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Microsoft plans major Start menu upgrades for Windows 11 with better customization and performance: Users will soon be able to resize it and toggle off entire areas of Start

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
Microsoft is rebuilding the Start menu from the ground up, and is adding some much needed customization and performance improvements along the way.

Windows 11

Windows 11

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Microsoft prepares display upgrades and two stage launch for new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Intel and Snapdragon chips this year

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New PCs from Microsoft will consist of new chips, display upgrades, and higher starting prices this spring and summer.

First images of Microsoft's Surface Pro 12-inch tablet PC.

First images of Microsoft's Surface Pro 12-inch tablet PC.

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Microsoft promises to speed up context menus, folder navigation, file transfers, and search on Windows 11

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As part of Microsoft's big plan to address quality issues on Windows 11, the company has confirmed that it's working on fixing performance of menus, folders, and search in File Explorer.

Windows 11 file Explorer

Windows 11 file Explorer

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People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop Windows 11's mandatory Microsoft Account requirements during setup

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Microsoft's big sweeping set of improvements coming soon to Windows 11 don't address its controversial Microsoft account requirements, but that might soon change.

Windows 11 UI with option to specify user directory

Windows 11 UI with option to specify user directory

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Microsoft unveils MAJOR improvements coming to Windows 11 this year — movable Taskbar, reduced RAM usage, less AI and ads, and much more CONFIRMED: "We are evolving how Windows is built behind the scenes to raise the quality bar"

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After feeling the heat from macOS and Linux, Microsoft is getting its act together and making significant changes to Windows 11 that will bring it up to par with the competition.

Windows 11

This is the moment Windows fans have been hoping would come.

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Microsoft quietly scraps plans to bring Copilot to notifications and Settings on Windows 11 as it moves to reduce AI bloat across the OS

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Originally announced in 2024, Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across various areas of the Windows 11 shell has been shelved as the company reevaluates its AI approach in the OS.

A copilot logo with the word "Windows" next to it on an abstract background.

A copilot logo with the word "Windows" next to it on an abstract background.

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Microsoft just fixed my BIGGEST gripe about the Windows 11 setup experience — power users rejoice!

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The latest Windows 11 preview build introduces the ability to specify a custom user directory for your account, something both macOS and Linux have supported for decades.

Windows 11 UI with option to specify user directory

Windows 11 UI with option to specify user directory

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Mac Neo vs. Windows’ future, Windows 12 misinformation, and the truth behind Project Helix — Windows Central Podcast

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
Podcast: Daniel and Zac discuss Apple's new MacBook Neo and how it might impact the Windows market going forward. Also on this episode: Windows 12 rumors, what's real and what's not? Plus, the latest on Project Helix, the next-gen Xbox.

Mac Neo vs. Windows’ future, Windows 12 misinformation, and the truth behind Project Helix — Windows Central Podcast

Mac Neo vs. Windows’ future, Windows 12 misinformation, and the truth behind Project Helix — Windows Central Podcast

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Microsoft's Windows and Devices lead now reports directly to CEO Satya Nadella in important leadership shakeup

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Microsoft's EVP of Experiences & Devices is retiring, and four new leads are taking his place who will now report directly to the CEO instead going forward.

AI-Generated image of a Microsoft Surface laptop on a desk visualized.

AI-Generated image of a Microsoft Surface laptop on a desk visualized.

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Ex-Windows chief calls MacBook Neo "a paradigm shifting computer" — reflects on Surface failure and Windows on Arm while lamenting "we were early, but not wrong"

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The mastermind behind Windows 8 and Surface RT has thoughts on Apple's new MacBook Neo, and says it validates his efforts from 2012 that the market originally rejected.

A citrus MacBook Neo laptop displaying Microsoft apps

A citrus MacBook Neo laptop displaying Microsoft apps

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Microsoft brings new "Xbox mode" to Windows 11 PCs next month — Prepares major gaming advancements that lay foundations for the next Xbox

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At GDC 2026, Microsoft outlined the future of PC and Xbox game development, positioning Windows as the foundation for the next-generation of gaming via unified GDK.

Windows 11's new Xbox Mode interface

Windows 11's new Xbox Mode interface

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