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Jacob Fox

New changes to Windows 11 Start menu and search look genuinely exciting and thank the heavens that we'll be able to disable web results

A screenshot of a Windows 11 desktop with a search for "disable windows search" in the Start menu.

Say what you want about Windows—I've certainly said my fair share—but recent months have shown at least that Microsoft is willing to make some positive changes. Now, at least some of these are coming to fruition, as the company is releasing an improved Windows start menu search box for Insiders.

The changes are ones that do look genuinely substantial for, well, probably anyone who regularly uses a Windows PC. They include:

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