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 In the last blog post I looked at how-to get your hands on the new Start menu layout in Windows 11 by utilising the Dev build from the Windows Insider Programme and then using the Vivetool to enable the feature. Now lets take a look at the new view and what it has to offer.  The new view option allows you to view your entire app list on the same screen as your pinned apps. The new menu now includes the category view, which if selected groups your apps automatically, these are: Productivity - Edge, Office etc Utilities & Tools - apps like phone link, and utilities like snipping tool, calculator Games - anything Xbox Creativity - camera and any creative apps like Clipchamp, photos and paint  Information & Reading - RSS readers, weather, news  Other - anything else it cant categorize! To get the new view go to the highlighted view menu and choose Category.  These groups are categorised by AI, so at present you cannot change the names of the groups. How...

 You know it was back in the days of Windows 3.11 and Office 95 that I first started training staff at our local council.  My how things have come along since then.  We used to photocopy screen shots on to acetate and use the traditional Overhead Project to project against the end wall in the training room!    Over the years I have delivered more and more sessions and always thought about how much people retain once they have left the room.  I know teachers as soon as they get back to the classroom probably have forgot my name and the majority of the content!    To rectify this  we have developed a low cost training solution aimed a schools and business who are focused on the Microsoft toolset. E-training is nothing new ! I have not reinvented the wheel in anyway however I think we can now effectively back up in person training for hard pressed staff members and also allow then to curate there own training at a super affordable price !  ...

 There is some interesting stuff happening in the Windows Insider channel at the moment.  We have recently the Dev channel branch to Build 26200, and this brings the first look into Windows 25H2 or perhaps we would call Windows 12? The Windows Start menu in  Windows 11 , appeared first in the extremely short lived Windows 10X as a simplified Start Menu allowing you to get you into your stuff quicker (not my words!). This features the area you could pin apps that you use regularly and a recommended section of the documents and things you were working on (your stuff), this moved away from the hybrid Start Menu with Live tiles which was a mix of Windows 7 and Windows 8 combined into Windows 10. Microsoft has started looking at the Start Menu layout in the latest Dev build of Windows 11, and remember these channel builds are not guaranteed to make the final cut of Windows 11. So I though it would be a good moment to take a look at what is coming down the line! To get the new ...