found this cool wallpaper switcher for windows
it was a little hard to set up but i think its worth it.

https://github.com/ItsTheRealDevForever/wwp-switcher.git

Microsoft claims up to 20% improvement in performance from recent update. Is anyone actually noticing since last month's preview update or this month's cumulative update? I'm curious if anyone out there actually regularly uses a Windows 11 machine with only 8GB of RAM and if you've seen a difference as it sounds like it would help in those scenarios even more. I've long since abandoned anything with less than 16GB of RAM a decade ago. With the RAM pricing being what it is, optimizations are welcomed, but I wonder if this is having a real-world impact, or just a Microsoft labs measurement.

Hi everyone,

A couple of months ago, I posted about my note-taking app called NeatNotes. A lot of you gave me valuable feedback and criticism. Today, I am back with an update.

I fixed a lot of bugs and brought in new features. Here are the top three features of v2.5:

• Key Bindings: One of the most requested features was the ability to bind tools to keys on the keyboard for easier use.
• Export to Image: The second most requested feature was the ability to export the canvas in high resolution, along with improved PDF export.
• Hand Tool: A dedicated tool to easily traverse through the infinite canvas.

More details are available on the website. I am looking forward to hearing your feedback!

Download NeatNotes from MS Store: Click Here
Website: https://stamelabs.com/neatnotes
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/c8vqb8RkA

Do you have secure boot enabled/disabled and why is that?

I've noticed some really strange behavior in Windows 11 Insider Experimental build 26340.9750. I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but something doesn't seem right.

I've described the issues in more detail in my Feedback Hub report, including additional findings in the comments.

If you're curious, please check it out:
https://aka.ms/AA13szmf

Has anyone else noticed anything unusual in this build?

I found the app in the Microsoft Store, tried it, and revealed that it's basically a web app built inside of a WebView2-based application. Microsoft is still making web apps for Windows, and it's totally a hassle.

Link for the Web App: inkcanvas.cloud.microsoft

hai

My laptop runs on wndows11 25h2.

I only use it for looking at sites of major newspapers, wikipedia and reading reddit.

I cannot update my laptop with 26h2.

Is there any risk to keep using my laptop the way I do without updating to 26h2?
If so, which risks are there?

greetings

OK, I know I'm posting this on a Monday, but depending on how things go here I might make this an automated weekly post.

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Just a bit of fun... unless you get Windows 8.

I was trying to see if I can set up my Yubikeys to work as approval for admin elevation, in a similar way you can make sudo work on linux via pam-u2f, did anyone manage it?

I saw on the Yubi website you can use their software for session login https://www.yubico.com/products/computer-login-tools/ ...but i don't really want just this... I want the behavior that any time an Admin elevation prompt happens, instead of providing my password or pin, I can touch my Yubikey.

I am using "Admin approval mode with Administrator protection" ... but the only accepted options is just the password... and Windows Hello doesn't accept the Yubikey. Did anyone manage to figure it out?

I love windows 95 except it's slow and outdated, so I guess I only like the style. it's a sleeper build until you see graphics or just the pc LOL.

power tools comman palette

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Hey everyone,

If you've recently updated your Windows 11 machines to the October 2026 security baselines (26H2) and suddenly found users blocked from Remote Desktop connections with error 0xC000000D ("The token that was passed to the function is invalid"), it's a known bug with Microsoft's Administrator Protection feature and LSA token conflicts.

We spent time troubleshooting this in our environment and wanted to share the fix. you can run these commands in Windows PowerShell as an Administrator on the affected PC to disable the UAC conflict and restore the network logon filter policy:

1.Disable Strict Administrator Protection Conflict

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" -Name "EnableAdminProtection" -Value 0 -Force

2.Enable Network Logon Token Filter Policy (standalone/lab machines)

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" -Name "LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy" -Value 1 -Force 

Make sure to reboot the target PC right after executing these so the Local Security Authority (lsass.exe) actually reloads the security token policies at startup!

We put together a quick walkthrough detailing the root cause, manual registry paths, and verification steps if you want to look over the process: https://youtu.be/fGAUdyLVL4E 

Details from Microsoft : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-26h2#5031msgdesc

Hopefully, this saves some of you a massive troubleshooting headache!

SECURITY NOTE:

Setting LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy to 1 disables remote UAC restrictions for local administrative accounts. In an enterprise environment, this can increase the risk of lateral movement (like Pass-the-Hash attacks) if your machines share identical local admin passwords.

To keep your posture secure while using this workaround:

• Ensure you are enforcing unique local passwords across your nodes (or use LAPS).

• Note that domain accounts are unaffected by this remote restriction anyway; this workaround is specifically targeted at standalone/lab machines utilizing local accounts that are currently entirely broken by the 26H2 token handshake bug.

It's just much nicer honestly, winget is amazing, screenshot tool is amazing, nvidia works out of the box, sound is very good, display is very good, everything is in a cohesive settings program, okay im starting to sound like I'm paid by microsoft

One thing I enjoyed in linux that I dislike in windows is the need for restarting the system while updating/installing programs (like I installed docker)

and with WSL, I just no longer have a need for linux as a desktop user, well I guess I never did

I really miss the AUR though but winget is good enough

Windows does a pretty good job of becoming invisible so that I can focus on getting stuff done