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Microsoft has started delivering Windows 11 version 25H2 to the broad user base, but this “feature release” is more accurately a fast, low-friction enablement package that flips on a year’s worth of AI integrations, stability work and manageability improvements already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream. Background / Overview Windows 11 25H2 is not a monolithic rebase of the operating system. Microsoft shipped most of the feature code earlier in monthly updates and uses a small enablement...

Installing a local printer on Windows 11 should be a five‑minute task—but real life often adds a twist or two. This feature walks you through a complete, practical setup: from powering on and plugging in to advanced port fixes, Print Spooler recovery, and safe driver practices. It consolidates the simple steps Windows expects you to follow with the deeper, battle‑tested fixes that solve the stubborn cases every Windows admin and power user will recognize. Background Windows 11 exposes a...

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Microsoft’s optional Release Preview cumulative KB5067036 delivers a focused but consequential set of non‑security upgrades for Windows 11—most notably Fluid Dictation inside Voice Access and an expanded Improved Windows Search experience on Copilot+ PCs—while also shipping a package of UI refinements (Start menu, File Explorer hover actions), Copilot/Click‑to‑Do enhancements, and multiple stability fixes that administrators and power users should plan for now. Background / Overview...

Microsoft’s optional Release Preview update KB5067036 lifts the Windows 11 servicing binaries for both 24H2 and 25H2 and turns Click to Do from a lightweight selection menu into a capability-rich Copilot gateway on Copilot+ PCs — adding a typeable Copilot prompt box, local prompt suggestions powered by Microsoft’s Phi‑Silica on‑device model, inline translation, unit conversions, improved multi‑selection (freeform, rectangle, Ctrl+click), table detection with Excel export paths, Live Persona...

Microsoft and multiple security vendors are warning of an active, high‑urgency exploitation campaign that abuses a critical, unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 — and defenders must treat every WSUS host as a top‑tier remediation priority until verified patched or safely isolated. The flaw is an unsafe deserialization weakness in WSUS reporting/web-service code that lets an unauthenticated attacker send a...

Microsoft is weaving Copilot deeper into Windows with the addition of contextual Copilot features to the new Microsoft 365 companion apps — People, Files, and Calendar — turning lightweight, taskbar-anchored mini‑apps into promptable productivity shortcuts that can summarize files, surface recent communications, and generate meeting talking points, while shipping with automatic installation and startup behavior that IT teams must plan for. Overview Microsoft’s Microsoft 365 companion apps...

When Microsoft ended mainstream security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, millions of still‑serviceable PCs were suddenly left at a crossroads — but for many owners the cleanest, cheapest, and greenest response is a switch to Linux or a lightweight alternative rather than buying a new machine. Background / Overview The formal end‑of‑support date for Windows 10 is a hard deadline: after October 14, 2025 Microsoft stopped shipping regular security updates and feature servicing for...

Windows’ “Not Enough Disk Space for Updates” alert is far more than an annoyance — it’s a hard stop that can prevent security patches, feature updates, and repairs from completing. The basic fixes are usually simple: uninstall large apps, run Disk Cleanup, or let Storage Sense trim temporary files. But there are also deeper, riskier steps (clearing the Windows Update cache, toggling Reserved Storage, or temporarily disabling hibernation) and new platform-level quirks — including a recent...

Microsoft’s announcement that extended support for Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) 2016 will end on January 9, 2029, is a deadline many organizations can no longer treat as distant background noise — it’s a firm timeline with real operational, security, and compliance consequences. MIM has been the on‑premises identity and lifecycle workhorse for countless enterprises, handling directory synchronization, self‑service, and certificate/smart‑card lifecycle tasks that often touch every...

Linux gaming has reached a milestone: community data shows roughly nine out of ten Windows games can now be launched on Linux systems using modern compatibility layers, and the share of titles that run cleanly without fiddling has grown steadily — a fact that reshapes how players, developers, and platform owners think about PC gaming compatibility. Background The modern Linux gaming story is the result of a decade-long convergence of engineering work, community testing, and market pressure...

The end of free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has reshaped the threat model for millions of endpoints worldwide—what was once a predictable patch cycle is now a countdown, and for organizations that cannot immediately migrate to Windows 11 the practical choice is no longer “patch or don’t patch” but “how to stop attackers from weaponizing files and exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities.” Background / Overview Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date for mainstream Windows...

After years of criticism over Windows 11’s original launcher, Microsoft has quietly delivered a genuinely improved Start menu — a single, scrollable surface with three All‑apps views, toggles to silence recommendations, and deeper Phone Link integration — and users who don’t want to wait for the staged rollout can enable it today using the optional October 2025 preview (KB5067036) or community tools such as ViVeTool. Background / Overview Windows 11’s initial Start design frustrated many...

The File Explorer preview pane in Windows has been deliberately neutered for internet-downloaded files after security researchers and Microsoft found a practical way for preview handlers to coax NTLM authentication material out of a running system — a low‑interaction path that could leak NTLM hashes to attacker-controlled servers and enable relay or offline cracking attacks. This behavior change, rolled out as part of October 2025 security updates, is a defensive stopgap: it reduces a...

The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority has completed a full-stack transformation of its customer information and contact-center systems, ripping out a heavily customized SAP-based billing stack and replacing it with UMAX on Microsoft Dynamics 365 plus a first-party contact-center and Copilot-enabled automation layer — a move that replaced multiple siloed systems in a single “big bang” rollout and delivered measurable reductions in manual work, billing errors, and...

Microsoft has issued an emergency security wake‑up call after a critical, unauthenticated remote‑code‑execution flaw in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 — was shown to be exploitable in the wild, prompting out‑of‑band patches from Microsoft and an accelerated remediation mandate for U.S. federal agencies. Background and overview Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is an on‑premises update distribution platform used by thousands of organizations to stage...

Microsoft’s KB5067036 Release Preview lands as a pragmatic mix of polish, AI hooks, and reliability fixes — most immediately visible in a new Recommended files strip inside File Explorer Home, new StorageProvider APIs for cloud integrations, and a bundle of bug fixes that address long‑reported Explorer regressions. Background / Overview KB5067036 is a non‑security, Release Preview update for Windows 11 that updates servicing binaries for both the 24H2 and 25H2 servicing lanes while exposing...

Windows 10’s end-of-life has sharpened the upgrade conversation, and many users who moved to Windows 11 have found a handful of modernizations more irritating than helpful — especially the compact right‑click menu, the redesigned Start layout, Start search’s Bing integration, the growing presence of Copilot, and OneDrive’s tight integration. This article walks through practical, battle‑tested fixes for those five annoyances, verifies the key technical steps with independent sources, flags...

Microsoft's latest preview update for Windows 11 — KB5067036 — delivers the most significant Start menu overhaul since the OS launched, promoting a single, scrollable, and more adaptive Start experience that Microsoft says will make app discovery faster and more intuitive for both tablet and desktop users. Background Microsoft has steadily iterated on the Windows 11 Start menu since the first release, moving away from the legacy two‑pane Start of Windows 10 toward a tile‑free, icon‑centric...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a heavy Week D preview update for Windows 11, delivering a broad set of UI, AI, and security changes that preview what will arrive with the November Patch Tuesday cycle; the update is packaged as KB5067036 and was first made available to Release Preview Insiders on October 21, 2025 (builds 26100.7015 and 26200.7015), with a follow-up cumulative preview surfaced on October 28, 2025 (builds 26100.7019 and 26200.7019) that consolidates additional fixes and rollouts...