The Redmond software giant continues to kill the legacy Control Panel in Windows. This process has started in Windows 8, where Microsoft first introduced the modern PC Settings app. The latter has evolved into the Settings app in Windows 10 and 11. With each iteration, more and more classic Control Panel applets disappear, and become a page of Settings. With Build 25915 (Canary), you cannot open classic Notification Area Icons dialog.
Category: Windows 11
Microsoft Store now shows “System Component” labels for inbox apps
Similar to the Start menu, the Store app now shows the "System Component" label for apps that come pre-installed with Windows, and made by Microsoft. The company is using these labels to differentiate the software that is part of the operating system from third-party apps.
August 2023 Cumulative Updates for Windows 11 and 10
This Patch Tuesday brings a portion of general improvements and fixes to supported versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10. The updates are now available to Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 21H2, and for Windows 10, versions 22H2, 21H2, and 1809.
Microsoft enforces Windows 11 restrictions, dropped support for 44 CPUs
Looks like Microsoft is changing system requirements before releasing Windows 11 23H2. The company regularly updates the processor support lists for the newest OS. But this doesn't mean that the list is only being expanded. With the latest update, the Redmond firm removed 44 Intel processors from the list of supported ones at once.
Windows 11 Copilot plugins will greatly extend its capabilities
Windows 11 Build 23516, which was recently released to the Dev channel, reveals a great pack of useful plugins for Windows Copilot. With them, the integrated AI assistant will do more than showing a chat bot dialog and turning the dark theme. There are plugins for launching applications, clock and tasks, task manager, file actions, troubleshooting, opening settings and even providing feedback.
Windows 11 will soon get intensity and color boost for Color Filters
First introduced with Windows 10, the Color Filters accessibility feature is seeing some improvements in Windows 11. In addition to color mode, Windows 11 Build 25921 adds a few new options to change intensity and color boost.
Microsoft is adding Windows accent color to RGB backlight
If you are an owner of a device with an RGB backlight, soon you will be able to sync its color with the accent color of Windows 11. Microsoft is working on such a feature, part of Dynamic Lighting.
Windows 11 Build 25921 (Canary): HDR wallpapers, rich Start tooltips, and much more
Microsoft is releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25921 to the Canary Channel. The company mentions HDR Background Support, rich thumbnail previews (tooltips) for cloud files on Start, the rename of the Chat app to Microsoft Teams - Free, and more. Here are the details.
Windows 11 Build 22631.2129 (Beta) ships Windows Copilot and Dev Drive to the beta channel
Microsoft has released new preview builds of Windows 11 (version 22H2) 22621.2129 and 22631.2129 (KB5029359) to Beta Channel Insiders. Build 22631.2129, which comes with new features enabled, adds Windows Copilot Preview, Dev Drive, Voice Access and passwordless login options. There are plenty of other changes and improvements that earlier were available in the Canary and Dev channels.
Windows 11 Build 23516 (Dev) adds HDR wallpapers, improves screen casting
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Preview Build 23516 to Insiders in the Dev channel. It features screen casting improvements, HDR wallpaper support, voice access support on the sign in screen, natural voices in more languages, and more.
