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Windows 11 hides bizarre secret tools you probably never touched

Windows 11 looks familiar on the surface, but buried behind its glossy desktop is a grab bag of strange utilities, ...
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The 6 tools I use to power up my Windows 11 experience

PowerToys offers free, lightweight tools to enhance Windows 10 and 11 productivity. Obsidian is a note-taking app with Markdown language support and numerous plugins. Windows Snipping Tool provides ...
Computerworld

Windows 11’s new approach to troubleshooting

In Windows 11 23H2 and beyond, Microsoft is deprecating Windows 10-style troubleshooters in favor of a new architecture. But never fear: assisted troubleshooting is alive and well. Released in late ...
PC Magazine

Windows 11 Is Full of Hidden Tools. These Are the Weirdest Ones You've Never Used

You don't know Windows 11 as well as you think you do. I reveal all the strange, brilliant, and downright surprising features you've probably missed in the Settings app. Chris Hoffman is the author of ...
CSOonline

Microsoft fixes the fixes that broke Windows tools

Microsoft has corrected two August 2025 Patch Tuesday bugs that blocked Windows 11 upgrades and broke reset and recovery tools across Windows 10 and 11. Microsoft has issued fixes for a pair of ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 gets new Cloud Rebuild, Point-in-Time Restore tools

Microsoft announced two new Windows 11 recovery features today at the Ignite developer conference, called Cloud Rebuild and Point-in-Time Restore (PITR), that aim to reduce downtime and make it easier ...