August 2025
The latest August 2025 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows August Update Breaks App Installs: UAC Prompts and Error 1730 Plague Non-Admin Users
Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout has created a widespread headache for IT administrators. The cumulative update, identified as KB5063878 for several Windows 11 channels, introduced a...
Microsoft to Halt New Outlook Lite Installs in October, Pushing Users to Heavier Outlook Mobile App
Microsoft will block new installations of its lightweight Outlook Lite Android app beginning October 6, 2025, leaving users of entry-level devices and limited data plans without a streamlined,...
Microsoft's $30 Windows 10 ESU Lifeline: What You Need to Know Before October 2025
October 14, 2025, will mark the end of an era—and the beginning of a significant security risk for anyone still running Windows 10. On that date, Microsoft will stop issuing free security patches,...
Microsoft Confirms Windows August 2025 Updates Break Silent MSI Repairs, Trigger UAC Prompts
Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative security updates for Windows, which causes unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts...
Microsoft Concludes August Windows 11 Update Not to Blame for SSD Failures, but Users Remain Wary
Microsoft has officially closed its investigation into the August 2025 Windows 11 update scare, stating it found no evidence that the patch corrupted or bricked NVMe SSDs. But for a vocal group of...
Windows 10’s Extended Support Enrollment Opens—Here’s How to Secure Another Year of Updates
Windows 10 users have a one-time chance to extend security support for another year, but the window to enroll closes on October 13, 2025—and the process isn’t as simple as clicking a button....
Windows 11 Slips Below 50% in August as Microsoft’s ESU Option Gives Users a Pause Button
Windows 11 lost its tenuous majority on the global desktop charts last month, sliding back to 49.02% after a brief surge that had pushed it past the 50‑percent threshold in July. Windows 10,...
StatCounter: Windows 11 Surges to 47.8% of Desktops as Windows 10 End Nears
Windows 11 now runs on 47.8% of the world’s desktop Windows PCs, according to StatCounter’s June 2025 data, putting Microsoft’s latest operating system neck-and-neck with Windows 10 for the...
Windows 11 August 2025 Patches: Recall, Click to Do, and PowerShell 2.0’s Last Stand
Microsoft closed out August 2025 with two Windows 11 updates that pack more AI into everyday tasks and quietly start pulling a decades-old scripting engine. The Patch Tuesday release KB5063878 (build...
No Universal SSD Death: Microsoft and Phison Clear August Update, but Forensic Questions Linger
Microsoft and SSD controller maker Phison have both concluded that the August 2025 Windows 11 cumulative update, tracked as KB5063878, did not trigger a wave of SSD failures across the Windows...
Windows 10 Holdouts Get One-Year Lifeline: Consumer ESU Enrollment Details and Deadlines
The clock is ticking louder for Windows 10 users. Microsoft has set a hard deadline of October 14, 2025, for ordinary security patches, but it’s offering a narrowly scoped escape hatch: the...
August Windows 11 24H2 Update Brings AI Productivity Tools, Enterprise Backup, and Secure Boot Certificate Deadline
Microsoft’s August non‑security preview for Windows 11, version 24H2—KB5064081 (OS Build 26100.5074)—arrived Friday packing a suite of staged AI features, the general availability of Windows...