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Intel has quietly published new unified wireless packages — Intel Wireless Wi‑Fi Drivers and Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers, version 23.170.0 — and both are now validated to support Windows 11, version 25H2, bringing client‑side readiness for Wi‑Fi 7 enterprise features, updated Bluetooth functionality, and refinements to Windows’ Wi‑Fi sensing behavior. Background / Overview Windows 11’s 25H2 release is an enablement-style update that activates platform features already staged in the...

Neudesic’s new Digital Workforce Management offering promises to treat AI agents as first‑class “digital employees,” provisioning, orchestrating and governing fleets of autonomous and semi‑autonomous agents on Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry while extending Neudesic’s system integrator expertise into the agent‑management stack. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry has become the enterprise surface for running models and agent runtimes at production scale: a model catalog, a...

Intel has published new Intel Wireless Wi‑Fi and Intel Wireless Bluetooth driver packages — version 23.170.0 — and both packages are now certified to support Microsoft’s Windows 11, version 25H2, with the Wi‑Fi driver explicitly validated for the new Wi‑Fi 7 enterprise features introduced by the OS update. Background / Overview Windows 11 version 25H2 (the “2025 Update”) shipped as a lightweight enablement package on September 30, 2025. Microsoft positioned 25H2 as an operational and...

Microsoft’s late‑October Insider flights delivered a steady stream of practicality‑first changes rather than a single headline feature — small, targeted tweaks across Search, Voice Typing, Settings, File Explorer and diagnostics that are already arriving to Insiders in the Dev, Beta and Canary rings as staged, server‑gated rollouts. These updates — delivered under the KB5067109 servicing package for the Dev and Beta channels and accompanied by new Canary builds — introduce a one‑click...

Microsoft has begun turning on a rebuilt Start menu for Windows 11, but the change is being delivered as a preview (KB5067036) with a staged, server‑gated rollout, so most users are better off waiting for the finished cumulative release unless they’re prepared to accept preview‑level risk. Background / Overview Microsoft published the preview packages that contain the redesigned Start menu as part of KB5067036 in late October 2025, distributing builds for both Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2...

Microsoft’s October Release Preview for Windows 11 — delivered as KB5067036 — is a significant, feature-rich preview that reshapes Start, tightens Copilot and File Explorer integration, refreshes power indicators, and fixes a number of long‑standing quality issues; the package is optional for both Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2, is available as an MSU offline installer, and is being rolled out in a deliberately staged way so not every device will see every change immediately. Background /...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a redesigned Start menu for Windows 11 as part of the October 2025 non-security preview update (KB5067036), a controlled release that combines a single, scrollable app surface with adaptive layouts, new phone integration, and taskbar visual refinements. Background Microsoft released the KB5067036 non-security update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 on October 28, 2025, as a preview that introduces a range of UI and functional changes across Start...

Microsoft Defender Antivirus (the modern name for Windows Defender) is the default, built‑in security layer in Windows 11 — and for most users it already provides a strong, integrated baseline of protection if its settings are understood and properly configured. This guide walks through the settings you should review, why they matter, how to tune Defender for better performance, and the trade‑offs to weigh when altering defaults. Background / Overview Windows’ built‑in security has evolved...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update, version 25H2, arrives not as a blockbuster image rebase but as a compact, service‑style release that in most cases installs with a single small download and one restart — a practical change that reduces downtime, shrinks update payloads, and resets the support clock for devices that adopt it. Background / Overview Windows 11 25H2 (the “2025 Update”) continues Microsoft’s recent shift toward a servicing-first model: feature binaries are shipped throughout...

Changing another user's password on a Windows 11 PC is a task most home and small‑business admins will face at some point, and doing it safely requires knowing which account type you’re dealing with, the right tool for the job, and the encryption or management policies that might make a reset risky. Background Windows 11 gives administrators several supported ways to reset or change passwords: the Settings app, the classic Control Panel/Computer Management consoles, Command Prompt (net...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview—delivered as KB5067036—introduces a long‑anticipated security control called Administrator Protection that changes how administrative rights are granted on a running PC: instead of ambient, free‑floating privileges, elevation is handled just‑in‑time and bound to a short‑lived, isolated admin token that requires Windows Hello verification before it’s issued. Background / Overview Microsoft released KB5067036 as an optional preview cumulative update for...

Microsoft is testing a new, consent-driven feature in Windows 11 that surfaces a sign‑in notification after a crash and offers to schedule a quick, pre‑boot memory diagnostic on the next restart to help detect RAM faults early. Background Memory corruption is one of those failure modes that can masquerade as software bugs, driver faults, or intermittent application crashes. For years Windows has included the built‑in Windows Memory Diagnostic (mdsched.exe) as an offline tool administrators...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot release pushes the assistant from a useful tool toward a persistent, social, and personality-driven companion — a fall update that adds shared AI chats, long‑term memory, cross‑service connectors, an expressive avatar, health‑grounded answers, deeper browser agency, and hands‑free voice activation, all rolled out in a staged, U.S.-first preview. Background / Overview Microsoft presented this consumer‑focused wave of Copilot changes as a coordinated “Fall Release”...

Microsoft’s next Xbox may not be a closed, custom console in the traditional sense — instead, multiple reports and platform moves suggest Microsoft is testing a future where the Xbox experience sits on top of a Windows 11 core, turning the next Xbox into a TV‑focused, console‑grade Windows machine with a controller‑first shell layered over the PC ecosystem. Background The idea that the next‑generation Xbox could run a version of Windows 11 grew from a string of public signals: Xbox...

Microsoft appears to be plotting a decisive pivot: the next-generation Xbox is reported to run a full Windows operating system under a TV-optimized, console-style shell — a design that would let the device host third‑party PC storefronts like Steam, Epic Games Store, and Battle.net alongside Microsoft’s store, while preserving a familiar, console-first experience for living‑room play. This shift, if it comes to pass, reframes the Xbox as a premium Windows gaming appliance that can act both...

Microsoft Excel no longer needs to be a spreadsheet puzzle reserved for power users — with Copilot built into Excel, beginners can lean on AI to generate formulas, clean data, create charts, and even run multi‑step analyses while still learning the core skills that make spreadsheets reliable and auditable. Background: why this matters now Excel has always been the default workhorse for organizing, analyzing, and presenting tabular information. Historically, learning Excel meant memorizing...

Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 cutoff for Windows 10 support has forced a stark choice for millions of users: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware allows, enroll in a time‑limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or remain on an increasingly risky, unsupported OS—and a wave of community workarounds to force Windows 11 onto older machines has returned, carrying real stability, update, warranty and security trade‑offs that must be understood before anyone attempts them. Background The...

Windows 10 has reached its vendor-supported finish line, and the practical consequences for businesses are immediate: Microsoft stopped mainstream servicing on October 14, 2025, leaving organizations with a narrow set of pragmatic paths — upgrade eligible devices to Windows 11, buy time with a time‑boxed Extended Security Update (ESU) option, or migrate workloads and endpoints to alternative platforms — all while balancing security, compatibility and cost. Background / Overview Microsoft’s...

Microsoft has added a lightweight, consent-driven RAM triage step to Windows 11 Insider builds that prompts users to schedule a quick Windows Memory Diagnostic after a bug check (BSOD) and reboot — a small but pragmatic change that could shorten time‑to‑diagnosis for memory-related crashes while raising important questions about scope, accuracy, and enterprise manageability. Background Microsoft introduced the new Proactive Memory Diagnostics flow in the Windows Insider Preview updates...

Enabling AutoPlay in Windows 11 is a two‑minute change that can instantly streamline how your PC responds to USB sticks, memory cards, optical discs, and cameras — but it also brings security trade‑offs and occasional quirks that every user should understand before flipping the switch. Background AutoPlay is a legacy Windows feature that detects newly attached removable media and automatically offers or runs an action — for example, opening a File Explorer window for a USB flash drive...