The next preview build of Windows 11 is here, and build 25211 is bound to make at least some Windows 11 users smile. The Windows Insider Program is a service that essentially lets you test early builds of Windows products before they are revealed to the general public. If you want to sign up, simply head to the Updates utility in your PC’s Settings app and register as a tester.
This isn’t the most controversial or pivotal preview build of Windows 11, but it does bring back at least one feature that has been sorely missed. The feature in question is the ability to access the Windows Task Manager without needing to hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete. In the old days of Windows 10 and before, we used to be able to simply right-click on the taskbar and select Task Manager.
But for some reason, Microsoft decided that that feature was pointless and nixed it from the Windows 11 ecosystem when they were putting the OS together. Now, it’s back!
When this latest Insider Preview build hits the metaphorical shelves, you should expect to be able to simply right-click on the taskbar and enter the Task Manager utility. This is just one more way that Microsoft is making the taskbar the actual star of the Windows 11 show. This is the most effective, integrated, and intuitive that the taskbar has ever been, and we have no doubt that it will only get more so.
In other Windows 11 news, the next update to the OS will bring full-screen widgets into the Windows 11 ecosystem.
