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Windows 10 August Update Opens ESU Enrollment, Hardens Secure Boot Against Rollback
Microsoft’s cumulative update KB5063709, released on August 12, 2025, arrives at a critical juncture for Windows 10 users. With the end-of-support deadline looming on October 14, 2025, the patch...
Domain Controllers at Risk: Microsoft’s August Update Closes Kerberos dMSA Vulnerability Amid 100+ Fixes
Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday release lands with an urgent fix for a Kerberos vulnerability that could allow attackers to escalate to domain administrator, alongside more than a dozen other...
Phantom Firewall Error 2042 in Windows 11 Exposes Microsoft’s Communication Breakdown
Microsoft’s handling of a spurious firewall error in Windows 11 24H2 escalated from a minor logging glitch into a full-blown trust crisis this summer, when the company prematurely declared the...
Windows 11 KB5062660: Self-Healing Recovery, Recall Export, and On-Device AI Arrive
Microsoft’s latest optional preview update for Windows 11 version 24H2 isn’t just another collection of bug fixes. The July 22, 2025, KB5062660 (OS Build 26100.4770) release lays the groundwork...
Windows 11 24H2 to Drop PowerShell 2.0 in August 2025, Shutting a Key Attack Vector
Microsoft will excise the 16-year-old Windows PowerShell 2.0 engine from shipping Windows 11 and Windows Server images beginning with the August 2025 release of Windows 11, version 24H2, and the...
Microsoft 365 Companions Auto-Install on Windows 11: What IT Must Do Before the Rollout Hits
Microsoft has begun rolling out a trio of taskbar-integrated apps called Microsoft 365 companions for Windows 11 enterprise users, and they will install automatically on eligible devices unless IT...
Microsoft Begins Silent Rollout of 365 Companion Apps to Windows 11 Taskbars
Starting in late October 2025, Microsoft began automatically installing three new companion apps onto the Windows 11 taskbar for devices that already have Microsoft 365 Apps. Dubbed Calendar, File...
June 2026 Secure Boot Expiry Looms as Microsoft Ships August Update for Windows 11 24H2
IT administrators have exactly nine months to overhaul firmware update workflows before Secure Boot certificates reach expiration in June 2026, a deadline Microsoft underscored in its August 2025...
KB5065500 Delivers Image Processing AI 1.2507.797.0 to Intel Copilot+ PCs, Paving Way for Super Resolution
Microsoft has pushed KB5065500, a targeted component update that advances the Image Processing AI stack to version 1.2507.797.0 on Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2. The...
Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Windows 11 23H2: Consumer Deadline Looms November 11, 2025
Microsoft has drawn a hard line in the sand: Windows 11 version 23H2 will stop receiving security patches and quality updates for Home and Pro editions on November 11, 2025. The announcement,...
Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Will Silently Install Office Apps and Preload Them via Startup Boost
Microsoft has officially acknowledged a pair of changes to how Office apps arrive and launch on Windows 11—and they are stirring both enthusiasm and consternation among users and IT administrators....
Windows 11 Build 27919 Unifies Search Settings but Breaks Widgets for Some Insiders
Microsoft pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27919 to the Canary Channel on August 8, 2025, delivering a long-awaited consolidation of Windows Search settings while introducing a handful of...