Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our weekly recap, including long-anticipated taskbar fixes in Windows 11, ...

Recently, Windows 11 has added a new way to force-close unresponsive applications directly from the taskbar. Normally, when an app becomes unresponsive, users either have to restart their computer or ...

KB5077181 could make some PCs faster if explorer.exe was hanging on your system, and it also fixes the black screen issue on Nvidia GPUs.

Add the TaskbarSi value to the Windows Registry. Change value data to 0 for a small taskbar or 2 for bigger icons. Restart or log out for it to take effect. The easiest way to change the Windows 11 ...

The optional October 2025 update can cause multiple Task Manager instances to run in the background. The optional October 2025 update can cause multiple Task Manager instances to run in the ...

Windows 11 is far from perfect, but it does make Task Manager significantly better. It's modern, has a search bar, and easy-to-understand graphs. But what are some of the lesser-known features of the ...

If you have a problem with your Windows laptop, or just want to check in on how everything is doing, then becoming acquainted ...

One reason to use the Task Manager in Windows is to see if any of the apps running on your computer are misbehaving or using a disproportionate amount of resources. But what do you do when the ...