Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Microsoft’s Windows App Purge Accelerates: IE, Paint 3D, and Mail Are Gone—Here’s How to Adapt
The morning of January 1, 2025, delivered a rude surprise for millions of Windows users: the built-in Mail and Calendar apps, staple lightweight clients for years, had stopped syncing emails....
Windows 11 Insider Preview Brings Studio Effects to External USB Webcams on Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft has quietly flipped a switch in recent Windows 11 Insider Preview builds that eliminates one of the most persistent gripes about its AI-powered camera toolkit: Windows Studio Effects no...
Windows 11 Offline Setup: Command Bypasses, Rufus, and the Critical BitLocker Catch
Microsoft has made it increasingly difficult to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account, but three community-vetted workarounds still let you create a local offline account—provided you’re...
OneDrive Copilot Lands in Windows File Explorer: Summarize, Compare, and Q&A Files Instantly
Microsoft has embedded its Copilot AI directly into the Windows file management experience, adding a set of intelligent actions—Summarize, Ask, Generate FAQ, and Compare—to OneDrive files in File...
Windows 10’s October 2025 Sunset: Here’s How to Run Windows Apps on Linux
October 14, 2025 marks the end of support for Windows 10, leaving millions of users without security updates. For many, this deadline is a catalyst to finally migrate their workflows to Linux—but a...
Windows 11 24H2 Eliminates OneDrive Backup Opt-Out, Silently Pushing Files to the Cloud
Microsoft has tightened its grip on user choice with Windows 11 version 24H2, removing the option to decline OneDrive folder backup during device setup and automatically relocating local files to the...
Flyoobe Delivers Complete Windows 11 OOBE Customization, TPM Bypasses, and Debloating in One Tool
Flyoobe has completed its transformation from a narrow hardware-bypass utility into a comprehensive Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) suite, consolidating Windows 11 installation workarounds, local...
Microsoft Ships September 2025 Exchange Hotfixes to Keep Hybrid Apps Running as October 31 Deadline Looms
Microsoft released a targeted set of Hotfix Updates (HUs) for Exchange Server this September, delivering a non‑security fix while ensuring the newly engineered dedicated Exchange hybrid application...
Copilot Studio's New Runtime Security Lets Enterprises Veto AI Agent Actions Instantly
Microsoft is giving enterprise security teams a new way to block dangerous AI agent actions in near real time. A public preview feature in Copilot Studio, announced March 2025, lets organizations...
SSMS 22 Preview 1 Ships Without Copilot as Microsoft Pivots to GitHub Integration
Database administrators who depend on AI assistance inside SQL Server Management Studio will find the first public preview of SSMS 22 conspicuously silent: Microsoft has confirmed it will ship...
Borderlands 4 PC Requirements Set New Bar: 8-Core CPU, 32GB RAM, and 100 GB SSD Required
Gearbox has officially locked down Borderlands 4’s PC system requirements, and the numbers leave no room for ambiguity: eight CPU cores, fast NVMe storage, and a graphics card with at least 8 GB of...
Flyoobe 1.10 Bypasses Windows 11 Hardware Checks and Removes AI at Setup
The latest release of Flyoobe, version 1.10, lands just four days after version 1.7, and it marks a significant leap forward: the free tool now not only sidesteps Microsoft’s hardware gating for...