Windows 11
The latest Windows 11 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Hikes Windows 10 ESU Prices, Xbox Consoles, and Services in Revenue Push
Microsoft this week rolled out a series of pricing adjustments that will make it more expensive to keep using Windows 10 past its support deadline and to game on Xbox hardware. The changes, which...
Paul Thurrott's Windows 11 Field Guide Exposes Notification Center's Hidden Power
A deep dive into Windows 11’s Notification Center, published as part of Paul Thurrott’s Windows 11 Field Guide on June 27, 2026, peels back layers of the operating system’s most underestimated...
Windows 11 Outperforms EndeavourOS in Dual-Boot Gaming Tests, But Linux Sips Memory
A fresh round of dual-boot gaming benchmarks has spotlighted a performance gap that stubbornly persists: Windows 11 outruns a lean EndeavourOS Linux install on identical laptop hardware, delivering...
Windows 11 Boots on 21-Year-Old PC with DDR1 RAM, AGP Graphics, and a Core 2 Quad
A Reddit user has demonstrated that Windows 11 can run on hardware originally designed for Windows XP—namely a system with DDR1 memory, an AGP slot, and a Core 2 Quad processor. On June 24, 2026,...
Microsoft Tests Single Monthly Reboot in Windows 11 Canary Build 29617
Microsoft dropped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 29617.1000 into the Canary channel on June 26, 2026, and the experimental release ships with one of the most requested quality-of-life improvements...
Microsoft Resumes Auto-Installing 365 Copilot App on Windows via Office Updates
Microsoft has resumed automatically pushing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to eligible commercial Windows devices via the Office update mechanism, a move that reignites debates over user consent and...
Locked Out of Windows 11: The Ultimate Guide to Recovering Admin Access When You've Deleted the Only Administrator
Deleting the only administrator account on a Windows 11 machine — whether by accident or while troubleshooting — can trigger a moment of pure panic. Without another admin profile, you're locked...
Kill Phantom Taps Instantly: How to Permanently Disable Your Windows 10/11 Touch Screen
Your Windows laptop suddenly starts opening apps, dragging windows, and clicking things you never touched. The culprit? A faulty touch screen digitizer sending phantom inputs. Whether you're battling...
No More Registry Hacks: Windows 11 Adds Official Taskbar Compact Mode
{ "title": "No More Registry Hacks: Windows 11 Adds Official Taskbar Compact Mode", "content": "Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system is finally getting an official, built-in toggle to resize...
Tinkerer Runs Windows 11 on a 2005-Era DDR1 AGP PC, Proving Microsoft’s OS Has ‘Elastic Compatibility’
A vintage PC enthusiast known as Omores has pulled off what many would call a technological impossibility: getting Windows 11 to boot and run smoothly on a desktop from the mid‑2000s, a machine...
Boost Windows 11 Gaming Performance by Disabling Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) – Here’s How
Windows 11 ships with Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) enabled by default on most new PCs, a feature designed to isolate critical system processes and protect the kernel from malware. But that...
Microsoft Scout Brings Always-On AI Autopilot to Windows and M365 at Build 2026
Microsoft has a new AI agent, and it doesn't wait for your prompts. On June 2, 2026, during the Build 2026 developer conference, the company pulled back the curtain on Microsoft Scout, an "always-on"...