Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Only 17% of Organizations Have Technical Controls for AI Data, Survey Finds, as Third-Party Risks Spiral
A staggering 83% of organizations lack the technical controls needed to stop employees from feeding sensitive data into public AI tools, according to a new survey from Kiteworks. The 2025 report,...
Windows 11 24H2 Restores the Mouse Scroll Direction Toggle—No Registry Hacks Required
Microsoft has quietly restored one of the most requested convenience features from Windows 10, eliminating the need for risky registry hacks that millions of users relied on to reverse their mouse...
Microsoft’s GUI Copyright Gambit Could Obliterate Europe’s Second-Hand Software Market
Microsoft is pushing a novel legal theory that the graphical user interface and other non-code elements of Windows and Office are separate copyrighted works not subject to exhaustion—a doctrine...
The One Windows Repair Trick That Works Even Without Internet – DISM and SFC Offline Guide
Windows system corruption can strike at the worst possible moment — a sudden Blue Screen of Death, applications that refuse to launch, or a cascade of failed updates. When your machine is booting...
Phison Confirms: Pre-Release Firmware, Not Windows 11, Caused SSD Failures
A missing SSD, a corrupted partition, a sudden system freeze—hundreds of Windows 11 users reported these nightmares after installing the August cumulative update KB5063878. The panic spread fast,...
UK Government Copilot Trials: User Satisfaction Soars, But Productivity Gains Remain Unproven
The UK government’s largest-ever test of Microsoft 365 Copilot has delivered a striking paradox: staff overwhelmingly love the AI assistant, reporting an average of 26 minutes saved per day, yet...
Dynamics 365 Copilot Implementation Playbook: How to Turn AI Promises into Measurable ERP Gains
Microsoft's Copilot is no longer a peripheral experiment—it is being woven directly into the core of Dynamics 365, transforming static ERP systems into conversational, predictive assistants capable...
Azure Arc’s Auto Agent Upgrade Arrives in Public Preview, Automating Hybrid Server Patch Management
Microsoft has quietly shifted hybrid server management from a manual chore to policy-driven automation with the public preview of Auto Agent Upgrade for Azure Arc-enabled servers, a feature that...
Red Sea Severed Cables Knock 17% of Internet Offline: Azure Customers Brace for Months-Long Repair Delays
At 05:45 UTC on September 6, 2025, a cluster of submarine fiber-optic cables snaking along the seabed near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was severed, instantly choking off roughly 17 percent of the internet...
Pre-Release SSD Firmware, Not Windows 11 KB5063878, Behind Drive Disappearances
When Windows 11 users began reporting that solid-state drives were vanishing from File Explorer, Device Manager, and even the UEFI/BIOS after installing the August 2025 cumulative update KB5063878,...
5 Real Performance Boosts for Windows 10 and 11 That Make Registry Cleaners Obsolete
Paying for a monthly subscription to a registry cleaner in the hope of magically speeding up your Windows 10 or 11 PC is not just a waste of money—it’s a gamble with your system’s stability....
Point B Passes Microsoft’s Audit for Azure Analytics Specialization – Here’s What It Actually Proves
Point B has clinched one of Microsoft’s most demanding partner credentials—the Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization—after passing a third-party audit that validates its ability to...