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Microsoft quietly published KB5067019 — a Safe OS (WinRE) Dynamic Update for Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 23H2, dated October 14, 2025, renewing attention on a set of small-but-critical “backstage” packages that harden recovery and setup flows for devices that still run these builds. The update is distributed through the Microsoft Update Catalog (and WSUS when properly synced), can be injected into offline images, and is explicitly not always delivered through the regular consumer Windows...

Microsoft’s long‑running support for Windows 10 reaches its calendared finish line on October 14, 2025, when routine OS security updates, feature and quality rollups, and standard Microsoft technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions officially cease — leaving households, small businesses, and large enterprises with a hard set of choices: upgrade, enroll in a time‑boxed Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or continue operating an increasingly vulnerable platform. Background /...

Microsoft has formally closed the chapter on Windows 10: as of October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer provide routine, free security updates, feature patches, or standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions, and users are being urged to either upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in the limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or migrate to an alternative platform. Background Windows 10 launched in 2015 and for a decade served as Microsoft’s dominant consumer and...

Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11 — KB5066835 — is rolling out now, shipping important security fixes plus a modest set of user-facing improvements (including a new lightweight terminal editor “Edit,” File Explorer “AI Actions,” multi‑monitor Notification Center behavior, and repositionable on‑screen hardware indicators), with multiple install paths for consumers and enterprises and explicit offline deployment guidance for imaging and air‑gapped environments...

Google’s Chrome appears to be moving beyond passive browsing toward an active, assistant-driven experience, after a Canary build surfaced a hidden “Contextual tasks” option that hints at deeper Gemini integration and the beginnings of what the industry calls agentic browsing. Early artifacts in Chromium and hands‑on leaks show Google testing a sidebar-style assistant that can read page context, access tabs (with permission), and — eventually — perform multi‑step actions on behalf of users...

Microsoft’s rival laying out “10 compelling reasons” to try Linux isn’t idle chest‑beating — it lands against a real deadline and a set of market shifts that make 2025 a uniquely plausible turning point for desktop Linux adoption. Windows 10’s official end‑of‑support on October 14, 2025 is the inflection, Windows 11’s hardware and account gates are the accelerant, and the combination is driving a measurable uptick in Linux interest from hobbyists, gamers, and cost‑conscious households alike...

Archive360’s new collaboration with Microsoft promises to put “agentic” AI into the center of enterprise investigations — letting natural‑language agents search archived emails, Teams messages, and mobile captures to detect, investigate, and preserve policy violations while asserting governance controls that aim to keep sensitive data protected. Background Archive360 has been positioning its platform as a governed, AI‑ready data cloud for months, pitching the idea that archives should be a...

Microsoft has stopped issuing routine security and feature updates for consumer editions of Windows 10 as of October 14, 2025 — but a narrowly scoped, one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) program lets eligible home PCs receive critical and important security fixes through October 13, 2026, and many users can claim that year with no out‑of‑pocket cost by following the in‑Windows enrollment flow. Background: what “end of support” actually means When Microsoft says a product is “end of...

Microsoft’s October 2025 Patch Tuesday has brought a significant cumulative update to Windows 11 users: KB5066835, a mandatory security rollup that also flips on visible user-facing improvements for systems on the 24H2 and 25H2 servicing streams. The update ships as the October 2025 monthly cumulative for both branches (reported build numbers include 26200.6899 for 25H2 and 26100.6899 for 24H2) and carries an unusually large offline footprint when obtained from the Microsoft Update Catalog —...

Microsoft has added a new enterprise-friendly way to apply the Secure Boot certificate rollout: a Windows Configuration System (WinCS) command‑line interface that lets domain administrators query and apply a predefined Secure Boot configuration key — making the complex Secure Boot certificate transition scriptable, auditable, and suitable for managed rollouts. Background Secure Boot is a firmware-level trust mechanism that prevents unauthorized pre‑OS code from running by enforcing a small...

Microsoft’s new Windows Configuration System (WinCS) support for Secure Boot gives domain administrators a third, scripted path to apply Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificate updates at scale — a pragmatic addition to the existing Windows Update and manual firmware-update approaches, but one that still demands careful planning, firmware coordination, and robust recovery plans before broad deployment. Background / Overview Secure Boot is the UEFI-level guardrail that prevents unsigned or...

Windows 10’s decade-long run as Microsoft’s mainstream desktop platform has reached a formal milestone: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft stopped providing free, routine security updates, feature fixes and standard technical support for the mainstream editions of Windows 10. That does not mean your PC will suddenly stop working, but it does mean leaving a machine on stock Windows 10 is now a deliberate security and compliance decision — and for most users the safest path forward is to move to...

Microsoft today published October 2025 Security Updates for Exchange Server — a targeted release that patches multiple vulnerabilities, finalizes the last publicly available security rollups for Exchange Server 2016 and 2019, and introduces an operational change that blocks exporting the Exchange authentication certificate via Export-ExchangeCertificate to harden hybrid deployments. Background / Overview Microsoft issued October 2025 Security Updates (SUs) for the following Exchange Server...

Today, October 14, 2025, is the official end of mainstream support for Windows 10 — but for many users this “final day” is a soft cliff rather than an abrupt shutdown: Microsoft has published a set of transition options that include a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, paid ESU for businesses for up to three additional years, and continued application‑level servicing for selected Microsoft products. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in July 2015 and became the...

Microsoft has published explicit registry controls that let IT teams trigger, monitor, and manage the rollout of the new Secure Boot certificates and boot manager signed by the 2023 Microsoft UEFI certificate family — a critical operational path for enterprises that must replace expiring 2011-era keys before mid‑2026 to preserve the ability to receive future boot‑time security updates. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Secure Boot trust chain depends on a handful of certificates stored in...

Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support milestone today, October 14, 2025, and while your PC will keep running, Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and quality updates for consumer editions unless you take action to enroll in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program or upgrade to a supported system. Background / Overview Microsoft announced a firm lifecycle cutoff for Windows 10 months ago: consumer editions (Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Workstation) reach end of support...

Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificate rollover is a platform-level change that will touch firmware, OS servicing, BitLocker, and recovery processes — and IT teams must treat it as a multi-quarter program, not a routine patch. The company’s managed update flow uses a scheduled Windows task that inspects the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecureBoot\AvailableUpdates registry DWORD and processes a set of discrete bits in a defined order to add new certificates, update the...

Microsoft’s message in London was blunt and strategic: AI is not an optional add‑on to customer experience any more — it’s becoming the operating layer that routes, reasons and acts on behalf of employees and customers alike. This is a shift from “smart features” to an agent‑led enterprise model, where Microsoft places Copilot at the centre of productivity, contact‑centre design and customer engagement. Background / Overview Microsoft’s London AI Tour presented a cohesive vision: combine a...

The ARNOLD Group’s move to a consolidated Microsoft ecosystem — centered on Dynamics 365 Sales, the Power Platform, SharePoint/OneDrive, and Customer Insights — has turned a fragmented, manual sales operation into an automated, transparent pipeline that delivers faster lead capture, cleaner handoffs, and clearer management visibility. Background / Overview ARNOLD’s deployment is a textbook example of what happens when a sales-led organization replaces bespoke, siloed processes with a...

Microsoft's MAI-Image-1 has quietly signaled a major shift in how the company plans to deliver generative image capabilities: an in‑house, photorealism‑focused text‑to‑image model that Microsoft is already testing publicly on LMArena and intends to fold into Copilot and Bing Image Creator in the near term. Early community votes place MAI‑Image‑1 among the top ten models on LMArena, and Microsoft says the model was built to prioritize lighting fidelity, speed, and reduced “samey” outputs...