This week's Microsoft news recap brings you the latest stories about more ads in Windows 11, Microsoft Account prompts in Windows 10, Start menu improvements, app updates, and more.
Microsoft ships Windows 11 with lots of promotions via notifications and ads. This is a step-by-step guide to blocking ads in Windows 11.
The latest Windows 11 preview build in the Beta Channel delivers a rather odd change to the Start menu. For some reason, the "Sign out" button is hidden behind a Microsoft 365 ad and other banners.
A new Windows 11 build 26100.2 has been quietly released to the Insider channels, Dev and Canary, under KB5037941. The build has no changelog as it is not meant for the regular branch.
Microsoft's 'recommendations' have arrived in your Start menu with the latest patch.
Microsoft may finally be coming clean. With a new hidden change, the tech giant seems to acknowledge that "ads" on the Windows 11 Start menu are real, though it could also mean more ads are coming.
As expected, Microsoft started rolling out new Start menu ads to all Windows 11 users in the Stable Channel as part of the latest optional update. Fortunately, you can turn those ads off; here is how.
It was only a couple of weeks ago when Microsoft started testing more Start menu ads in Windows 11 – something it experimented with a year earlier – in the latest Windows Insider build.Read Entire Article
ExplorerPatcher has been updated to a new version with one important change: it no longer allows enabling the legacy Windows 10 taskbar on systems with Windows 11 version 24H2 (build 26002 and newer).
Windows 11 ads in Start menu were once in testing for beta insiders, but now, Microsoft is serious to slap more ads into your OS.
Using a Microsoft account with Windows 11 is the best way to access all of its features, including Microsoft Copilot, OneDrive, and more. But some people just don’t want to use a Microsoft Account and have all of their data connected to the cloud, and that’s fine. If you’re one of those people, or if you just plan to give the PC you’re setting up to a friend, you can follow a few simple steps to use a local account instead.
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update will show ads in the Start Menu, so if you hate the idea, here’s how to turn it off.