Microsoft has shared a detailed guide about its hardware recommendations and requirements for a gaming PC on Windows 11 in 2026.

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 is reshaping how Windows 11 users personalize their PCs by adding a dedicated Themes department to the Microsoft ...

Windows 11’s new Themes section makes it easier to change the look of the OS — and it’s tucked inside the Microsoft Store.

Microsoft’s Bing Wallpaper app, which is an optional app for Windows 11, now annoyingly opens Bing.com to show you more information about the wallpaper image, when you click on the desktop background.

In this tutorial, we have mentioned how to enable and apply Education themes on Windows 11 PCs. We have also included steps to grab the new wallpapers and the steps to disable them if you no longer ...

This is important because: Consistency matters, and one light dialog can feel like a flashbang. It chips away at the sense that Windows is a coherent system. This cleanup lowers eye strain and makes ...

Over the weekend, Twitter user @phantomofearth noticed that a classic Windows Vista Ultimate feature had been added back into the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build— video wallpapers. Video ...

Windows Vista’s DreamScene feature is coming back so you might not need Wallpaper Engine anymore. Windows Vista’s DreamScene feature is coming back so you might not need Wallpaper Engine anymore. is a ...

Microsoft is testing a feature in Windows 11 that brings video wallpapers back to the desktop. The option was spotted in the latest Insider builds and will allow users to set looping videos—like MP4 ...

Microsoft is finally bringing native video wallpapers to Windows 11, allowing users to set looping videos as their desktop backgrounds. The feature, spotted in Insider builds, supports formats like ...

Do you miss when Windows Vista allowed you to set a video to be your wallpaper? It may soon return in Windows 11. A new change found within some of the latest Windows 11 preview builds lets you upload ...