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PIN WINDOWS ON TOPUSINGPOWERTOYS

but notthis...Acyber-attackonthe

MinistryofDefencehada“significant”impact

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NewOutlook appcomingin

first bigWindows 11 update

withasingleservicethat

worksacrossalldevices –

computers, phones, tablets

–aswellasonline.

SourcesatMicrosoftsaid

earlylastyearthatthe new

servicewouldbecalledOne

Outlook, andthatitwasbeing

testedbystaff. Leakedimages

(picturedabove)appearedto

confirmthename.

ByAugust 2021thename

hadbeensimplifiedto

Outlook, andreports

suggesteditwould beready

forWindows11’s launchin

October–butitwasdelayed

andisnowrumouredto be

part of the22H2update,

scheduledfortheautumn.

Dark mode,widgets

and taskbar

Microsoft’s otherplansforthe

update arereportedtoinclude

extendingdarkmodeacross

more partsofWindows,and

Microsoftis alsoexpected

to addnewfeaturesto the

taskbar, includingdragging

anddroppingtoit, andto

bringAndroidsupport–

lettingyouusephoneapps

withinWindows11.

Insidersatthecompanysay

the22H2update hasasimilar

purposetothe 151 1update

forWindows10,releasedin

November 2015.This was

thefirstmajorupdate for

Windows10, addingfeatures

that were intendedto be

part of thesystemwhenit

launchedfourmonthsearlier

butweren’tready.

M

icrosoftlookssetto

replacethe Mail and

Calendarappsin

Windows11withanew

Outlookappaspart of the

operatingsystem’sfirstmajor

featureupdate.

Foryears Microsofthas

wantedto replacethedifferent

emailoptionsinWindows

allowingothercompaniesto

makewidgetsto runonthe

system.

It introduceddesktopwidgets

in Windows11asareplacement

fortheLiveTilesinWindows

10’s Startmenu, whichare

constantly updatedwith

information.Thenewwidgets

shownewsheadlines (^1 in

ourscreenshotabove), traffic

updates^2 ,weatherforecasts^3

andmore.

Yo ucanopenwidgets in

Windows11byclickingthe

Widgetsicon^4 ,whichsitsto

therightoftheTaskViewicon

onthetaskbar.

Anew tool within Micr osoft’s

PowerToys tool lets youpin a

windowsoit’salwaysontop,

even ifyouopen anotherone.

To useit, you’ll need to

downloadthe latest version

of PowerToys (0.53. 1orlater ).

Youcan do thisbysearchingfor

it ontheMicrosoftStore,orby

downloadingfromwww.snipca.

com/40585–scrol ldown

andclick ‘PowerToysSetup-

0.53.1-x64.exe’underthe

Assets heading.

Onceit’sinstalled, youcan pin

andunpinwindows bypressing

Windowskey+Ctrl+T.

Youcan also adda

coloured borderto the

windowthat’s on top

to make it easier to see.Todo

this, openPowerToys,thenclick

‘AlwaysOnTop’ in th eleft-hand

menu. Next,makesurethe

‘Showaborder...’ button

is switchedon(^1 in

ourscreenshot), then select a

colour^2 andthickness^3.

19 Januar y–1February 2022 •Issue

Microsoftisfinallylearning

howtokeepthings simple.

Thiswelcome news about

aneaterOutlook followsits

decision lastyeartocombine

music andvideo in asingle

mediaplayer(seeIssue 620,

page 6). Microsoftisalso

respondingfasterthanever

to users’ feedback, having

alreadyimprovedWindows 11

during thefew months since

release.We’reincreasing ly

confidentthat upgrading

(when or ifyoucan)is the

rightmove, andsoour next

issue–out Weds 2February

–willexplain howyou can

masterthisexcellent new

operatingsystem.

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