Windows 11
The latest Windows 11 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
WMI Provider Host High CPU: How to Trace the Culprit App and Fix It
The WmiPrvSE.exe process is suddenly devouring your CPU, fans are screaming, and Task Manager points to WMI Provider Host as the villain. Don’t panic. This is not a broken Windows component. In...
Microsoft Unveils Windows AI Runtime with Offline Models at Build 2026
Microsoft chose the first day of its Build 2026 conference on June 2 in San Francisco to flip the script on PC artificial intelligence. Rather than another cloud-dependent Copilot upgrade, the...
Dell XPS 13 Drops to $799 as Microsoft Gives Start Menu Real User Controls
Dell dropped the starting price of its iconic XPS 13 laptop to $799 on June 2, 2026 — a move that puts premium build quality into the hands of students and budget-conscious buyers. Hours later,...
Codex Computer Use Update Transforms Windows 11 App into Desktop Automation Agent
OpenAI shipped the most consequential Codex update since its launch, arming the desktop app for Windows 11 with Computer Use capabilities that let the AI agent see your screen, click buttons, type...
Windows 11 Dev Setup at Build 2026: Silent Boot, AI Terminal, Tools Preloaded
Microsoft has finally delivered the developer-first Windows experience it promised. At Build 2026 in Seattle on June 2, the company unveiled a new developer-optimized setup for Windows 11 that strips...
Windows 11’s Legacy Control Panel Dialogs Persist by Design, Not Oversight
{ "title": "Why Windows 11 Still Uses Legacy Control Panel Dialogs (Sound, Printers, System)", "content": "Windows 11 might look sleek and modern, but dig a little deeper and you'll quickly...
Windows 11’s Scheduler Is Getting Smarter for RTX Spark—And Your PC Could Benefit Too
Microsoft and NVIDIA used Computex 2026 to reveal not just new silicon, but a fundamental rewrite of how Windows 11 handles work on advanced processors. The operating system now uses Workload Profile...
Windows 11 Lands Native Linux Command-Line Tools with Coreutils General Availability
{ "title": "Windows 11 Lands Native Linux Command-Line Tools with Coreutils General Availability", "content": "Microsoft used its Build 2026 keynote on June 2 to ship a set of tools that rewrite...
Microsoft Build 2026: Windows 11 Unlocks Local AI Development with One-Command Setup and Agent Controls
Microsoft is betting that developers want to run AI on their own machines—and it’s giving them the tools to do it. At its Build 2026 conference in San Francisco on June 2, the company announced a...
Microsoft Tests Movable Taskbar and Resizable Start Menu in Windows 11 Insider Builds
Microsoft is giving Windows 11 Insiders the first taste of long-awaited taskbar and Start menu flexibility, with new options to move the taskbar to any screen edge, shrink its icons, and choose from...
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Windows 11 users are discovering that clicking \"Shut down\" no longer means what it used to. Following the rollout of update KB5073455, the operating system sometimes restarts instead of powering...
GitHub's Standalone Copilot App Preview Debuts May 14 as Desktop Agent Hub
GitHub dropped a technical preview of its standalone Copilot app on May 14, 2026, delivering a dedicated desktop command center for agent-driven development across Windows, macOS, and Linux. The move...