I recently borrowed a Windows laptop from a friend. When I booted up the system, there was a system update. That’s fine because it’s Windows; the update took two hours and 45 minutes to complete. Once ...

On Windows 11, searching for files can sometimes feel like finding a needle in a haystack, but it doesn't have to be. Whether you're looking for a specific document, an image buried in folders, or a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. There are plenty of tricks and tools to use in your searches. There are plenty of tricks and tools to use in your ...

Let’s face it: Searching your PC for files within Windows has always been mildly confusing, especially with several options for searching right within Windows 10 and 11. But if you’re convinced that a ...

Copilot can now see more of what you're doing on your PC, if you sign up for the Windows Insider program. David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about ...

Microsoft finally nailed search—just not where you expected ...

Microsoft has released the KB5070311 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 systems, which includes 49 changes, including fixes for File Explorer freezes and search issues. KB5070311 is an optional ...

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 update for members flighting the Insider Program in the Dev and Beta Channels. The new build 26120.3073 (KB5050090) adds several new features and improvements.

For now, it’s only available to those in the Insider preview program. The core of the fix is about working smarter, not harder: Microsoft wants to stop File Explorer from performing the same indexing ...

Microsoft is also making it easier to jump into ‘guided help’ sessions with Copilot Vision. Microsoft is also making it easier to jump into ‘guided help’ sessions with Copilot Vision. is a news writer ...

We’ve come to expect that searching your PC for files will be like searching the web: almost instantaneous and almost perfect. But it’s always that one file—I know I have it!—that leaves you ...