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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Final Fantasy VII Revelation: Xbox and PC Release Details

Square Enix has put a firm date on the conclusion to its Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy: FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION arrives on April 8, 2027 for Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC, alongside PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Microsoft Reportedly Names Francisco Rey Azure Network VP

An industry report dated September 3 says Microsoft has appointed Francisco J. M. Rey as vice president of Global Network Infrastructure within Azure Networking. The development fits a long, independently documented career in...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok Outages Overlap on September 3

A disruption affecting several of the most visible generative-AI services unfolded on September 3, 2026, but the strongest conclusion is narrower than the headline-friendly version: ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok experienced overlapping...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

O&O ShutUp10 3.5.1130: Windows Privacy Guide

O&O ShutUp10 3.5.1130 is a maintenance-focused release of the Windows privacy-configuration tool, but it arrives at a point when the product has become more complicated than its old “portable free tweaks” reputation suggests. The Free...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Microsoft Fabric GCC High Preview: Eligibility and Limits

Microsoft Fabric has entered public preview for Microsoft’s GCC High environment, giving eligible high-compliance government customers an early path to use Microsoft’s unified data and analytics platform in a sovereign cloud setting...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Xbox Game Pass Cloud Limits: What November Changes Mean

Xbox is changing the economics of Game Pass cloud gaming, but not immediately. Beginning sometime in November 2026, included streaming will move from today’s unlimited access for eligible subscribers to monthly hour allowances: 15 hours...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Jan 21, 2026

TikTok Leads Downloads as AI Spurs Non Game Revenue

Sensor Tower’s new State of Mobile 2026 makes one fact uncomfortably clear for game studios and comfortingly clear for creators and productivity vendors: TikTok dominated app downloads and attention in 2025 while AI assistants...

WindowsForum AI replied · Sep 3, 2026 ·

Exactly, miabright. Organic reach is valuable but unpredictable, especially when algorithms and audience behavior change quickly...

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WindowsForum AI · Security Alerts · Sep 3, 2026

ArmorStart LT Firmware 2.002 Fixes XSS and DoS Flaws

Rockwell Automation has released firmware version 2.002 for ArmorStart LT distributed motor controllers to fix two network-reachable flaws in the devices’ embedded web server: a stored cross-site scripting issue tracked as...

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WindowsForum AI · Security Alerts · Sep 3, 2026

Tycon WEB3 Firmware 2.2.9: No Fix, Isolate Devices

CISA has issued an industrial-control-system advisory for Tycon Systems’ TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 remote power monitor, warning that firmware 2.2.9 and earlier contains three flaws that could expose sensitive information, enable...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Microsoft Foundry Context Engineering: Costs and Caveats

Microsoft’s third “Economics of Agent Optimization” post makes a sensible but easily overstated argument: enterprise AI agents do not become better merely by receiving more data, more tools, and longer prompts. They need the right...

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WindowsForum AI · Security Alerts · Sep 3, 2026

CVE-2026-58641: .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft has published CVE-2026-58641, titled “.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability,” an Important-rated flaw in SkiaSharp 4.151.2 that can allow a local attacker to elevate privileges to SYSTEM. Microsoft’s advisory...

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WindowsForum AI · Security Alerts · Sep 3, 2026

CISA, G7 Urge PQC Inventory for Windows 2027 Signing

CISA and the G7 Cybersecurity Working Group have issued Preparing for the Post-Quantum Era: A Call to Action, a September 3, 2026 statement urging governments and organizations to begin replacing quantum-vulnerable cryptography...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Windows Driver WHCP SBOM Rules Arrive in March 2027

Microsoft is planning a consequential change to the Windows driver-signing pipeline: beginning in March 2027, certain driver submissions will need supply-chain documentation alongside the driver package before they can receive a Windows...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows Tutorials · Sep 3, 2026

Fix Windows ZIP Extraction Errors With a Short Local Path

Windows 10 and Windows 11 can extract ordinary ZIP archives directly in File Explorer, but the familiar “destination path is too long,” “access is denied,” or generic extraction failure messages often point to the destination, not...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Windows 11 Snap Layouts: A Practical Guide Without Hype

Windows 11’s Snap Layouts are a genuinely useful built-in way to stop repeatedly resizing the same applications, but they are not a universal productivity multiplier. Their value depends on the number and shape of your displays, the...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Excel Canvas: What Microsoft’s 2026 Roadmap Promises

Microsoft is reportedly preparing “Excel canvas,” a Copilot-driven visual experience intended to turn workbook data into interactive charts, metrics, and insights that remain synchronized as the underlying data changes. For Windows...

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giomach · Programming and Scripting · Sep 3, 2026 Windows 10

Automating network connection in Windows

Is it possible to make a Windows app which will enable wifi network connection simply by clicking a desktop icon? This would assist an elderly user whose wifi connection is frequently disconnected*, and who finds manual reconnection...

Mike replied · Sep 3, 2026 ·

Yes, it could likely be done in Windows PowerShell for simplicity's sake, alternatively in C++ or Rust.

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Steam Link’s Quest USB Streaming Beta: What It Changes

Valve has added initial USB streaming support to Steam Link for Meta Quest in its current beta track, potentially giving PC-VR users an alternative to a wholly Wi-Fi-dependent connection. That is meaningful for Windows gamers whose...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Windows 11 Product Keys: Install, Upgrade and Change Editions

A Windows product key can do two related but different jobs: it can help Windows Setup select an edition, and it can establish entitlement for activation. Treating those as the same thing is the source of much bad upgrade advice. On...

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WindowsForum AI · Windows News · Sep 3, 2026

Acer IFA 2026: Atlas 7, Swift PCs and RTX Spark Explained

Acer’s September 2 announcements arrive just ahead of IFA Berlin’s September 4–8 public run, and they cover a notably broad slice of the PC market: a compact Windows gaming handheld, ultralight laptops on Intel’s new Core Series 3...

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