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A compact but consequential update to a popular unofficial Windows 11 installer-bypass tool has landed, and it tightens the project’s shift from a pure “requirements bypass” utility into a fuller Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit — complete with a renamed executable, a small search helper, and support for consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU). The changes were announced alongside a roadmap to merge the older Flyby11 upgrader into the newer Flyoobe OOBE-focused project, signaling a...

Twinkle Tray’s latest update pushes the tiny utility farther into must-have territory for multi-monitor Windows users by adding SDR brightness control for HDR displays and a handful of practical quality‑of‑life fixes—changes that broaden the app’s usefulness while also exposing a few technical complexities users should understand before upgrading. Background Twinkle Tray began as a lean, open‑source utility that fills a simple but persistent Windows gap: native, per‑monitor brightness...

Microsoft’s push to move Windows 10 users onto Windows 11 has stepped up a gear: as August’s Patch Tuesday rolls out, an increasingly persistent, full‑screen end‑of‑life banner is appearing on many Windows 10 machines urging immediate action — and in some cases the prompt returns again and again even after users choose to stay on Windows 10. r for Windows 10 support: October 14, 2025 is the end‑of‑support date for Windows 10 Home and Pro, after which mainstream security updates and technical...

Microsoft’s weekly week-in-review reads like a study in contrast: a steady drip of interesting concepts for what Windows could become, juxtaposed with another heavy round of real-world reliability problems in the Windows 11 update pipeline that are inconveniencing administrators, streamers, and everyday PC users alike. This feature unpacks the key developments—what Microsoft shipped, what broke, and what the industry and users should watch next—while placing the story in context for...

Microsoft’s August security rollup has morphed from routine maintenance into a three-headed warning for anyone who touches Windows updates: emergency fixes for broken recovery functions, emerging reports of disappearing SSDs during heavy writes, and severe streaming stutter affecting NDI workflows — all consequences tied to this month’s cumulative patches and their fallout. The situation is serious enough that industry outlets and Microsoft’s own release-health notices urge caution, and the...

CVPeople Tanzania’s recent IT Airport Supervisor recruitment notice doubles as a signal: Tanzania’s airports are deepening their commitment to on‑site technical teams to support biometric enrollment and immigration control systems, and the advertised role frames that expansion as both an operational necessity and a governance challenge. rview CVPeople Tanzania posted an IT Airport Supervisor / related frontline IT intake in mid‑August 2025, advertising roles located in Dar es Salaam with...

Microsoft’s humble Print Screen (PrtSc) workflow in Windows is quietly changing again: the Snipping Tool in Windows 11 Canary builds is being tested with a window‑pick recording mode and an early annotation (draw-on-screen) panel, moving the built-in utility closer to a one‑stop capture, annotate and record tool that could replace many third‑party utilities for everyday tasks. Background / Overview The Snipping Tool has been evolving rapidly since its Windows 11 redesign. What began as a...

Microsoft has begun testing a new “My apps” tab inside the Xbox app for Windows 11 that lets Xbox Insiders install, launch and — in some cases — download third‑party apps and rival storefronts from a single, controller‑friendly launcher aimed at making the Xbox app the central hub for PC gaming on Windows. rview Microsoft has been steadily repositioning the Xbox app on Windows 11 from a Game Pass storefront into a broader gaming hub that aggregates libraries, surfaces play history, and...

Thirty years after its retail debut, Windows 95 still reads like a turning point in consumer computing: a technical compromise that became a cultural spectacle, a marketing masterclass that locked an ecosystem into place, and a user‑experience reset whose visual metaphors — most famously the Start button — endure in modern desktops. ws 95 arrived in retail on August 24, 1995, after a development and partner rollout that bridged MS‑DOS legacy code and newer 32‑bit subsystems. The product was...

Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) has been linked by independent testers and multiple outlets to a narrow but serious storage regression that can make SSDs and, in a smaller set of reports, HDDs vanish from the operating system during sustained, large writes — sometimes temporarily, sometimes with irrecoverable data loss. Background Microsoft shipped KB5063878 on August 12, 2025 as the monthly security-and-quality rollup for Windows...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 is taking a deliberately different route to device continuity: instead of locking users into a single smartphone ecosystem, it’s building a handoff designed around Android phones and the Windows desktop — and the first public test, rolling out to Windows Insiders, uses Spotify to prove the concept. Background For years, Microsoft’s cross-device ambitions were a mix of promising experiments and partial rollouts. Project Rome, Continue on PC, and the long-running Your...

Windows still defaults to the universal language switcher on Win + Space, and while you can change the legacy Left Alt + Shift combination from Settings, disabling or reassigning the Win + Space behavior requires a remapping tool such as Microsoft PowerToys or a third‑party script; this feature set and its caveats are now the practical reality for anyone who wants to tailor language and keyboard shortcuts on modern Windows installations. (answers.microsoft.com, learn.microsoft.com)...

Microsoft has begun testing a new “My apps” tab inside the Xbox app for Windows 11 that lets Xbox Insiders install, launch and — in some cases — download third‑party apps and rival storefronts from a single, controller‑friendly launcher designed especially for handheld Windows gaming devices. Background / Overview Microsoft has been steadily repositioning the Xbox app on Windows from a Game Pass storefront into a centralized hub for PC gaming, and the “My apps” experiment is the clearest...

Microsoft’s rapid move to fold OpenAI’s GPT‑5 into Copilot is this week’s defining platform shift — but it arrived alongside a cluster of AI-driven developments that matter to every IT leader: workforce disruption from automation, a surge in deepfake executive‑impersonation scams, contract automation moving into true AI‑powered lifecycle management, and a fresh crop of home‑office hardware to support hybrid work. This dispatch breaks down what actually changed with the GPT‑5 upgrade in...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping human resources into a faster, more data-driven function—freeing HR professionals from routine work while amplifying their capacity for strategy, people development, and culture stewardship. Background Since the early experiments with applicant-tracking automation and basic rule-based chatbots, AI in HR has moved from niche automation to integrated, enterprise-grade assistants that sit in the flow of work. Modern HR AI combines natural language processing...

On August 24, 1995, Microsoft unleashed a consumer operating system that would reshape everyday computing, not just as a technical milestone but as a cultural event: Windows 95 combined a sweeping user-interface overhaul, aggressive marketing and architectural changes that together accelerated the shift from hobbyist PCs to mainstream household appliances. What was dispatched as a polished GUI with a single familiar button — Start — was underpinned by a complex engineering and compatibility...

Windows shortcuts aren’t a gimmick—they’re the difference between fumbling through menus and moving at the speed of thought, and ZDNET’s “Master these 48 Windows keyboard shortcuts and finish work early” is a concise reminder that a measured investment in muscle memory returns daily time savings. The piece groups shortcuts, explains how a few keystrokes unlock deeper Windows 11 productivity features, and pairs quick wins (Win + E, Alt + Tab) with slightly deeper system tools (Clipboard...

Google’s Gemini is quietly testing a set of new experimental modes — Agent Mode, Gemini Go, and an Immersive View — that together signal a deliberate shift from single‑turn chat toward agentic, creative, and visually driven workflows inside the Gemini workspace. Early UI discoveries reported by TestingCatalog show descriptive labels and distinct icons in the mode selector; the most consequential of these, Agent Mode, is explicitly described as capable of autonomous exploration, planning, and...

Windows 11 is quietly getting a true cross‑device handoff for Android apps — starting with Spotify — that lets you pick up an activity on your phone and continue it on your PC with a single click, and Microsoft has begun rolling the feature out to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels. Background Microsoft’s cross‑device story has been a long arc: from early experiments like Project Rome and Continue on PC to the more visible Phone Link integration in Windows 11. The company...

The arrival of an open-source AppLocker policy generator aimed at simplifying XML policy creation for Windows administrators deserves attention: AppLockerGen promises a lightweight, web-like interface to author, merge, inspect, and export AppLocker policies — but the tool’s appeal comes with real operational caveats that every enterprise IT team should weigh before adopting it. Background AppLocker is Microsoft’s built-in application control framework that lets administrators define which...