Microsoft has released Windows 11's optional non-security preview update for April 2026, which includes a number of new improvements and changes designed to make the OS more reliable and easy to use.

Microsoft says a known Windows 11 issue causes the taskbar to freeze immediately after you sign in and is rolling out a fix.

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update spends its energy on the slowdowns users actually notice. KB5083631, an optional preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, targets memory leaks, ...

Microsoft is rolling out another small but a useful Windows 11 Insider update in the Experimental (26H1) channel. Worth ...

Hey, did a search, but didn't see anything that seemed to mirror my current problems. So, as per the title, my explorer.exe is going nuts, and I don't know why. Very often recently, it will start ...

The big picture: Spurred by the success of ChatGPT, Microsoft has been integrating various AI experiences into Windows 11 despite pushback from some users. While most of its efforts are centered ...

One of perhaps the strangest idiosyncrasies of the Windows platform is the association of the desktop, the digital workspace that users see all the time, with explorer.exe, the program in charge of ...

The Windows system consists of thousands of files. Many of them have strange names, others have extensions that most users have never seen before. Normally you do not need to worry about these files.

PCWorld identifies common causes of slow Windows 11 performance, including unnecessary startup programs, fragmented drives, temporary files, and bloatware consuming system resources. Key optimization ...

Windows 11 Release Preview KB5089570 brings Xbox Mode, AI taskbar agents, and File Explorer improvements to Insiders on version 26H1.