Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft Unveils Two Free Ways to Keep Windows 10 Secure Until 2026
Windows 10 users gained two completely free paths to an extra year of security patches today, as Microsoft opened a consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that also accepts Microsoft...
September 2025 Update Brings Default OOBE Quality Patching to Windows 11 — Here's How to Manage It
Microsoft will begin installing Windows quality updates during the out-of-box experience (OOBE) by default for eligible Microsoft Entra-joined and Entra-hybrid-joined devices running Windows 11,...
KB5063878 Update Sparks SSD Corruption and Streaming Failures: A Complete Guide to Uninstall and Mitigation
Phison has confirmed it is investigating reports of SSDs disappearing or becoming permanently inaccessible after heavy file transfers on Windows 11 systems running Microsoft’s August cumulative...
Microsoft’s $75 Billion Azure Milestone Fuels Record FY2025, But AI Premium Stokes Valuation Jitters
Microsoft closed its fiscal 2025 with a thundering Q4 that sent revenue to $76.4 billion and full-year sales to $281.7 billion, but the single number that recasts every spreadsheet is the one Satya...
Inside Musk's Macrohard: The AI Agent Factory Taking Aim at Microsoft's Empire
Elon Musk has fired a trademark salvo that is both a joke and a declaration of war. On August 1, 2025, an entity linked to Musk filed for the word mark MACROHARD with the United States Patent and...
August 2025 Windows Updates Break NDI Streaming; Microsoft Urges RUDP Workaround
Live production crews and streamers are scrambling after Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative updates inflicted severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio on NDI-based video transport—a critical...
The Hidden 7 GB Windows 10/11 Reserves for Updates — and How to Get It Back
If you’ve ever wondered why your 128 GB SSD seems to run out of space faster than expected, a Windows feature called Reserved Storage might be the culprit. Microsoft quietly reserves up to 7 GB of...
Windows 11’s ‘God Mode’ Master Control Panel: The Hidden Shortcut That Saves Power Users Dozens of Clicks
A single hidden folder name unlocks a comprehensive index of over 200 Windows settings, administrative tools, and troubleshooting utilities — and it has been hiding in plain sight for more than a...
Bruker HIVE Puts Windows Workstations at the Heart of Terabyte-Scale Microscopy Data Management
Bruker’s ACQUIFER HIVE system tackles the single most painful choke point in modern microscopy: the continuous avalanche of terabytes per experiment. Rather than forcing labs to shuffle external...
Microsoft’s IsExchangeCloudManaged Feature Finally Retires the Last Exchange Server in Hybrid
Hybrid organizations that kept an on-premises Exchange server solely for recipient management can finally decommission that long-standing dependency. Microsoft has released a new capability that...
Exchange Online's New Message Trace Hits GA, Legacy Tools Deprecated September 2025
Microsoft has moved the overhauled Message Trace experience in Exchange Online to general availability, bringing a faster UI, new PowerShell cmdlets, and a firm September 1, 2025 deadline for the...
Microsoft and CISA Demand Hybrid Exchange Overhaul: October 31 Permanent Cutoff After Vulnerability Alert
Microsoft has drawn a hard line in the sand for hybrid Exchange administrators: after October 31, 2025, any on-premises server still relying on the legacy shared service principal for rich...