Category: Windows 11

Today, Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The deal is set to close somewhere between July 2022 and June 2023. Obviously, the acquisition will require approval from both the boards of directors of both companies and from regulatory authorities.

Today, we will review an easy way to disable Modern Standby in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Modern Standby is a modern power mode that has certain advantages and disadvantages.

Windows 11 is likely to get support for third-party widgets pretty soon. The widget panel is one of the major innovations in Windows 11. But its current set of features is very limited. It only supports widgets made by Microsoft. Currently, the panel can only display the weather forecast, traffic information, as well as the Outlook calendar, photos and to-do list from Microsoft To-Do. However, the situation may change soon.

You can enable the classic Classic Alt+Tab dialog in Windows 11, which doesn't show window thumbnails but only shows app icons. It is less distractive than the default one, and more compact. Hence it has a lot of fans, despite its age.

You can disable the "Let's finish setting up your device screen" if you are annoyed to see it every other time you sign in to Windows 11. There are two methods you can use, the Settings app and a Registry tweak.

Microsoft now releases Windows 11 Build 22000.466 (KB5008353) to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels. This is a quality update that only brings fixes and improvements to the OS. There are no new features.

This week, Microsoft released monthly cumulative and security updates for all supported Windows versions. The updates resolve a number vulnerabilities and fix several bugs. However, something went wrong, as consumers are now having issues with VPN after installing the updates. Also, there are domain controller boot loops on Windows Server.

The Windows 11 generic keys are technically default keys that allows you to install the OS without activation. They don't provide you with a licensed copy, but are great for testing new builds. If Windows 11 refuses to install without a product key, or installs a wrong edition, you can specify the appropriate generic key.

Microsoft today released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22533 to the Dev Channel. It is already to Windows Insiders, and brings a ton of long awaited features. A redesigned volume slider that appears no laptops when you press hotkeys is among them. Also, there are official ISOs if you want to clean install this build.

Microsoft released a new firmware update for its ARM-based Surface Pro tablets. January 2021 update for Surface Pro X (first-gen), Surface Pro X with SQ2 processors, and Surface Pro X (Wi-Fi, the latest model) brings improved Windows 11 support and various enhancements.