Virtualization
The latest Virtualization coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
nano11 Script Shrinks Windows 11 Install to 2.8 GB, Sacrificing Updates and Security
A new community script can compress a standard Windows 11 installation into a footprint of just 2.8 GB on disk, but the radical pruning required leaves the operating system unfit for anything beyond...
Windows 10 End of Support: 60% of Corporate Devices Still Unready as October Deadline Hits
October 14, 2025, marks the definitive end of free security updates, feature patches, and technical support for Windows 10—but with barely months to go, up to 60% of corporate devices and 53% of...
Serif PagePlus 7 on Modern Windows: Migration Tactics That Actually Work
Moving a 20-year-old desktop publishing program to a new PC sounds like a recipe for frustration, but with the right approach, your Serif PagePlus 7 installation and its .ppp files can survive the...
Proxmox Windows 11 VM: Why Your Install Fails and the VirtIO, TPM, and UEFI Fixes
Installing Windows 11 on Proxmox Virtual Environment is far from a simple ISO boot. Unlike many Linux guests that work out of the box, Microsoft's latest OS demands careful preparation. If you try to...
Stardock’s Start11 and WindowBlinds Bring Windows 7’s Look to Windows 11 — But It’s No Perfect Clone
A hands-on experiment by MakeUseOf’s Pankil Shah confirms that a carefully assembled toolkit can drape Windows 11 in the glassy, familiar skin of Windows 7 — and the result is more than a...
Hyper-V Privilege Escalation Flaw Exposes Hosts: Microsoft Urges Immediate Patching for CVE-2025-54115
Microsoft has released security updates to fix a critical race condition vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V that could allow an attacker with local access to escalate privileges and take over the host...
Microsoft Fixes UAC Prompts in Windows 11 LTSC 2024 Hotpatch, Flags PSDirect Issue
Microsoft released hotpatch KB5065474 for Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 on September 9, 2025, advancing the operating system to build 26100.6508. The update eliminates nuisance User Account Control...
Urgent Patch Alert: Windows VHD Bug CVE-2025-54112 Enables Full System Compromise
A single booby-trapped VHD file is all an attacker needs to jump from limited user to complete Windows server or workstation control. That’s the reality behind CVE-2025-54112, the latest...
Critical Hyper-V Privilege Escalation Flaw (CVE-2025-54098) Demands Immediate Patching
Microsoft has released a security update to fix a serious privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V, tracked as CVE-2025-54098, that could allow an attacker with local access to elevate...
Windows Hyper-V Race Condition Flaw (CVE-2025-54092) Enables Attackers to Seize Host Control
Microsoft has disclosed a dangerous race condition vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V that could allow a local attacker to seize SYSTEM-level privileges on the host. Tracked as CVE-2025-54092, the flaw...
Dockermox: Run Proxmox in Docker for Labs – Not for Production
The idea sounds contradictory: take a full virtualization platform designed to run directly on hardware and stuff it inside a Docker container. Yet a community project called Dockermox does exactly...
Purdue Northwest Mandates Windows 11 Upgrades by August to Beat Microsoft's October 2025 Cutoff
Purdue University Northwest has drawn a line in the sand: all Windows 10 workstations must be upgraded to Windows 11 or replaced by August 2025 — a full two months before Microsoft officially ends...