Q. Your April article (“Optimize Windows 11 With These 8 Settings Tweaks“) had good tips for adjusting the Start menu and taskbar, but I’d like to do more. How can I go deeper into customization? A.

Microsoft dropped a fresh pair of Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on June 26th, one each for the Experimental and Beta channels. While neither one is a major departure from previous builds, both ...

Microsoft shipped its largest-ever security update on June 9, 2026, and the 2011 Secure Boot certificates inside Windows begin expiring in late June, which makes this the right month to stop ignoring ...

Windows 11 is taking taskbar customization to a new level, offering features that allow users to reposition and resize the taskbar to suit their specific needs. As highlighted by Mike Tholfsen, these ...

Microsoft is finally adding back highly requested features to the Windows 11 taskbar. Take a hands-on look at the new options that let you change the position and size of the taskbar, just like in ...

Personally, I use Winhance to create a custom Windows 11 ISO free of Windows bloatware, so I don't have to spend hours disabling and deleting superfluous apps and features after installing Windows.

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Microsoft will finally let you move the Windows 11 taskbar. Changes to the taskbar are rolling out to Windows 11 insiders. Microsoft also promises several tweaks to the Start menu. Windows 11 users ...

Not being able to put the taskbar on the side in an era of wide-screen and ultra-widescreen monitors is honestly one of the most ridiculous things this company has ever done, and shows the total lack ...

Microsoft's mid-May introduction to the Windows Insider Program's Experimental Channel finally incorporates a long-desired feature: an adjustable taskbar. The update lets users move the taskbar to any ...

Generated with Google’s Nano Banana 2. Microsoft is testing Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu updates, including movable taskbar positions, cleaner Start controls, and compact layout options.

Editor's take: Despite pushing its latest Windows OS as the best software product ever, Microsoft continues to face significant resistance from millions of PC users who have declined to make the ...