This month's non-security update for Windows 11 is here with a big changelog full of improvements and new features.

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If the Startup Impact column in Task Manager is showing Not measured, this post will help you. This usually means Windows is not tracking startup apps at boot time. The good news is that it is usually ...

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior ...

Microsoft PC Manager is a free tool by Microsoft for Windows 10 and 11 that helps reduce high RAM usage safely and efficiently, offering a one-click "Boost" feature to quickly free up memory space and ...

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Dave Plummer was once a programmer for Microsoft, where he played a key role in the development of the Windows Task Manager as well as the ZIP archive import for the operating system. The man has ...