is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is rolling out a taskbar notification system to its Windows 11 widgets ...

Microsoft released a new preview update for Windows 11 on December 1, 2025, targeting taskbar crashes, auto-hide glitches, ...

Microsoft is rolling out notifications for its Weather, Finance, Sports and Breaking News alert widgets in Windows 11 starting this week. Windows 11 users will see these as live animations to their ...

Microsoft is revisiting how search functions in the Windows 11 taskbar, while users could also soon get a small shield icon on their taskbar's system tray to indicate when a PC is connected to a VPN.

With Windows 11 entering its fifth year on the market, Microsoft is finally addressing a long-standing complaint about the taskbar and notification center. Earlier this week, Microsoft released ...

Microsoft has pulled back from its plan to embed Copilot AI features directly into the Windows 11 Notification Center, ...

The Taskbar on Windows 11/10 is a happening space. It has all the shortcuts to the apps you use most; it houses notifications and system app icons. There are many ways to customize the taskbar and ...

From time to time, certain key elements in the Windows 10 or 11 user interface can go dormant. You click on or touch the Start menu icon, or other icons in the taskbar, and nothing happens. Keep ...