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Red Sea Cable Cuts Trigger Azure Latency Spikes; Microsoft Scrambles to Reroute Traffic
Microsoft Azure customers in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East began reporting sluggish performance on September 6 after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were severed, forcing the...
Microsoft: Azure Latency Surge as Red Sea Cables Cut, Traffic Rerouted
On September 6, 2025, Microsoft issued a service health advisory warning Azure customers that multiple undersea fiber-optic cable cuts in the Red Sea are causing increased latency and intermittent...
Beta Tool WinBoat Runs Full Windows on Linux via Docker, but Expect Setup Hurdles
For years, Linux users needing Windows applications have relied on compatibility layers like Wine or full virtual machines. A new open-source project called WinBoat takes a different route: it runs...
WPAD Service Disabled? Windows 11 24H2 Will Break Your Corporate Network
Corporate IT teams are discovering a punishing side effect of the Windows 11 24H2 update: machines where the WinHTTP Auto-Proxy (WPAD) service has been deliberately disabled for security reasons are...
Wine 10.14 Brings vkd3d 1.17 with Shared Memory Support, Experimental Metal Backend for macOS
Wine 10.14 landed this week with a critical vkd3d upgrade that introduces HLSL shared memory support and—for the first time—an experimental Metal Shading Language backend, offering a glimpse of...
Microsoft Fixes NDI Stuttering Caused by August 2025 Windows Updates
Microsoft has delivered a fix for the NDI streaming performance regression that plagued video production workflows following the August 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates. The resolution arrives via...
30 Years of Start: How Windows 95’s Flawed Genius Remade Personal Computing
On August 24, 1995, Microsoft did something no software company had pulled off before: it turned a computer operating system into a pop culture phenomenon. Midnight store openings, a colossal...
VirtualBox 7.1.12 Unlocks AVX/AVX2 for Windows Guests Under Hyper-V, Cures Kernel Panic on Linux Bridges
Oracle slipped a maintenance update into VirtualBox on July 15, 2025, and while the version bump to 7.1.12 looks modest, it packs a punch for Windows administrators who juggle Hyper‑V and Linux...
Microsoft’s Hidden Repair Wizards: Mastering Windows 11’s Built-In Troubleshooters for Wi-Fi, Audio, and More
When your Wi-Fi drops out mid-meeting or your printer flatlines just before a deadline, reaching for a nuclear option like a system reset feels like admitting defeat. But Windows 11 ships with a...
Windows 11’s Vanished Connect App: Restoring Miracast Receiver with Wireless Display Optional Feature
If you’ve upgraded to Windows 11 and can’t find the Connect app, you’re not alone—Microsoft moved it behind an optional feature called Wireless Display, leaving many users scratching their...
Windows Backup for Organizations Hits GA in Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 Rollout
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 (KB5064080) to the Release Preview Channel, marking the general availability of Windows Backup for Organizations—a long-awaited tool that simplifies...
Microsoft Tests Cloud-Based Quick Machine Recovery in Windows 11 to Prevent Mass Outages
Microsoft has begun rolling out Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) to Windows Insiders, a cloud-assisted remediation feature designed to automatically fix unbootable Windows 11 PCs without manual...