Category: Windows 11

Microsoft makes native Markdown formatting support in Notepad broadly available on Windows 11. It transforms the long-standing plain text editor into a more flexible writer tool capable of handling basic document formatting. Maybe this has been added as an excuse for the removed WordPad.

This week, Microsoft announced a new round of layoffs that will affect around 9100 employees across multiple divisions, including the Xbox teams, sales, and marketing. In total, the company will lay off more than 15,000 people through 2025.

Today, we will learn how to manage Clipboard History on Windows 11: enable, disable it, pin and unpin its items, and paste them as plain text. The clipboard history feature in Windows 11 allows users to store multiple items that have been copied, including text, HTML content, and images. Each entry is limited to a maximum size of 4 MB. The system retains up to 25 recent entries, with older ones being removed automatically unless they are explicitly pinned by the user.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 27891 to Insiders using the Canary channel. Besides a good set of fixes, it comes with a drastic change. The good old PowerShell 2.0 is now a deprecated feature.

In earlier versions of Windows, such as Windows XP, users had the ability to change system-wide fonts for interface elements like menus, file explorer, and desktop icons through a simple graphical interface. However, this functionality has been removed from modern versions of Windows. In Windows 10 and Windows 11, there is no built-in setting to change the system font globally.

Recent reports suggest that Microsoft may have experienced a significant decline in its Windows user base over the past three years, potentially losing up to 400 million users since 2022. This change was highlighted by technology journalist Ed Bott in an article published by ZDNet, analyzing statements made by Yusuf Mehdi, Executive Vice President and Head of Consumer Marketing at Microsoft.

Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of Windows 11, version 25H2, with general availability planned for the second half of 2025. This will be the annual feature update following version 24H2. For users currently running Windows 11, version 24H2, the transition to version 25H2 will be seamless - requiring only a single restart.

Microsoft is now distributing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.4520 (KB5060834) to users enrolled in the Beta Channel for Windows 11, version 24H2. This update introduces a number of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Some changes are being rolled out gradually to Beta Channel users who have enabled the option to receive updates as soon as they become available via Settings > Windows Update. Other features will be made available to all Beta Channel users over time.

Today Microsoft is releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5670 (KB5060838) to the Dev Channel.

On June 26, Microsoft has released a number of optional updates for Windows 11. Windows 11 version 23H2 and 22H2 receive KB5060826 (OS Builds 22631.5549 and 22621.5549), while Windows 11 24H2 gets KB5060829 (Build 26100.4484). Here are the changes.