Microsoft confirmed at IFA 2026 that upcoming updates for Windows 11 will include faster boot times. According to Mark Linton, head of Windows & Devices at Microsoft, the company has already made ...

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 improvements aimed at faster boot times and better performance on PCs with 8GB of RAM.

For now, it’s only available to those in the Insider preview program. The core of the fix is about working smarter, not harder: Microsoft wants to stop File Explorer from performing the same indexing ...

Microsoft is rolling out an update to Windows 11 File Explorer that reduces RAM usage during file searches. The company announced improvements in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7523, which is ...

Microsoft managed to alienate quite a significant portion of Windows 11 users last year when it started pushing updates focusing on AI-powered Copilot integrations with most default apps, as well as ...

Windows 11's built-in Weather app — the one sitting in your taskbar right now — is not a weather app. It is a full Chromium browser instance masquerading as one, and independent testing published ...

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost. To quantify this feeling, ...

Microsoft is finally turning its attention to one of Windows 11’s most persistent complaints: performance, especially on lower-end machines. As part of its commitment to Windows quality, the company ...

Microsoft operating systems group corporate vice president Joe Belfiore speaks during a Microsoft developers conference in Seattle, Washington on May 11, 2017. GLENN CHAPMAN/AFP via Getty Images The ...

Windows 11 has a habit of doing things quietly in the background and then getting blamed for them later. Memory compression is one of those features. It sounds like a gimmick and immediately gets ...