Third-party developers are helping: The Rufus utility is making it easier than ever to install Windows 11 on unsupported PCs.(Image Source: Microsoft) Windows 11 Efficiency Updates Faster Performance If Windows 11 doesn’t support your PC, there are some ways you can install it anyway. If you’re not using Windows 11 yet, you can upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 for free-assuming it supports your PC. If you’re using Windows 11, it will definitely be a great upgrade. In time, it will be tough to remember which of these changes were made in the 2022 Update and which were part of the original version of Windows 11. Many of them are obvious improvements to make-the ability to drag and drop on the taskbar, for example. None of these features are truly groundbreaking, but they all add up to a solid, substantial upgrade with a large number of improvements throughout. Windows 11 now even supports wideband speech with AirPods. There are new touch-screen gestures, like swiping to the left with three fingers to switch to your most recently used app. The Focus feature was renamed Do Not Disturb. For example, Microsoft has spent time adding a lot of settings to the Settings app and reorganizing some existing settings. There are a lot of other changes in Windows 11’s 2022 Update (22H2).

However, the interface is modernized-it now even has support for dark mode, and the shading for the resource usage columns on the Processes tab uses your chosen accent color. It’s similar to how Microsoft handled the Notepad update: All the standard functionality is still here. The Task Manager’s interface now looks much more at home on Windows 11.

As always, you can press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open it, right-click the Start button and select “Task Manager,” launch “Task Manager” from the Start menu, or press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then click “Task Manager” to open it. Windows 11 now features an updated, modernized Task Manager with some new features. For example, Microsoft renamed the “Windows Terminal” to “Terminal.” A New Task Manager As always, there are many bug fixes, performance improvements, security patches, and small tweaks throughout the operating system. Note: We’re going to focus on what we think are the most interesting changes here. If you’d like to install the update before Windows Update offers it on your PC, you can install Windows 11’s 2022 Update in another way. You’ll see it as an option at the top of the window at Settings > Windows Update when it’s available for your device. The free update will be offered via Windows Update on Windows 11 PCs.

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