Microsoft's Windows 11 insider builds let you preview and try upcoming new features and settings. Here are my five favorites this year so far and how you can check them out.

Stop settling for the default Windows experience. These 35 hidden features unlock smarter workflows, better customization, and surprisingly useful tools already built into Windows 11.

The Windows Taskbar offers extensive customization. One of those customizations allows you to show/hide text next to icons in open windows on the Taskbar. You can show the icon and the window name at ...

In Windows, a great deal remains hidden beneath the surface. As soon as it starts up, the operating system launches several applications, initializes drivers, and checks for new software updates. Many ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. I had half a dozen folders pinned to my Windows 10 taskbar, and the first time I tried to recreate that on Windows 11, I learned Microsoft had removed the ...

Microsoft will finally let you move the Windows 11 taskbar. Changes to the taskbar are rolling out to Windows 11 insiders. Microsoft also promises several tweaks to the Start menu. Windows 11 users ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is testing a movable and resizable taskbar in Windows 11's Experimental channel, allowing placement on any screen edge with adjustable icon alignment. Additional updates include a ...

It only took the better part of five years, but Microsoft is finally listening to Windows users and restoring desired Taskbar functionality to Windows 11 and addition some customization options to the ...

Windows 11 Insiders can choose a smaller taskbar as well. Windows 11 Insiders can choose a smaller taskbar as well. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, ...

Windows 11/10 lets you quickly launch the pinned taskbar programs using Hotkeys. Windows, by default, assign shortcut key combinations to the first ten items you place in the Taskbar or the Quick ...

Microsoft is testing a new way to monitor AI agent work directly from the taskbar in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7523 (KB5072043). The update introduces Agents on the taskbar, starting with ...

Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) displays aren't as expensive as they used to be, and more people than ever are experiencing this technology for the first time as a result. OLED screens function ...