During the PC maker's latest earnings call, COO Jeffrey Clarke said there are around 500 million Windows machines in the wild that are too old to ...

Microsoft's solution for the sluggish Windows 11 File Explorer is more of a workaround than a proper fix. To boost response ...

Preloading (or pre-caching) is meant to speed up the load times of File Explorer, which have, so far, been a major downgrade ...

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Preloading makes Windows 11 File Explorer open faster than before, at ~30MB extra RAM. Despite gains, Windows 11's preloaded Explorer still lags Windows 10's Explorer in open/close speed. That ...

Microsoft's plan to fix the slow performance of File Explorer in Windows 11 involves having the app pre-load on startup, and ...

A new test by WindowsLatest shows that Windows 11’s preloaded File Explorer still launches slower than its Windows 10 ...

Windows 11 now preloads File Explorer to speed up launch times, but our tests show the fix only goes so far to speed-up the ...

According to Dell, the Windows install base sits at around 1.5 billion, and the transition to Windows 11 has been a lot ...

When the Windows Insider Program launched on Sept. 30, 2014, it was a game-changer. The new initiative was a way for Microsoft engineers and product managers to hear from customers about "how they are ...

Oct 26, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor (28) celebrates after the game against the Tennessee Titans at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert ...