Windows 11 search can now skip web results and focus on your PC
THE SO WHAT
Microsoft giving users a switch to kill web results in Start menu search is a small but telling retreat from forced funneling into Edge and online services. Enterprise admins should decide default behavior now—locking search to local can reduce distraction and data leakage, but may blunt some AI-assisted features.
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