Windows 11 Insider Beta Build 26220.7859 (KB5077223) for 25H2 adds a Microsoft 365 upgrade option in Settings, plus taskbar and File Explorer fixes.

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KB5077181 could make some PCs faster if explorer.exe was hanging on your system, and it also fixes the black screen issue on Nvidia GPUs.

The latest Windows Insider build for Windows 11 features numerous performance fixes and additions, especially for File Explorer. One of the fixes, pictured below, is a reorganized right-click context ...

TL;DR: Windows 11's File Explorer remains slower than Windows 10 despite a fix that preloads the app at startup, doubling its RAM usage without significantly improving speed. The slower performance ...

Editor's take: Windows 11 brought a slew of UI changes and "improvements" few users welcome. File Explorer's state is particularly dire, yet Microsoft shows no sign of backing off its relentless quest ...

PCWorld reports that Windows 11 26H1 is now available in the Canary channel, serving as a technical foundation for new hardware like Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 and Nvidia N1 processors rather than a ...

Microsoft has released the KB5062660 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with twenty-nine new features or changes, with many gradually rolling out, such as the new Black Screen of Death and ...

Microsoft is testing Windows 11 26H1 with the Insider Preview Build 28000, which brings many of the useful features we’ve seen in the Dev, Beta, and stable versions of previous builds. Even though the ...

Not all tasks can efficiently be done on a phone; laptops are still essential for some work. Windows 11 Pro allows for offline features, such as storing emails locally on Outlook. These PCs offer ...