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Microsoft Rushes Out Emergency OOB Updates to Restore Windows Recovery Broken by August Patch Tuesday
Microsoft released out-of-band (OOB) emergency cumulative updates on August 19, 2025, to fix a critical regression that prevented Windows’ own recovery tools from working correctly. The flaw,...
Microsoft Races Out Emergency Fix as August Patch Breaks Windows Reset and Remote Wipe
Microsoft shipped emergency out-of-band updates on August 19, 2025, after its August Patch Tuesday rollup catastrophically broke Windows' built-in reset, cloud recovery, and remote wipe capabilities....
Microsoft Rushes Out KB5066189 to Restore Broken Windows 11 Reset & Cloud Recovery
Microsoft released an out-of-band quality update on August 19, 2025, to restore critical Windows recovery functionality that the August Patch Tuesday cumulative updates had inadvertently broken. The...
Microsoft Confirms August Patches Cripple Windows Reset & Remote Wipe; OOB Fix Underway
Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates have introduced a critical regression that breaks built-in reset and recovery operations on multiple supported Windows client...
The Broken Promise of Windows 10 Mobile: How ‘All Phones’ Became a Select Few
Microsoft’s declaration that “all Windows Phone 8 devices will be upgraded to Windows 10” landed like a safety net for millions of users. In a single tweet from the @Lumia account, the company...
Microsoft Store Removes Indefinite App Update Off Switch, Replaces It with Forced 1–5 Week Pauses
Microsoft has started rolling out a significant change to its Microsoft Store client on Windows 10 and Windows 11 that removes the ability to permanently disable automatic app updates. Instead, users...
Microsoft Store Update Replaces App Update Off Switch with 5-Week Pause Limit
Microsoft has changed the Microsoft Store’s longstanding app update setting, eliminating the ability to permanently disable automatic updates on many consumer devices. Instead, users are now...
Windows 11 Dev Build Unveils Snipping Tool Window Recorder and Copilot Click to Do Upgrades
Microsoft shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 to the Dev Channel on August 15, a cumulative update packed with subtle UI refinements, new Copilot-powered Click to Do selection modes,...
Microsoft Unveils Freeform Click to Do and Snipping Tool Window Recording in Dev Channel Build 26200.5751
Microsoft on August 15, 2025, pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) to the Dev Channel, delivering a polished batch of user interface tweaks, fresh Click to Do selection...
Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.5061 Delivers AI Recall, Click to Do, and the End of PowerShell 2.0
Microsoft shipped Windows 11 build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) to the Release Preview Channel on August 14, 2025, unleashing a wave of AI-powered features alongside enterprise-focused platform changes....
Microsoft's Latest Edge Growth Hack: Pin to Taskbar for Chrome Users—Will It Spark Regulatory Fire?
Dormant feature flags unearthed in recent Microsoft Edge Canary builds reveal the company is designing an exit-time prompt that would urge heavy Google Chrome users to pin Edge to the Windows 11...
Microsoft Patches CVE-2025-49736: Android Edge UI Spoofing Bug Allows Credential Theft
Microsoft has released a patch for a UI spoofing vulnerability in its Edge browser for Android, tracked as CVE-2025-49736. The flaw, which Microsoft classifies as allowing an unauthenticated attacker...