Category: Windows 11

Microsoft is releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.348 (KB5007262)to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels. The patch resolves just one but important issue.

This post will show you how to perform a clean boot in Windows 11. It is great for troubleshooting when you have no idea what actually causes issues. When doing a clean boot, you can clearly see if a problem you are troubleshooting is related to a third-party software, or it is causes by some built-in service, driver or app.

A major visual overhaul is one of the most noticeable changes in Windows 11, which is a bit ruined by numerous small bugs and annoyances. It does not take too long to spot rough surfaces in the new shiny UI: menus appear with delays and bugs, tooltips appear out of nowhere, and the overall responsiveness leaves much to be desired, even on more powerful computers.

The Redmond software giant today released a new patch to Insiders running Windows 10 in the Release Preview channel. KB5007253 raises the OS version to Build 19044.1381 (21H2) and Build 19044.1381 (21H1), and includes just one fix.

One of the recent updates for PowerToys brought a new Find My Mouse utility that helps users find the missing cursor on large or high-resolution monitors. Microsoft now plans to add more mouse-related features to PowerToys. The project's repository on GitHub reveals an upcoming Mouse Highlighter tool.

Here is how to make widget and search links open in default browser in Windows 11. Microsoft recently confirmed that some of the features in Windows 10 and 11 work exclusively with the Edge browser regardless of your default browser setting, and the company does not plan to change that. That means Windows Search, Windows Widgets, and some other parts of the operating system will continue opening links in Edge whether you like it or not.

Microsoft today released a new Windows 11 build to Insiders in the Dev channel. The key changes include touch keyboard theme support for other flyouts like voice input and emoji panel, the ability to colorize individual faces for "family" emoji, and a few more minor but useful improvements.

Microsoft recently revealed a new Windows 11 edition called Windows 11 SE, aimed at middle school students. The new edition will be preinstalled on devices such as the Surface Laptop SE and will only be available to EDU customers.