Microsoft has toned down the ads and annoyances with Windows 11's widgets panel In testing, the new default settings are a lot less in-your-face and distracting This is part of a large slab of work to ...

I tested Windows 11 26H2. From the return of the vertical taskbar to decluttering the Start menu, here is why Microsoft’s update is a power-user triumph.

Mikhail Parakhin, former Windows boss, has called out Microsoft for still shipping an "unusable" Windows 11 taskbar ...

Gone are the days of the Windows 11 taskbar being stuck to the bottom of the screen and fixed at one size. After years of people asking, Microsoft is finally making the Taskbar movable and resizable.

Microsoft's 2026 Update adds a movable taskbar, a smaller Start menu, and Search without Bing. On most PCs, the install takes just a few minutes.

Khamosh Pathak is a freelance tech journalist with over 13 years of experience writing online. An accounting graduate, he turned his interest in writing and technology into a career. He holds a ...