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Microsoft on Friday admitted it had signed malicious third-party driver code submitted for certification through its Windows Hardware Compatibility Program. According to Microsoft, the miscreant behind the subverted driver was focused on computer game players in China, and is not the sort of nation-state-backed group that has been giving Microsoft and its enterprise customers headaches over the past few months.
The first Windows 11 preview build has been released, and users are reporting being unable to install it for not meeting minimum system requirements. Last week, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 is their next version of Windows and that Windows Insiders would get their first chance of testing the preview builds this week.
Microsoft has released the first preview build of Windows 11 today, build 22000. For those unfamiliar, Windows Insider Program allows interested fans, enthusiasts, professionals, developers and even Enterprise users to test the upcoming Windows 10 and Windows 11 versions before they are released.
Leaked screenshots of an internal Microsoft build of Windows 11 have given us a glimpse of the upcoming changes coming to File Explorer and the Settings app. The screenshots of the new features were leaked this morning on Twitter, allowing us to see some of the latest Windows 11 features not present in the early preview build leaked earlier this month.
Later this year or early next, Windows 11 will begin rolling out to new and existing devices with a range of new features and major design improvements. Windows 11 is technically Windows 10 with rounded corners, a new modern design and Fluent icons.
Later this year or early next, Windows 11 will begin rolling out to new and existing devices with a range of new features and major design improvements. Windows 11 is technically Windows 10 with rounded corners, a new modern design and Fluent icons.
An open-source application called WhyNotWin11 acts as a better drop-in replacement for Microsoft's PC Health Check app to determine if your hardware is compatible with Windows 11. This week, Microsoft announced that the next version of Windows is Windows 11 would be the next version of Windows and that it would be released as a free upgrade this fall.
Windows 11 requires a TPM 2.0 security processor to install or upgrade to Windows 11. Yesterday, Microsoft announced the system requirements to upgrade or install Windows 11 and included a new PC Health Check tool that you can use to check if your hardware is compatible with Windows 11.
Windows 11 has officially signed the death sentence for Internet Explorer as it will be disabled when users upgrade to the new operating system. In the announcement, Microsoft states that Internet Explorer will be disabled in Windows 11 as Microsoft Edge now includes the IE Mode feature.
Microsoft has published a list of Windows 10 features that will be removed or changed when you upgrade to Windows 11. Some of the changes are going to be deal-breakers for users who customized Windows 10 in specific ways.