When you boot up Windows 11 for the first time, you're greeted with tons of new features and customization options. Whether it's the redesigned Start Menu, Microsoft Copilot, Phone Link, Widgets, or ...

Ads in Microsoft Windows' Start menu are nothing new, and it's no surprise that they're coming to Windows 11. Microsoft has been testing ads in beta releases, and this week the update that places ...

As if the Windows 11 experience wasn't commodified enough, Microsoft has begun testing ads within the Start menu of Windows 11, a change rolling out to users within its Beta Channel in the US. SEE ...

I recently have been working on a project involving Active Directory and its users. In the Linux world each system account can also have mail, which is somewhat convenient. I don't have a ton of ...

Seeing an exclamation point online or within Windows is usually cause for alarm. It’s a call to action, to do something. In future versions of Windows 11, Microsoft is going to use it to flag new ...

From the early days of Windows comes this frankly indescribable Microsoft ad for 386. It's a bit long, but worth sticking with for the merciless ratcheting up of squirminess - rather like watching ...

Looking back at Windows 8 and Surface promos shows how creative Microsoft once was with promotions and why it may need a Windows 11.1 update.

The latest Insider Build of Windows 11 includes an ad for Game Pass within the Settings app. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.