Microsoft's legacy Outlook client has recently encountered a significant and widely disruptive bug that causes severe CPU usage spikes during routine email typing. Starting with user reports in late 2024 and confirmed by Microsoft in early 2025, this issue sees the classic Outlook app suddenly consuming up to 30% to 50% of CPU resources, turning normally light email composition into a system-resource-heavy ordeal. This unexpected behavior leads to increased power consumption, overheating...
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Windows Server 2025, the latest iteration of Microsoft's server operating system, has recently encountered a serious stability problem that has caught the attention of IT administrators worldwide. Following the release of the February 2025 security update, identified as KB5051987, many users have reported that Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions freeze shortly after connection. This freezing results in the mouse and keyboard inputs becoming non-responsive, forcing users to disconnect and...
Microsoft’s much-discussed AI-driven Copilot+ Recall feature is now officially rolling out to Windows 11 users, after a long saga marked by privacy concerns, technical setbacks, and repeated delays. This highly ambitious AI feature aims to act as a "photographic memory" for your PC usage, capturing deep, searchable snapshots of your activity across applications and the system. While the promise is a fundamentally smarter way to retrieve lost or forgotten content by using natural language...
Microsoft’s recent update cycle for Windows 11 24H2 has become emblematic of the complex balancing act tech giants face when pushing software enhancements to a diverse ecosystem of devices and users. With the rollout of the cumulative April update KB5055523 and the March preview update KB5053656, users have reported a surge of critical issues, prominently including blue screen crashes (BSODs) tied to a SECURE_KERNEL_ERROR (0x18B). These problems have quickly cast a spotlight on the...
The ongoing dispute between Microsoft and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) highlights the intense scrutiny cloud computing giants face over software licensing practices and market competition. At the heart of the controversy is Microsoft's licensing policy for its software—like Windows Server and SQL Server—when deployed on rival public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud. Microsoft typically charges AWS and Google substantially higher licensing fees...
When setting up a new Windows PC, especially Windows 11, it's tempting to dive straight into personalization and app installation. However, prioritizing security settings from the outset is essential to protect your device, data, and privacy against a wide array of cyber threats. Taking time to adjust key security settings right after unboxing your new PC can save you from future headaches including malware infections, data breaches, and unauthorized access. This article delves into...
Windows Server 2025, the latest iteration of Microsoft's server operating system, has encountered a significant challenge shortly after its release. A critical bug affecting domain controllers has emerged, primarily concerning the handling of network profiles following a system restart. This issue directly impacts the firewall configuration on domain controllers running Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), leading to potential disruptions in network management and security.
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The ongoing competition tug-of-war in the cloud services market highlights a critical point: Microsoft's licensing policies for its software, particularly Windows Server, heavily influence the viability and economics of multi-cloud deployments. According to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft's licensing changes implemented since 2019 have increased the cost of running Windows Server workloads outside Azure by up to four times. This has created a significant barrier for customers seeking...
Windows 7 classic games such as Minesweeper, Hearts, FreeCell, Solitaire, and Spider Solitaire have been beloved companions to many Windows users for decades. These games offered simple pleasures and subtle cognitive challenges embedded within the Windows operating system itself. However, since the release of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft removed these classic games from the default Windows installation in favor of newer versions available through the Microsoft Store. Unfortunately, these...
The recent appearance of the mysterious "inetpub" folder on users' Windows 11 systems following the April 2025 24H2 update has caused widespread discussion and confusion across tech communities and among IT professionals. Although this folder appears empty and out of place on systems that seemingly do not use Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's clarification reveals that its creation is an intentional and critical part of a comprehensive security patch addressing a serious...
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday in March 2025 introduced a significant security update addressing numerous vulnerabilities. However, among these fixes was a vulnerability Microsoft rated as “less likely” to be exploited that rapidly became a severe threat in the wild, catching organizations off guard and emphasizing some critical cybersecurity lessons. The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-24054, resided within the Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authentication protocol—specifically, it allowed the...
Windows Server 2022 users operating an RDS environment with VMware Horizon (rebranded Omnissa) have encountered a puzzling problem centered around DPI scaling that merits close attention for IT professionals managing remote desktop services. The issue manifests as erratic display scaling when connecting via either VMware Horizon or standard RDP—a problem where the graphical user interface either appears abnormally large or too small depending on the resolution, disrupting user experience and...
Microsoft’s announcement that regular support for Windows 10 will end in October 2025 has stirred significant discussion among users whose devices do not meet Windows 11’s stringent hardware requirements. As many PCs worldwide still rely on Windows 10, the question arises: what are the feasible options for these users, particularly those who want to avoid investing in new hardware immediately? A lesser-known but practical escape from this “end of support” predicament lies in the Windows 10...
Microsoft's recent announcement to extend support for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) beyond its previously scheduled deprecation date of April 18, 2025, offers a notable reprieve for many enterprises still dependent on this legacy update management tool. Originally, Microsoft intended to end support for driver update synchronization to WSUS servers by that date, shifting their focus entirely towards cloud-based solutions such as Intune and Windows Autopatch. However, based on...
Provisioning a freshly installed Windows system can be a lengthy and tedious process, especially for users switching to specialized versions like Windows LTSC editions. These editions, favored in certain enterprise or long-term use cases due to their extended support cycles and stripped-down features, come with fewer bundled apps and services. This, while beneficial in some contexts, leaves end users or administrators facing the challenge of reinstalling or provisioning a comprehensive suite...
Windows Server 2025 has recently encountered a significant stability issue affecting Remote Desktop sessions, which is causing considerable concern among IT administrators and enterprise users. Following the deployment of the February 2025 security update (KB5051987), a widespread problem emerged where Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions freeze shortly after connection. This freeze renders mouse and keyboard inputs completely unresponsive, forcing users to disconnect and reconnect...
Microsoft’s ambitious AI assistant, Copilot, which the company has woven deeply into its software ecosystem, is facing mounting user resistance and technical challenges, complicating the narrative of AI as an unmitigated productivity booster. Recent reports have surfaced revealing a troubling pattern: Copilot not only aggressively integrates into Windows and Microsoft 365 applications, but in some cases, it stubbornly ignores user commands to disable it, reactivating itself without consent...
The controversy centers on the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisional ruling that Microsoft’s software licensing practices harm competition in the UK cloud computing market. Specifically, AWS and Google Cloud complain that Microsoft charges them significantly higher prices—up to four times more—to license Windows Server and other Microsoft software on their clouds than Microsoft charges on its own Azure platform. This creates a competitive disadvantage for AWS and Google...
Windows Server 2025, Microsoft's latest server operating system, has recently encountered critical issues that have sent ripples through the enterprise IT community. These problems, emerging particularly after recent security updates and system restarts, expose the delicate balance organizations must maintain between security patching and system stability. For IT administrators managing Active Directory environments and remote desktop infrastructures, understanding these bugs, their impacts...
Companies heavily invested in Microsoft’s infrastructure face a considerable dilemma when migrating workloads to the cloud. The recent investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) highlights the challenges enterprises encounter when dealing with Microsoft’s changed licensing policies, which force many to choose between migrating to Microsoft's Azure cloud or paying exorbitant fees to run Windows-based workloads on rival clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google...