Microsoft is finally fixing Windows 11 under the hood — but new stats suggest it could be too little, too late

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• Microsoft is making "behind-the-scenes platform changes" with Windows 11
• These are efforts in preview builds to fine-tune the fundamentals of the OS
• At the same time, a report suggests a sizeable number of people are fleeing Windows 11 – so could this move help turn that around?

Microsoft is beginning the process of making changes to the underlying platform of Windows 11, prompting both hope but also a measure of fear in some respects – and it comes just as we're seeing the adoption figures for the OS drop.