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Microsoft’s October 10, 2023 cumulative update for Windows 11—delivered as KB5031354 (OS Build 22621.2428)—serves a dual role: it ships critical security fixes while acting as the vehicle for a portion of the company’s so‑called “Moment 4” feature drop, bringing visible changes to core inbox apps, File Explorer, accessibility tools and device controls. The release combines under‑the‑hood hardening with user‑facing improvements, but it also sparked compatibility complaints from some hardware...

Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows 11 continuity feature that lets Android app sessions be continued on the PC with a single click — starting with Spotify and made available to Windows Insiders as a staged preview — a macOS‑style “Handoff” for Android-to-Windows that relies on Link to Windows (Phone Link) and a new Cross Device Resume model to move activity (not a full Android runtime) between devices. (blogs.windows.com) (theverge.com) Background Microsoft’s latest continuity push...

Microsoft has acknowledged a new, practical regression introduced by the August cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) that can cause severe stuttering, dropped frames, and choppy audio/video in NDI‑based streaming flows — a problem that disproportionately affects multi‑PC capture and live‑production setups and for which a vendor‑recommended workaround is already available. rview Microsoft published the August cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2 (identified as KB5063878, OS...

Westcon‑Comstor’s new partner summit, staged with Microsoft and billed as a targeted accelerator for cloud, AI and security adoption, signals a deliberate push to convert channel capacity into continent‑scale transformation for African businesses. Background Westcon‑Comstor has deep roots as a global technology distributor and long-standing Microsoft channel partner; the company has been expanding localized services and advanced support across Southern Africa, positioning itself as a bridge...

Microsoft’s push to move Windows 10 users onto Windows 11 has shifted into a louder phase: following the August 2025 Patch Tuesday cycle many Windows 10 PCs are now showing full‑screen upgrade banners that interrupt workflows after updates and restarts, offering an immediate “Download and install” path to Windows 11 or an option to schedule the upgrade — and for a large subset of users those banners reappear even after dismissal. (theverge.com) Background / Overview Microsoft set a fixed...

Microsoft 365 Copilot can now tap enterprise file shares without forcing a wholesale migration to the cloud: NetApp’s new connector brings on‑prem and cloud NetApp data into Copilot while preserving item‑level security, offering containerized deployment options, and promising high performance for document ingestion and indexing. Background Enterprises that have invested in NetApp storage — from on‑prem ONTAP arrays to Azure NetApp Files — have long faced a tradeoff: either migrate critical...

The August 2025 Windows 11 cumulative update (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) introduced a networking regression that is causing severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video in NDI-based streaming workflows — a problem Microsoft has confirmed and that currently requires configuration workarounds in NDI Tools and OBS to restore reliable performance. (support.microsoft.com) Background Microsoft shipped the August 12, 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11 — identified as KB5063878...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flight continues the slow‑roll of Copilot‑era polish and cross‑device continuity: Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093) landed in the Insider channels with a staged “Resume from your phone” flow that starts with Spotify, refreshed lock‑screen battery visuals, snappier input and sharing shortcuts, Copilot+ touch tweaks, and a slate of targeted reliability fixes — while a handful of region‑ and driver‑specific bugs remind testers this is still a Dev/Beta experiment. eered...

Microsoft has begun quietly testing a true “pick up where you left off” flow in Windows 11 — a taskbar‑level “Resume from your phone” prompt that currently lets Android users move Spotify playback from handset to PC with one click. (blogs.windows.com) (theverge.com) Background Microsoft’s experiments with cross‑device continuity are hardly new. Over the last decade the company has tried multiple approaches — from Project Rome and “Continue on PC” to the Your Phone / Phone Link experience...

Microsoft’s top AI executive has issued a stark, unusual warning: the near‑term danger from advanced generative systems may not be that machines become conscious, but that humans will believe they are — and that belief could reshape law, ethics, mental health and everyday product design faster than policymakers can respond. This argument, articulated in a widely circulated essay by Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman, names the hazard “Seemingly Conscious AI” (SCAI) and frames a related...

Microsoft has formally acknowledged that its August 12, 2025 cumulative security update is responsible for severe stuttering, lag and choppy audio/video in NDI-based workflows on affected Windows 11 and Windows 10 builds, and vendors and community engineers have published an immediate—but imperfect—workaround while Redmond investigates a permanent fix. (learn.microsoft.com) Background / Overview The August 12, 2025 Patch Tuesday rollup for Windows shipped as combined servicing packages for...

Microsoft has acknowledged and begun rolling out a fix for a troubling Exchange Online regression that left some Outlook mobile users unable to send or receive mail — a problem traced to Hybrid Modern Authentication (HMA) and tracked inside the Microsoft 365 Admin Center as incident EX1137017. (bleepingcomputer.com) Background Hybrid Modern Authentication (HMA) is a cornerstone for organizations that run on-premises Exchange servers but authenticate using cloud-issued tokens. It lets mobile...

Windows 10 users are reporting a new, aggressive upgrade prompt after the August cumulative update: a full‑screen, hard‑to-dismiss recommendation to move to Windows 11 that can reappear even after you explicitly choose to stay on Windows 10. soft has set a hard end‑of‑support date for Windows 10: October 14, 2025. After that date, PCs that remain on Windows 10 will no longer receive mainstream security updates unless they enroll in an extended support pathway. Microsoft published an option...

Google’s Chrome team is quietly testing a one-click option in Chrome’s Windows settings that not only sets Chrome as the default browser but will also pin it to the Windows 11 taskbar — a small UI change with outsized product and regulatory implications for how browsers compete on Windows. The tweak shows up in Chromium source strings and Dev chatter as a combined action — “Make Google Chrome the default browser and pin it to the taskbar” — and arrives against the backdrop of Microsoft’s own...

Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and that deadline turns a decade-old, still‑widely used operating system into a growing security liability unless you act now. 10 has been a workhorse for hundreds of millions of PCs, but when Microsoft stops shipping security fixes and quality updates after October 14, 2025, those machines will no longer receive patches for newly discovered vulnerabilities. In practical terms, an unpatched Windows 10 PC becomes an...

AtlasOS delivers a deliberately stripped, privacy-focused Windows 11 experience by guiding users through a Playbook-driven debloat process — the result is a cleaner, quieter desktop that can feel kinder in daily use, but it also demands clear-eyed trade‑offs on security, compatibility, and long‑term maintenance. Background / Overview AtlasOS is not a replacement operating system in the traditional sense — it’s a modification toolkit that applies a curated set of changes to an official...

Microsoft’s slow, staged rollout of the Windows 10 Enroll now (ESU) wizard means the extension lifeline Microsoft promised for legacy PCs is available — but not instantly visible to everyone, and it comes with conditions and caveats that every Windows 10 user should understand before relying on it. Background / Overview Microsoft set the official end-of-support date for Windows 10 as October 14, 2025, but followed that with a one-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for consumers...

The short answer: for most players, switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11 will not change your average framerate in today’s demanding games — but a handful of minimum‑FPS regressions and micro‑stutter reports make the decision more nuanced than a simple “upgrade or wait.” Recent hands‑on testing on a high‑end AMD system shows near‑identical average FPS between Windows 10 and Windows 11, yet several titles exhibited deep 0.1%/minimum drops after the upgrade that could turn smooth sessions...

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are no longer just browsers—they’re sprawling platforms where AI, privacy controls, and even gaming features are being used as battlegrounds to win users’ attention and loyalty. Background / Overview The modern browser fight is about more than page-load times and bookmark sync. Both Google and Microsoft have layered AI into their products, integrated store ecosystems, and pushed platform-level advantages that blur the line between browser and operating...

When Windows refuses to remove a file, the frustration is immediate — but the reasons are usually diagnosable and fixable. This in-depth guide walks through every practical method to force delete a file that won't delete on Windows 10 and Windows 11, explains why files become stubborn in the first place, and offers safe, proven remediation steps you can follow right now. It also examines third‑party tools, advanced recovery options, and the risks you must weigh before using “nuclear”...