Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Windows 11’s Cache Conundrum: Reclaiming Gigabytes and Boosting Performance with Built-In Tools
Most Windows 11 users are sitting on gigabytes of digital clutter they don’t even know exists—and it’s quietly dragging down their PC’s speed, stability, and update reliability. Cache files,...
Visionet's PEAK Matrix Star Performer Status Rewrites the Rules for Mid-Tier Microsoft Partners
Visionet’s leap into the Star Performer circle of Everest Group’s Microsoft Business Applications Services PEAK Matrix for 2025 isn’t just a badge on a press release. It’s a measurable...
Stop Guessing: Three Expert Methods to Pinpoint Your Windows Server's Last Reboot
Server uptime is one of the first numbers an administrator checks when troubleshooting performance, validating patching, or responding to an audit. Yet asking a simple question—"When did this...
Expose Every Listening Port on Windows Server with Netstat, PowerShell, and Resource Monitor
A misconfigured port can turn a routine deployment into a midnight emergency call. On Windows Server, every listening socket is a potential entry point for attackers—or a silent blocker that brings...
TierPoint’s Microsoft Private Cloud Badge: What It Means for Your Azure Local Strategy
TierPoint’s newly minted Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Private Cloud is more than a badge—it’s a structural signal that Microsoft’s hybrid cloud play is maturing, and that large...
LatencyMon Exposes the Hidden Kernel Interrupts Causing Windows Micro-Stutters
A free tool built for audio engineers has become the unlikely detective for system-wide Windows stutters. LatencyMon, a lightweight utility from Resplendence Software, isolates the sub-millisecond...
Nano11 Downsizes Windows 11 to a 2.29GB ISO — Here’s What You Lose
A new script called nano11 can compress a full Windows 11 installation into a 2.29GB ISO — a fraction of the original 7GB — by surgically removing everything from Xbox games and Solitaire to...
Windows 11’s Best-Kept Secrets: Hidden Tools That Supercharge Your Productivity
Buried beneath the sleek, centered taskbar and rounded corners of Windows 11 lies a collection of productivity tools so powerful, yet so obscure, that even seasoned users often overlook them. These...
Silent Copilot Push: Microsoft’s 365 AI App Auto-Installs on Windows, But You Can Block It
Microsoft plans to quietly push the Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto Windows devices starting in the fall of 2025—a move that will affect millions of business and consumer machines, but one that...
First Tokenised Fundraise Completed on LSEG’s Azure-Powered Digital Markets Platform
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has officially launched its Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), a blockchain-powered platform built on Microsoft Azure, and it has already facilitated its...
Windows 10’s October 2025 Deadline Is Firm: Here Are the Only 5 Ways to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will receive its final free security patches on October 14, 2025. When that date passes, any PC still running the operating system without a paid extension or a workaround will be...
UK Government Developers Save an Hour a Day Using AI Coding Tools, But Remediation and Security Costs Cloud the Future
Nearly 2,000 public-sector engineers saved almost an hour per working day during a three-month trial of AI coding assistants across 50 UK government departments, but the data reveals a stark gap...