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KB5064080 Mends Broken Explorer Views and Brings Backup to the Enterprise
Microsoft shipped an optional preview cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 in the Release Preview Channel that tackles a string of reliability bugs—from File Explorer showing only a single folder...
Parallels Desktop 26 adds macOS Tahoe support and enterprise policy controls.
Parallels Desktop 26 lands just as Apple pivots to a year-based naming scheme for macOS and Microsoft pushes Windows 11 version 25H2 toward general availability—bringing explicit macOS Tahoe...
Windows 10 Free Extended Security Updates Require Microsoft Account and OneDrive Sync—Here's How to Enroll
Windows 10's end-of-support deadline is now mere weeks away, and Microsoft's offer of a free extra year of security updates comes with strings attached: a mandatory Microsoft Account and OneDrive...
Windows 11 Autopilot Devices Now Get Quality Updates During OOBE
Microsoft has begun rolling out a significant change to Windows 11 provisioning: eligible devices can now receive the latest quality and security updates during the out-of-box experience (OOBE),...
Windows 11 DISM Repair: Fix Component Store Corruption and Update Errors
A single corrupted system component can cascade into days of failed Windows updates, stubborn blue screens, and inexplicable stability issues. When System File Checker throws up its hands and Windows...
Windows 11 24H2 Gains Cloud Boot Repairs, But August Update Regressions Prompt Enterprise Caution
Millions of Windows devices became unbootable after a botched software update in July 2024, forcing IT teams to manually recover each machine. Now, Microsoft is banking on a cloud-connected recovery...
September 2025 Update Brings Default OOBE Quality Patching to Windows 11 — Here's How to Manage It
Microsoft will begin installing Windows quality updates during the out-of-box experience (OOBE) by default for eligible Microsoft Entra-joined and Entra-hybrid-joined devices running Windows 11,...
Microsoft’s Full-Screen Windows 11 Upgrade Nags on Windows 10 Won’t Take No for an Answer
Microsoft has turned its in-OS upgrade pressure into a full-blown siege. Since the August 2025 update cycle, Windows 10 users are reporting that full-screen, multipage prompts to upgrade to Windows...
Windows 11 24H2 Bug Corrupts SSDs During Large Writes: Microsoft and Phison Investigate
A critical storage bug in Microsoft's August 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 version 24H2 is causing NVMe and SATA SSDs to vanish mid-transfer, sometimes taking data with them. Multiple...
Microsoft’s August Updates Break NDI Streaming: Change Receive Mode to Keep Streams Alive
Streamers and live production teams relying on NDI discovered a nasty surprise after installing Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative updates: previously smooth video and audio streams suddenly...
KB5066189: Microsoft's Emergency Fix for Windows Recovery Failures After August Patches
Microsoft shipped an emergency out-of-band update late Monday to rescue a core set of Windows recovery tools that its August 2025 security rollups had silently broken. The patch, KB5066189, addresses...
Microsoft’s ESU Enrollment Wizard: Fixed but Still Hidden in Phased Rollout
Microsoft’s slow, staged rollout of the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment wizard means the one-year security lifeline for legacy PCs is available—but not instantly visible to...