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, and broader shell reliability problems that have frustrated users for months.

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 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.

Windows 11 starts off looking clean and minimal, but that polished look doesn't last forever. Before long, icons pile up on the taskbar, notifications keep flashing across the screen, and the Start ...

If you're a Windows user, you're likely interacting with the taskbar most of the time, and yet most people don't know about all of the options and customization it offers. With a few easy tweaks, the ...

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 ...

On July 1, Microsoft made available to testers in the Dev Channel (formerly known as Fast Ring) a new test build of Windows 10. That test build, No. 20161, includes a number of notable features, plus ...