Catch up with this week’s Microsoft news recap about a redesigned set of Office icons, some new taskbar features for Windows 11, fresh builds, cumulative updates, and more.
This week’s news recap is here with fresh updates for Windows 10 and 11, mysterious folders on drive C, Copilot Vision on Windows 11, big Surface dying, various browser updates, long-requested features for Windows 11, and more.
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Here, we talk about everything happening around Microsoft’s latest operating system in the Stable channel and preview builds: new features, removed features, controversies, bugs, interesting findings, and more. And, of course, you may find a word or two about older versions.
April 2025 Patch Tuesday updates are available for Windows 10 and 11. Windows 11 users can download KB5055523 for version 24H2, while KB5055528 is available for those on version 23H2. These updates addressed plenty of bugs and security issues, including a Kerberos bug preventing users from changing passwords. Also, they quietly create a new folder in the root of drive C, which, as Microsoft says, is related to the latest security patches and should not be deleted.
Windows 10, on the other hand, received KB5055518, plus there are new out-of-band updates for Windows 10 and 11.
As we get closer to the end of Windows 10 support (in October 2025), Microsoft is ramping up its efforts to convert users from the outgoing operating system to Windows 11. If you have already pulled the trigger on Windows 11 but now want to go back, Microsoft has a list of tips and tricks that might make you stay. Also, Microsoft posted a detailed guide for admins on how to fix Windows 11/10 feature update issues.
Microsoft expanded the list of deprecated features and APIs in Windows 10 and 11. Microsoft is ditching the Windows UWP Map control and Windows Maps Platform APIs that allow developers to integrate maps into their Windows applications:
The United States Library of Congress now recognizes Windows 95’s boot theme and the original Minecraft Volume Alpha as „culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and inform or reflect life in the United States.“
Here is what Microsoft released for Windows Insiders this week:
In addition to the new Windows 11 preview builds, Microsoft is rolling out two big changes to the Copilot app. One feature enables Copilot to find files on your system and ask you various questions about them. The second feature is Copilot Vision. With it, Copilot can look at your screen and provide additional useful information or answer your questions.
Also, users discovered that the recent Windows 11 preview builds contain references to a feature that lets you show or hide the clock in the notification center. Interestingly, for some reason, Microsoft is removing that feature from Windows 10.
