Here's the other stuff that Microsoft lists as deprecated over on its Windows 11 specifications page, some of which is actually being merged or updated rather than removed: Well, Microsoft has decided you now have no option but to deal with Bing searches in the task bar with Windows 11, as it has removed the ability to disable web search results via the Registry. Since then, users have been heading into the Registry to remove Bing results in Search. To turn off this feature, it used to be a case of heading into the Search settings and simply hitting the off switch, but that was removed in a later Windows 10 update. If you depend on Search to quickly access your apps like me, you'll know that it can sometimes be a pain to accidentally click on a web result for an app you thought you had installed rather than its. Windows 11 TPM requirements: Microsoft's strict security policy What you need to know before upgrading: things to note before downloading the latest OS How to install Windows 11: safe and secure install Windows 11 review: what we think of the new OS Microsoft has removed quick status updates from the lock screen and all associated settings, and it doesn't seem as though this one will be coming back any time soon. If you were a fan of checking your email, the weather, or the Xbox app for updates via your lock screen, I've got bad news for you: quick status is no more. Set your own damn wallpapers.Īnother one bites the dust.

Maybe there was a simple way to get this done all along, but it doesn't matter now because Microsoft's killed it.

The problem I had was getting it to sync the right wallpaper, and more often than not found my newly setup laptop replacing my desktop PC's wallpaper with the default blue Windows fare.

It seems simple enough: you log in with your Microsoft account on multiple devices and your desktop wallpaper from one device is automatically synced up across devices. This is one of the few features I could never get to work as intended on Windows 10. Cortana will no longer appear in the first boot experience ('Hi there, I'm Cortana' is gone, but it did gift us this excellent video) and its icon has been removed from the taskbar as a part of the wider Windows 11 redesign. Cortana isn't gone, but the AI assistant has been buried a little under the Windows 11 overhaul.

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