Catch up with this week's Microsoft news stories in our Microsoft Weekly news recap. Patch Tuesday updates, a promise of gaming improvements for Windows 11, new drivers for 25H2 and more.

Microsoft’s latest trick: fixing your PC before you can Google “how to fix my PC. Here's how Quick Machine Recovery works.

Microsoft has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 KB5072033, KB5071417 for December 2025. Here's what's included.

Microsoft is finally updating the design of the Run dialog prompt in Windows after more than 30 years. After committing to adding a dark mode to Run, Microsoft is now testing a refreshed design that ...

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Think you know Windows 11? Hidden deep in Settings are strange, brilliant, and downright surprising features you've probably never stumbled across—until now. Chris Hoffman is the author of Windows ...

Those who have been using Windows from the start know how much the Snipping Tool has evolved. And now, according to a new leak, Microsoft is testing a new feature to make it even better. These days, ...

Visual search in the Windows 11 Snipping Tool is an integrated feature that helps you perform reverse image searches directly from a captured screen grab. The search results are analyzed and processed ...

The end of Windows 10 might not hurt so bad if Microsoft would quit breaking crucial elements of Windows 11. This time, it's the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) that's been knocked out of ...

The Windows 11 Media Creation Tool has stopped working on Windows 10 22H2 devices. If you try to launch the tool, it will simply close after showing the Windows logo ...