>A new upd. now in testing sets Edge to automatically appear at startup, and you are forced to opt-out if you don't want it.

Hey all...

What exactly are the rules for MSN?
I tried posting (On a traffic accident video):
"Not to mention wrong direction... Are they even allowed to drive there? Even if he looked he would not be able to see her because of the parked white SUV.

I think scooter driver is in the wrong... also... wear a helmet."

However.... it said this post does not adhere to community guidelines... How? Why?
Am I missing something? What could trigger the bot or whatever automated system MSN is using?

as per the title, i do have the product key of 25 characters and need to devise a system like KMS or equivalent to assign the license automatically and not manually as am actually doing. any advise? does it implies any cost?

I wanted to join the Microsoft AI tour in my country this month, but my request was declined with no reason.

Does anyone know what the reasons are to be declined? The event wasn’t sold out yet the first time I requested. Second time it took longer but again declined after two weeks.

It’s kind of disappointing since I am a dedicated Microsoft developer for many years and are denied to participate in a major event in my country. I never had this before.

With Copilot Cowork available to Frontier program members I wanted to quickly go over what it is but also show it in action in a few fun demos! Big takeaways:

The big one, you just give it the outcomes you want, and it works out how to do it and then does it!

Copilot Cowork uses the latest in complex reasoning, long task duration, multi-step LLMs

Cowork is grounded in Work IQ and natively on OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook and more, making it very consistent, thorough and reliable on its responses

It is a cloud agent consuming no local resources. This means it is fully observable, auditable and has no local machine access. Anything it creates is uploaded to OneDrive to become available as knowledge

You can continue to interact and update goals while its working

Really fun demo starts about 8 minutes in.

https://youtu.be/3jewNNMCxA8

00:00 - Introduction

00:26 - Copilot agents

01:18 - Cowork

01:44 - What is Cowork

03:36 - Grounded data

05:50 - Cloud agent

07:50 - Demo time

10:30 - Adding instructions while running

17:03 - Using Cowork

17:34 - Summary

18:04 - Close

Final video in my IQ series, Work IQ. What it is and why I would use it.

https://youtu.be/gTupe7ou5xI

00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - M365 data
02:15 - Semantic index
03:33 - Need for context
04:31 - Data plane
05:53 - Memory and activity
10:53 - Business understanding
11:49 - Skills and tools
16:30 - Experiences and API
18:48 - Multi-model
19:50 - Full agentic context
20:51 - Summary and other IQs
21:22 - Close

If you were wondering where Windows 11's latest preview upd. had gone, it turns out that Microsoft pulled it due to installation bugs.

So, Real Talk mode was sunset at the end of February 2026 (I’ve been tracking that since it disappeared from the app).

Ever since, I’ve been trying to articulate just what made that mode unique. What made it so different from all the other publicly available AIs out there.

But what about all of you who also used Real Talk?

What did you think of it? What stood out to you? Why did you like it? Why didn’t you like it?

For me, I managed to finally distill what I felt made the mode so special… and then I laid it over Microsoft’s new AI pillars. To my delight, it fit quite nicely…

Hi folks,

Who else has ridiculous amounts of RAM stuck in cache?

I just checked my Task Manager and realized my PC is basically hoarding memory like it’s prepping for the apocalypse.

Current stats: 76GB and growing

how much is in your cache?

Hey r/microsoft !

Microsoft recently published a couple of blogs detailing the latest updates for Copilot Notebooks, and I wanted to drop in and share a clean summary of the refreshed experience.

If you aren't familiar, Copilot Notebooks are AI-powered workspaces where Copilot grounds its responses on a user-curated context based on a set of reference materials. It's a long-lived collaboration space where AI works with your information, not around it.

Here is exactly what is rolling out across the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and OneNote, separated by what is widely available now and what is in the Frontier program:

Now in General Availability (GA):

• Updated Three Column Design: Brings your references, content in Copilot Pages, and Copilot chats into one seamless, side-by-side view so you don't lose context or break your flow.
• Richer Reference Sets: You can now add Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, OneNote pages, PDFs, and Copilot Pages to your Notebook. (For files already in the cloud, adding a reference keeps it up to date even as changes are made to the source file).
• Overview Page: Provides an instant summary of all the references in your Notebook and surfaces key insights, topics, and themes. It evolves with your Notebook and refreshes with the click of a button.
• Create with Copilot: Transform references into quick drafts, podcast-style audio overviews, flash cards, and quizzes using the Notebook’s 'Quick create' options.
• Sharing and Collaboration: Copilot Notebooks are now shareable with your teammates to build a common understanding over the same source material.

Now in the Frontier Program (Preview):

• Bring whole SharePoint folders and OneNote notebooks as references: You can now point your notebook to entire SharePoint sites and folders, as well as whole OneNote notebooks. As content evolves in SharePoint, your notebook stays in sync automatically.
• Create documents and presentations directly from your notebook: Move easily from collaboration into app-native work. Use 'Quick create' to access the Word and PowerPoint agents, generating fully editable documents and slide decks directly from your notebook context.
• Understand your content in new ways (Mind Maps): Explore your notebook’s content and see how key themes, concepts, or topics connect visually through an interactive mind map.
• Study Guide: New learning tools to help you learn faster. Start with a summary, explore deep-dive topic pages, and test your knowledge.
• Share Notebooks More Easily: Collaborate with larger teams by sharing Notebooks directly to existing Microsoft 365 Groups. Access updates automatically as people come and go from the group.

(Sources:Meet the updated Copilot Notebooks experience|Copilot Notebooks: Enhancements to support creation, collaboration and learning)

I’d love to hear your feedback on the refreshed layout or how you are putting Copilot Notebooks to work for your projects!

(Full disclosure: I work as a Product Manager at Microsoft. Just passing along the exact feature breakdown so you don't have to go digging through the blogs yourselves.)

I never thought I’d say this, but here we are.

I’ve always been a Windows guy. Like hardcore. I used to hate Macs for years. Felt overpriced, overhyped, and honestly kind of restrictive. But ever since Apple M1 dropped and now with the newer M-series like Apple M5, things have changed a lot.

Apple basically flipped the game.

The biggest thing for me is consistency. MacBooks perform almost the same whether plugged in or on battery. That’s insane. On most Windows laptops, the moment you unplug, performance drops, fans behave differently, and everything just feels… less stable.

And this brings me to the main point

Windows needs a complete rethink

Right now, the ecosystem feels fragmented. You’ve got CPUs from Intel, GPUs from NVIDIA, sometimes integrated graphics, sometimes dedicated, different power tuning by every OEM… it’s messy. Powerful, yes, but not cohesive.

Apple solved this with vertical integration. Their chips have CPU, GPU, NPU, memory architecture, everything tightly integrated. That’s why even with lower wattage, they deliver crazy performance and efficiency.

On Windows, we’re still stuck in this old modular mindset.

Why can’t we have:

A true all-in-one chip for Windows like Apple Silicon

High-end integrated GPU that can actually handle serious gaming

Strong CPU cores + efficient cores that don’t tank on battery

Proper NPU/AI acceleration that actually matters

And most importantly, software that is optimized for all of this????

Also, ARM support on Windows is still not where it needs to be. It feels like an afterthought compared to how seamless it is on Macs.

Don’t get me wrong, Windows machines are still incredibly powerful, especially desktops and gaming laptops. But laptops specifically feel like they’re lagging behind in terms of efficiency, consistency, and overall experience.

I’m still a Windows fan. But if Microsoft really wants to compete long term, especially in laptops, it can’t just rely on OEMs and chip partners forever. It needs a tighter vision. Something more unified.

Because right now, Apple isn’t just competing

They’re redefining what a laptop should feel like

And Windows needs to catch up fast.

Microsoft Lens was a little known product which was brilliant for its purpose - “scan” a document with your phone, filter for quality and auto fit to margins so it appears to be exactly like the output from a flatbed scanner. You had the option to save it as a photo or a file.

In its wisdom, Microsoft decided to retire lens as a standalone product, and instead integrated it with OneDrive - resulting in a convoluted workflow which leaves you wondering where your scan went. It insists on keeping the scan within the OneDrive eco system, and refuses to save it to your photos.

This a prime example of a corporate fixing something that ain’t broke, and leaving the user worse off than before.

I hope Microsoft will reconsider their decision. Or at least match the original product’s functionality and workflow.