message.

Microsoft has updated the official documentation for Windows 10 21H1, notifying users about the status change for the most recent version of Windows 10. According to Microsoft, Windows 10 21H1 (May 2021 Update) is now available to everyone (broad deployment).

Context menus and their numerous design variations in Windows 10 and 11 are a running joke among the users. After several attempts to fix design inconsistencies in Windows 10, Microsoft introduced brand-new modern context menus in Windows 11. Legacy menus are still there (we have a dedicated guide that explains how to restore the classic context menu in Windows 11), and their looks are a little weird. Fortunately, Microsoft does ignore the situation. The latest Windows 11 preview build in the Dev channel has a slightly improved design for the classic context menus.

For an average consumer, built-in Windows Defender in Windows 10 and 11 is more than enough to protect from online threats and all sorts of malware. With increased focus on security in Windows 11, Microsoft now wants to up the game and provide users with a better solution to monitor the safety of all devices within a home network. A store listing for the new Microsoft Defender spilled the beans and revealed some of the upcoming features.

In this article, we will show you where to find all Windows 11 default wallpapers. Unlike macOS, where users can easily access a list of all stock wallpapers, Windows 11 has a somewhat weird wallpaper-picking mechanism.

On October 21, 2021, Microsoft released the first optional update for Windows 11, providing users with a host of much-needed fixes and improvements. Like every other preview update, Windows 11 does not download and install KB5006746 automatically. Instead, users need to open Windows Update and download the update manually. Those who reasonably decided to stay away from preview updates for Windows 11 suddenly found themselves with several broken built-in apps.

This article will show you how to change Power Plan in Windows 11. Modern computers (this also applies to devices running Windows 10, 8, and 7, for that matter) can work with different power plans to provide the optimal balance between power consumption and performance levels. Besides managing how your computer sips the juice from its battery, power plans can change other features, for example, what happens when you close the laptop lid.

Back in 2019, some users noticed that Windows 10 created hundreds (in some extreme cases - thousands) of temporary empty folders for no apparent reason. After two years and several feature updates for Windows 10, the problem appears to be back. This time, it plagues systems with Windows 11.