Microsoft promised a bold new era for Windows—but years later, many of its most hyped features have quietly stalled, vanished, or failed to impress.

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories about new features for Windows 11, botched driver updates, upcoming PowerToys features, and more.

A Redditor’s Monarch tool makes multi‑monitor switching on Windows 11 effortless, solving a headache Microsoft has yet to fix.

The community reacts to the new Windows 11 Start menu, calling it unnecessarily huge, too automated, and lacking customization options. Microsoft's latest redesign of the Start menu on Windows 11 has ...

January, and apparently it's been a hit. The Linux Mint project received an impressive 1,393 donations last month, totalling $47,312 (£34,713) – a new record, and aside from the controversial ...

If you’ve ever wanted a no-nonsense Windows laptop that feels as sleek and sharp as a MacBook Air but with a dash of ...

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Microsoft has started rolling out built-in Sysmon functionality to some Windows 11 systems enrolled in the Windows Insider program. Microsoft first revealed plans to integrate Sysmon natively into ...

In a novel approach to spear phishing, threat actors are using Windows screensaver files (.scr) to get past defender lines and compromise organizations. ReliaQuest Threat Research published research ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Let's face it: most monthly Windows 11 patches are ho-hum. They usually focus on bug fixes and security updates, with the occasional new feature ...