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Windows 11’s 24H2 is now shipping support for Emoji 16.0 — but there’s a catch: the system emoji panel doesn’t yet expose the new icons, and rendering remains inconsistent across apps and web services. What looks like a late-but-welcome Unicode update has instead exposed a long-standing Windows problem: emoji support depends as much on rendering engines and font plumbing as it does on the actual Unicode code points. This means some apps can show the new 🫩 Face with Bags Under Eyes or 🫆...

A small Taiwanese PC‑building community may have just pulled a loose thread that explains a wave of terrifying reports about Windows 11 “bricking” SSDs: the drives that failed in public tests were running pre‑release, engineering firmware — not the production firmware shipped to regular customers — and Phison engineers have since reproduced those same failures on the exact preview images used in the tests. (theverge.com, tomshardware.com) Background / Overview Last month’s Windows 11 24H2...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025, and that hard date turns a decade‑old desktop platform into an active security and operational risk for any system still running it unless organizations act now. Microsoft’s public guidance is straightforward — upgrade eligible devices to Windows 11, enroll in the Windows 10 consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for temporary coverage, or replace unsupported hardware with Windows 11‑capable systems —...

Microsoft’s long‑running UI mismatch — the glaring white or legacy‑colored copy/move progress window that interrupted Dark Mode sessions for years — is finally being updated in Insider builds, and enthusiasts have noticed a small but symbolic tweak: the familiar green progress bar is being swapped for a blue one that lines up better with Windows 11’s default palette. Background Windows has carried decades of UI baggage: a mixture of ancient Win32 dialogs, modern WinUI surfaces, and staged...

Microsoft pushed the September 2025 Patch Tuesday rollup to Windows 11 today, a cumulative release that—according to community reporting—carries the usual mix of security fixes, quality improvements and targeted Copilot reliability updates, but also surfaces a handful of user-facing regressions administrators and enthusiasts should know before they patch widely. Background / Overview Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday remains the primary delivery vehicle for Windows security and quality...

Windows 11’s September Patch Tuesday brings a sizeable, feature-packed cumulative update—KB5065426 (Build 26100.6584)—that mixes small but welcome taskbar and File Explorer polish with deeper on-device AI components and an unusually large offline payload that deserves careful attention from both home users and IT teams. Background / Overview Microsoft released KB5065426 as part of the September 9, 2025 Patch Tuesday cycle. The update advances Windows 11 24H2 machines to Build 26100.6584 and...

Microsoft is quietly restoring a piece of the Windows 10 experience many users missed: a larger, in-your-face clock with seconds in the Notification Center — and it’s arriving alongside a set of AI shortcuts in File Explorer and new transparency controls for generative AI access in Windows 11’s privacy settings. Background When Microsoft launched Windows 11 it introduced a cleaner, more modern taskbar and system tray, but some practical bits of functionality were left behind. One of the most...

Microsoft released a September 9, 2025 hotpatch—KB5065474—for Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 that advances hotpatch coverage to a new OS build (26100.6508), addresses a notable UAC/MSI compatibility issue, and includes a known‑issue advisory that affects PowerShell Direct (PSDirect) connectivity between mixed‑patched hosts and guests. Background / Overview Hotpatching is Microsoft’s “reboot‑less” servicing model for eligible Windows 11 Enterprise (24H2 / LTSC 2024) devices that allows many...

Microsoft released a cumulative update for Windows 11 (version 24H2) on September 9, 2025 — KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) — that bundles security fixes, servicing-stack improvements, and a slate of consumer and enterprise features while also tightening several hardening timelines that administrators must act on immediately. Background Windows 11’s 24H2 servicing stream continues to receive monthly cumulative updates that mix security patches, quality fixes, and staged feature rollouts. The...

Microsoft has released the September 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) — a combined Latest Cumulative Update (LCU) and Servicing Stack Update (SSU) that delivers security hardening, targeted bug fixes, AI component updates for Copilot+ hardware, and an urgent operational reminder about the pending Secure Boot certificate rollover beginning in June 2026. Background Microsoft’s monthly cumulative for September 9, 2025, targets...

Microsoft released a hotpatch—KB5065474—on September 9, 2025, for Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 that updates eligible devices to OS Build 26100.6508 and delivers targeted security and quality fixes while calling attention to an important Secure Boot certificate expiration window and a specific PowerShell Direct interoperability issue. Background Hotpatching is Microsoft’s low-disruption servicing mechanism designed to deliver security-only fixes that can take effect immediately without...

Microsoft released the September 9, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) — a combined security and quality rollup that both closes recent high‑priority vulnerabilities and addresses a string of functional regressions introduced earlier in the 26100-series servicing cycle. The package includes the latest servicing‑stack improvements, targeted reliability fixes for File Installer and streaming workflows, updated AI component binaries for...

Microsoft has published KB5066360, a hotpatch that updates Windows PowerShell on Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 to OS Build 26100.6569, addressing a specific PSDirect connectivity failure that could, under narrow conditions, allow unauthorized non-administrator access between host and guest virtual machines; the package is a hotpatch (no immediate reboot required for eligible devices) and was released on September 9, 2025. Background Windows hotpatching is Microsoft’s mechanism to deliver...

Microsoft released a cumulative security update today for Windows 11’s servicing branches 22621 and 22631 — published as KB5065431 (OS Builds 22621.5909 and 22631.5909) — that combines a Latest Cumulative Update (LCU) with a servicing‑stack update (SSU) and carries a set of security and quality improvements drawn forward from prior rollups. The package includes an updated servicing stack identified as KB5064743 and reiterates Microsoft’s ongoing guidance about Secure Boot certificate...

Word for the web now lets licensed Copilot users fix every spelling and grammar issue in a selected passage with a single action, moving proofreading from a repetitive, click‑through chore to an automated, reviewable pass that applies suggested corrections inline and offers straightforward undo controls. Background Microsoft has steadily folded Copilot into Office productivity flows, and the latest incremental improvement tightens the gap between spotting errors and fixing them...

Microsoft has quietly shifted a crucial enforcement point for enterprise AI: Copilot Studio now offers near‑real‑time runtime security controls that let organizations route an agent’s planned actions to external monitors and receive an approve-or-block verdict while the agent executes. Background / Overview Copilot Studio, Microsoft’s low‑code agent authoring environment inside the Power Platform, is used to build, customize, and deploy AI copilots and autonomous agents that interact with...

Microsoft has added built‑in auditing to help administrators safely roll out two proven SMB server hardening features—SMB Server signing and SMB Server Extended Protection for Authentication (EPA)—so that organizations can discover compatibility gaps before they require those hardening controls by policy. The change, published on September 9, 2025, introduces new Group Policy, registry and event‑log hooks that let operators run audit-first assessments and gather actionable telemetry for...

Zenity’s expanded integration with Microsoft Copilot Studio promises to bring native, inline attack prevention into the execution path of enterprise AI agents, positioning runtime enforcement and step-level policy controls as the new baseline for safe agent deployment at scale. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Copilot Studio has rapidly become the focal point for enterprise "agentic AI" — low-code and no-code tooling that lets business teams compose agents with natural-language prompts...

Microsoft has added a near‑real‑time enforcement layer to Copilot Studio that lets organizations route an AI agent’s planned actions through external monitors — including Microsoft Defender, third‑party XDR vendors, or custom in‑tenant policy engines — and receive an approve-or-block verdict while the agent runs, a capability Microsoft released to public preview in early September 2025. Background Copilot Studio sits inside the Power Platform as Microsoft’s low‑code/no‑code environment for...

Windows 95 engineers walked away from a simple CPU instruction — the x86 HLT (halt) — not because the idea was exotic or useless, but because using it risked turning customers’ laptops into permanent bricks. What looks, in hindsight, like a small compatibility choice was in fact a high-stakes risk assessment: Microsoft had a working implementation of HLT in the Windows 95 codebase, but large numbers of machines from multiple vendors would lock up irrecoverably when the CPU executed HLT...