It's no secret that Microsoft's drive to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic" AI-focused OS has been controversial, but being de facto market leader does not mean users won't push back, and a handy ...

Windows 11 ships with a lot of unwanted apps out of the box. From Copilot to Bing and Edge, you'll find all kinds of extras on a new Windows installation. Most people would recommend you run a ...

It’s no secret that Windows 11 has a bloatware problem. I began to notice it when we transitioned from Windows 7 to the world of Windows 8, which had an app store to download apps. Soon, the preloaded ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 includes numerous pre-installed apps that many users consider bloatware, requiring time-consuming removal, often via PowerShell or third-party tools like Talon. The upcoming Windows ...

In a nutshell: Tiny11 builds of Windows 10 and Windows 11 are already known for their extremely compact size. Power users can now use the latest version to create even smaller, more streamlined images ...

It seems like a fair assessment to state that the many ‘AI’ features that Microsoft added to Windows 11 are at least somewhat controversial. Unsurprisingly, this has led many to wonder about disabling ...

Vanilla Windows 11 is quite a storage-hungry operating system, but with this script, you can shrink it down to "just" 2.8GB. Since Microsoft is not willing to budge on Windows 11 hardware requirements ...

NTDev has updated Tiny11core maker to work with Windows 11 24H2. The tool can be used to cut out unwanted apps and services from Windows 11. Windows 11 24H2 is Microsoft’s most recent update to the PC ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.