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This new feature built into Clipchamp will help you get a head start on editing with just a few simple questions on the type of video you are developing. We will transition to a new Windows 10 release cadence to align with the Windows 11 cadence, targeting annual feature update releases. As a result, we are taking the same measured approach to the rollout of the November 2021 Update as we have with previous releases, to help enable a smooth update. Once again, because Windows 12 is only a theoretical release at this point, we have no solid information about what sort of features it may include. We invite PCs that do not meet the new hardware requirements for Windows 11 to join the Release Preview Channel to preview updates for Windows 10.

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Nearly 1 in 5 people benefit from accessibility features on the PC and with this release we are continuing our commitment to make Windows work for everyone.
IBM continued to develop OS/2, while Microsoft changed the name of its (as yet unreleased) OS/2 3.0 to Windows NT.
We’re pumped to be launching Windows 11; the entire user experience brings you closer to what you love, empowers you to produce and inspires you to create.
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There are also new features like efficiency mode to help you save power with some apps. With Windows 11, we're back to a single Snipping Tool, combining the best of both apps, but also adding more features. In other words, if you minimize all of your windows and then hover over the app in the taskbar, you'll see an option to put all snapped apps back in their positions. Windows Studio Effects is a set of features powered by artificial intelligence that are available for certain devices with neural processing units (NPU).

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Windows 2000 is also the last NT-kernel Windows operating system to lack product activation. It was successfully deployed both on the server and the workstation markets. Mainstream support for Windows 98 and 98 SE ended on June 30, 2002. Many minor problems that existed in the first edition were fixed making it, according to many, the most stable release of the Windows 9x family. USB support in Windows 98 is marketed as a vast improvement windows over Windows 95. Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows NT 4.0 Embedded on June 30, 2003, and ended extended support on July 11, 2006.

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The 3.5 release added support for new types of hardware and improved performance and data reliability; the 3.51 release was primarily to update the Win32 APIs to be compatible with software being written for the Win32c APIs in what became Windows 95. Later Microsoft also released Windows 3.11, a touch-up to Windows 3.1 which included all of the patches and updates that followed the release of Windows 3.1 in 1992. A "multimedia" version, Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0, was released in October 1991. In a 1987 interview with Gates, Ed Esber of Ashton-Tate, and Jim Manzi of Lotus, Gates said that Microsoft would release Windows applications first with "very cheap upgrades" to OS/2 versions, while the others said that their companies would release for OS/2 first. OS/2 1.0, released in 1987, supported swapping and multitasking and allowed running of MS-DOS executables.

In an attempt to resolve this tension, IBM and Microsoft agreed that IBM would develop OS/2 2.0, to replace OS/2 1.3 and Windows 3.0, while Microsoft would develop the next version, OS/2 3.0. They cooperated with each other in developing their PC operating systems and had access to each other's code. By 1987 Computerworld said that Microsoft's Bill Gates "has pushed Windows almost fanatically for years", telling skeptical DOS software companies like Ashton-Tate and Lotus Development that developing for Windows was vital to compatibility with future DOS versions.

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In July 2025, Microsoft announced that it will drop support for Windows 11 SE in October 2026 after the 2024 Update. Based on feedback from educators, Windows 11 SE has multiple UI differences and limitations, including Snap Layouts not containing layouts for more than two applications at once, all applications opening maximized by default, and Widgets being removed. Windows 11 Home requires an Internet connection and a Microsoft account in order to complete first-time setup. Like its predecessor, Windows 11 also supports multi-factor authentication and biometric authentication through Windows Hello.

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This update will deliver performance optimizations to improve latency and unlock features like Auto HDR and Variable Refresh Rate on windowed games. With this update, we’re excited to welcome Clipchamp as an inbox app to Windows 11 to make video editing fun and simple for you — with templates, effects and more. Snap layouts on Windows 11 have been a game changer for multitasking, helping people optimize their view when they need to have multiple apps or documents in front of them at the same time.