Microsoft Weekly: new features for Windows 11, botched drivers, and PowerToys updates

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories about new features for Windows 11, botched driver updates, upcoming PowerToys features, and more.

Windows 11’s February Insider update adds new features — but which ones actually matter? Here are the 11 biggest.

Windows 11’s February 2026 Insider update is live, and it brings a fresh round of new features and changes for testers.

Microsoft testing Windows 11 batch file security improvements

Microsoft is rolling out new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds that improve security and performance during batch file or CMD ...

This excellent third-party Windows 11 app finally addresses multi-monitor PC pain points — Microsoft, please take notes

A Redditor’s Monarch tool makes multi‑monitor switching on Windows 11 effortless, solving a headache Microsoft has yet to fix.
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Fix: The Windows Security Center Service is Turned Off

If Security Center is turned off or missing, Windows cannot correctly show your protection status in the Windows Security app. This usually means the ...

Windows 11 gets built-in network speed, improved dark mode, and more in build 28020.1673

Windows 11 build 28020.1673 is here for Canary users, offering them new emojis, a built-in network speed test (sort of), better dark mode, and more.

Windows 11 February 2026 Update Is Now Available With 3 New Features

Microsoft has rolled out its optional update for February, and it introduces various quality-of-life improvements like a built-in speed test and new emojis.

Microsoft to Showcase AI in Windows 11 26H2 Taskbar, File Explorer

Windows 11 26H2 is shaping up as a quick enablement update, adding new Copilot experiences, File Explorer cleanups, and ...
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Developer-targeting campaign using malicious Next.js repositories

A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next.js repositories to trigger a covert RCE-to-C2 chain through standard ...