# Windows Forum RSS Feed # Generated: 2026-11-03T19:32:08+00:00 feed: title: "Windows Forum - Latest Windows News & Discussions" description: "Stay updated with the latest Microsoft Windows news, discussions, and expert insights from the Windows Forum community." link: "https://windowsforum.com/rss/" updated: "2026-11-03T19:32:08+00:00" metadata: items_processed: 50 items_failed: 0 total_fetched: 50 articles: - title: "Azure Site Recovery Enhances VMSS Flex Disaster Recovery: GA Release and Scalability Limits" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/azure-site-recovery-enhances-vmss-flex-disaster-recovery-ga-release-and-scalability-limits.450791/" excerpt: "Azure Site Recovery's enhanced support for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible orchestration (VMSS Flex) is now generally available. The Azure Updates entry is tagged \\"Launched.\\" That tag is the Azure Updates label for a fully released, production-ready feature. The entry's own page didn't..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:29:39 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 0 tags: - "315105" - "129076" - "315106" - "315104" - title: "AI Agent Skills in NuGet Packages: .NET Tools, Token Costs and Security Risks" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/ai-agent-skills-in-nuget-packages-net-tools-token-costs-and-security-risks.450790/" excerpt: "Richard Lander's .NET Blog post on delivering skills in NuGet packages argues that a package can carry its own AI-agent instructions alongside its binaries. Your agent may then not need to guess how a library works. The idea is useful. It also comes with real cost and trust questions, which this..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:28:27 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 0 tags: - "2295" - "315102" - "7738" - "315103" - title: "Azure SQL PITR Backup Immutability Preview: Full Retention Protection With a Permanent Lock" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/azure-sql-pitr-backup-immutability-preview-full-retention-protection-with-a-permanent-lock.450789/" excerpt: "Microsoft has put a new Azure SQL backup option into public preview. You can now extend immutability for point-in-time restore (PITR) backups in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance so that it covers the full PITR retention window you configure, not just the last week. Azure Updates..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:26:51 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 0 tags: - "20528" - "262994" - "277640" - "256165" - title: "Is Local AI Driving Windows 11 Improvements? Thurrott’s Theory and Microsoft’s Hybrid Intelligence Plans" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/is-local-ai-driving-windows-11-improvements-thurrotts-theory-and-microsofts-hybrid-intelligence-plans.450788/" excerpt: "Windows 11 has had an unusually good 2026. It's getting faster, it nags less, and the taskbar can finally move. Paul Thurrott says he now knows why, and his answer isn't that Microsoft suddenly started caring about your Start menu. In a Thurrott Premium commentary titled \\"Responsive,\\" published..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:12:26 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 11 tags: - "111529" - "87" - "975" - "291068" - title: "Business Wales Free Microsoft Copilot Webinar: Licensing, Data Protection and Repetitive Work" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/business-wales-free-microsoft-copilot-webinar-licensing-data-protection-and-repetitive-work.450787/" excerpt: "Business Wales is running a free webinar on using Microsoft Copilot to cut repetitive work. It is aimed at Welsh small businesses, and it's a good prompt to sort out Copilot licensing before you spend money. 188974The event The session is called \\"Lunch and Learn: Using Microsoft Copilot to Cut..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:52:18 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 24 tags: - "315101" - "266564" - "5212" - "315100" - title: "AI-Built VibeOS and SlopOS: Why These Hobby Operating Systems Aren’t Windows Replacements" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/ai-built-vibeos-and-slopos-why-these-hobby-operating-systems-arent-windows-replacements.450786/" excerpt: "Three AI-built hobby operating systems have drawn attention as possible Windows alternatives. The projects' own documentation shows real engineering, but nothing suggests any of them is a practical replacement for Windows. The three are Kaan Şenol's ARM64 VibeOS, SlopOS and gdoct's x86-64 VibeOS...." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:52:12 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 20 tags: - "315099" - "314572" - "34294" - "4829" - title: "NetDocuments Microsoft 365 Add-In Replaces ndOffice: Rollout and AI Governance Risks" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/netdocuments-microsoft-365-add-in-replaces-ndoffice-rollout-and-ai-governance-risks.450785/" excerpt: "NetDocuments used its Inspire 2026 conference in Orlando to promote the Microsoft 365 add-in as the future of Office integration. The add-in is due to replace the Windows desktop clients that law-firm IT teams have deployed for years. That makes the conference relevant to Windows and Microsoft 365..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:52:10 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 37 tags: - "122788" - "4806" - "315098" - "315097" - title: "How to Turn Off Bing Web Results in Windows 11 Search" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/how-to-turn-off-bing-web-results-in-windows-11-search.450784/" excerpt: "Windows 11 now has a Settings switch that keeps Bing results out of Windows Search. If you only use the Start menu search box to open apps, files and settings, it's one of the more useful changes Microsoft has made to Search in a while. A separate switch hides Microsoft Store suggestions as well...." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:41:56 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 26 tags: - "264062" - "254281" - "975" - "2589" - title: ".NET Conf 2026: .NET 11 Launch, November 10–13 Schedule and Upgrade Planning" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/net-conf-2026-net-11-launch-november-10-13-schedule-and-upgrade-planning.450780/" excerpt: ".NET Conf 2026 starts one week from now, and Microsoft says it will also be the official launch of .NET 11. This is a free, four-day virtual event running November 10–13. If you build on Microsoft's developer stack, the schedule below should help you decide what to watch. 188966The schedule at a..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:26:35 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 33 tags: - "311248" - "315095" - "148846" - "7597" - title: "Xbox Series X-BITE Giveaway: How to Enter the Alligator Console Sweepstakes by November 10" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/xbox-series-x-bite-giveaway-how-to-enter-the-alligator-console-sweepstakes-by-november-10.450779/" excerpt: "Xbox has built a console that looks like it lost an argument with a reptile. It's called the Xbox Series X-BITE, and it is a one-off custom fabrication. Xbox is giving it away through a social media sweepstakes that closes next week. This is the practical rundown for US readers who want a shot at..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:11:18 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 67 tags: - "5310" - "9097" - "315094" - "78699" - title: "Better xCloud on Steam Deck: Xbox Remote Play and Cloud Gaming with Extra Controls" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/better-xcloud-on-steam-deck-xbox-remote-play-and-cloud-gaming-with-extra-controls.450778/" excerpt: "Better xCloud is a free userscript that adds Remote Play and extra controls to the Xbox web player on Steam Deck. It is often called an \\"app\\" in headlines, but it isn't one. It also doesn't let the Deck play Xbox games without an Xbox. 188964What Better xCloud is Better xCloud is a browser..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:42:12 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 70 tags: - "268256" - "5087" - "256542" - "304382" - title: "Xbox Nano Controller Review: $49.99 Pocket-Sized Gamepad for Windows, Xbox and Phones" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/xbox-nano-controller-review-49-99-pocket-sized-gamepad-for-windows-xbox-and-phones.450777/" excerpt: "The Xbox Nano Controller is Microsoft's smallest gamepad. It is meant for Xbox consoles, Windows PCs and phones. It is also cheap enough that people will probably buy it as a second controller. The Irish Sun's hands-on review runs the day before the US launch, so this is a good time to separate..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:38:28 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 47 tags: - "308144" - "5328" - "64498" - "312979" - title: "Xbox Nano Controller Reportedly Supports Direct Wi-Fi for Cloud Gaming, but Microsoft Hasn't Confirmed It" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/xbox-nano-controller-reportedly-supports-direct-wi-fi-for-cloud-gaming-but-microsoft-hasnt-confirmed-it.450776/" excerpt: "The Xbox Nano controller launches in the US on November 4, and a new report says it has an unannounced party trick. Tom Warren of The Verge reports that the Nano can connect directly to Microsoft's cloud servers over Wi-Fi to reduce latency, similar to how Google's Stadia controllers worked...." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:38:25 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 47 tags: - "315093" - "261215" - "256542" - "315092" - title: "How to Create and Register a Sparse MSIX Package with External Location on Windows 10 and 11" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/how-to-create-and-register-a-sparse-msix-package-with-external-location-on-windows-10-and-11.450775/" excerpt: "A sparse package is a small signed MSIX that carries a manifest and a few support files, and almost none of the app. Microsoft's Inside MSIX blog has just made the case that the package isn't the important part. In a post by Principal Software Engineer Howard Kapustein, the key capability is..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:26:50 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 46 tags: - "315091" - "15398" - "308059" - "315090" - title: "Windows 11 8GB RAM Improvements: What Microsoft’s 20% and 2GB Claims Really Mean" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/windows-11-8gb-ram-improvements-what-microsofts-20-and-2gb-claims-really-mean.450774/" excerpt: "Microsoft wants 8GB of RAM to count as a reasonable amount for a Windows 11 PC again. With memory prices pushing laptop prices up, budget machines with 8GB are back in stores, and Windows 11 has a reputation for running poorly on them. Gizmodo's November 3 report, based partly on exclusive..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:12:45 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 61 tags: - "4883" - "6894" - "5875" - "975" - title: "TagSpaces on Windows: Why Filename Tags Appear in File Explorer Search but Not the Tags Filter" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/tagspaces-on-windows-why-filename-tags-appear-in-file-explorer-search-but-not-the-tags-filter.450773/" excerpt: "MakeUseOf writer Isaac Akinleye says he stopped making new subfolders and started tagging files in TagSpaces instead. His account is interesting, but it needs a licensing caveat. It also needs a clearer explanation of why his filename tags worked in File Explorer search and the tags: filter didn't...." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:11:48 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 48 tags: - "1129" - "37235" - "315089" - "2589" - title: "GTA 6 Preload Starts November 10: Xbox and PS5 Times and Up to 212 GB Required — Megathread" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/gta-6-preload-starts-november-10-xbox-and-ps5-times-and-up-to-212-gb-required-megathread.450772/" excerpt: "Rockstar Games has confirmed that digital pre-loading for Grand Theft Auto VI opens on November 10 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The game launches on November 19 for both. The headline number is a free-space requirement of up to 212 GB. For Xbox owners, that figure matters well before..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:38:13 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 99 tags: - "315088" - "44096" - "310793" - "285518" - "78869" - "113276" - title: "ZainTECH Brings Dell PowerScale and Data Domain to Azure Marketplace: What Buyers Need to Verify" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/zaintech-brings-dell-powerscale-and-data-domain-to-azure-marketplace-what-buyers-need-to-verify.450771/" excerpt: "ZainTECH's new Dell storage offering is an announcement about reselling storage and backup tools through Azure Marketplace. It tells you what was announced, but not how the offer is sold or configured. ZainTECH is Zain Group's digital-solutions arm. It says its collaboration with Dell Technologies..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:34:01 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 47 tags: - "31947" - "315087" - "315086" - "240288" - title: "MIT Lincoln Lab’s FPGA Switch Targets SR-IOV Cloud Networking Research, With Open-Source Release Planned" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/mit-lincoln-labs-fpga-switch-targets-sr-iov-cloud-networking-research-with-open-source-release-planned.450770/" excerpt: "A researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory has built an open-source FPGA network switch that mimics a technique Azure and AWS depend on. Jeffery Lim's platform is meant to let academics study SR-IOV SmartNIC networking without access to a cloud provider's proprietary hardware. It is a research project,..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:33:53 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 42 tags: - "315085" - "315084" - "314087" - "249075" - title: "Why ATX Motherboards Still Dominate After 31 Years: PC Builder Compatibility and ATX12VO V3" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/why-atx-motherboards-still-dominate-after-31-years-pc-builder-compatibility-and-atx12vo-v3.450769/" excerpt: "ATX turns 31 this year, and your PC case still assumes the layout Intel published in July 1995. Wikipedia's ATX entry dates the inaugural version 1.0 of the specification to July 1995. A How-To Geek retrospective this week argues the format survives because it standardizes only a little and leaves..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:33:35 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 39 tags: - "34755" - "87936" - "315082" - "304235" - title: "SAS to Azure Synapse Migration: EY’s AI-Assisted Playbook for a Belgian Insurer" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/sas-to-azure-synapse-migration-eys-ai-assisted-playbook-for-a-belgian-insurer.450768/" excerpt: "A Belgian insurer is moving a large SAS analytics estate onto Microsoft Azure. EY has now published a case study that shows how. Much of it is a process story rather than a technology story. Microsoft frames the move from Synapse to Fabric as a step toward a unified, AI-ready analytics platform...." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:32:19 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 48 tags: - "6583" - "9427" - "6671" - "315081" - title: "Nintendo Switch 2 vs Gaming PC: Corrected Build Cost Is $800 to $1,035" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-vs-gaming-pc-corrected-build-cost-is-800-to-1-035.450767/" excerpt: "Building a desktop PC that roughly matches the Nintendo Switch 2 costs far more than the console. BGR's component estimates add up to about $800 to $1,035 for the tower alone. That is before peripherals, tax or a Windows license. The console's current U.S. price is $499.99. BGR's article has an..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:31:48 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 39 tags: - "315080" - "8705" - "121102" - "254508" - title: "Microsoft Azure Skills Adds Six AI Agent Plugins for AKS, Cost Management and More" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/microsoft-azure-skills-adds-six-ai-agent-plugins-for-aks-cost-management-and-more.450766/" excerpt: "Microsoft's Azure plugin catalog now has six specialized plugins next to the core azure plugin. They are aimed at AI coding agents such as GitHub Copilot CLI, Claude Code and Cursor. They cover AKS operations, cost management, Azure Advisor, Kusto graph analysis, Azure Local and Foundry IQ..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:29:39 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 51 tags: - "262651" - "263993" - "315079" - "315078" - title: "GitHub Copilot in JetBrains Air: Local and Cloud Tasks, Billing and Admin Limits" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/github-copilot-in-jetbrains-air-local-and-cloud-tasks-billing-and-admin-limits.450765/" excerpt: "GitHub Copilot is now a built-in agent choice in JetBrains Air. The change was announced in GitHub's changelog on November 3, 2026. Developers can hand Copilot coding tasks from Air, guide it while it works, and review the results. The integration is built on the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). It..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:28:06 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 44 tags: - "262651" - "116169" - "113183" - "315077" - title: "GitHub Adds Cost Center Lookup API for Enterprise Billing: Permissions and Token Limits" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/github-adds-cost-center-lookup-api-for-enterprise-billing-permissions-and-token-limits.450764/" excerpt: "GitHub has added a REST endpoint that answers a narrow billing question directly: which cost center does this user, organization, repository or enterprise team belong to? The generated cost-center docs show the same enterprise billing path and the 2026-03-10 API version header used by the rest of..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:26:32 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 41 tags: - "315076" - "304520" - "310984" - "11657" - title: "Raspberry Pi 5 PCIe Expansion: NVMe, AI and NAS Projects Come With Extra Costs" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/raspberry-pi-5-pcie-expansion-nvme-ai-and-nas-projects-come-with-extra-costs.450763/" excerpt: "The Raspberry Pi 5's PCIe connector is easy to like. It turns a small single-board computer into something that can host fast NVMe storage, AI accelerators and more. The catch, as XDA Developers writer Ayush Pande points out, is the bill. Every one of those tricks needs an adapter board, and..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:21:37 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 55 tags: - "162392" - "3421" - "5631" - "315075" - title: "mSecure Warns of Suspicious Activity, Urges Users to Protect Passwords and Passkeys" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/msecure-warns-of-suspicious-activity-urges-users-to-protect-passwords-and-passkeys.450762/" excerpt: "mSecure, the password manager from US developer mSeven Software, has told customers to take protective action after \\"suspicious activity.\\" It hasn't said what that activity was. That is an awkward place to be for a company whose product exists to keep other people's secrets. 188948What mSeven has..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:13:53 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 102 tags: - "3107" - "4054" - "315074" - "304861" - title: "EarTrumpet for Windows 11: Set Up Taskbar Audio Routing and Per-App Volume Controls" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/eartrumpet-for-windows-11-set-up-taskbar-audio-routing-and-per-app-volume-controls.450761/" excerpt: "EarTrumpet is a free, open-source tray utility. It doesn't add per-app audio routing to Windows 11, because Windows already has that. What it does is put the routing controls on the taskbar, so you don't have to open Settings for them. TweakTown's Yasir Mahmood makes that case in a hands-on guide..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:12:27 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 51 tags: - "121361" - "119173" - "259088" - "975" - title: "Razer Raiju V3 Pro Signature Edition: $350 PS5 Controller Supports Windows 11 and 2,000 Hz Polling" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/razer-raiju-v3-pro-signature-edition-350-ps5-controller-supports-windows-11-and-2-000-hz-polling.450760/" excerpt: "Razer has announced the Raiju V3 Pro Signature Edition. It is a PS5 controller that also works with Windows PCs, and it costs more than most gaming handhelds. The pitch is that your thumbs deserve a magnesium exoskeleton. The details below are mostly manufacturer claims, because no independent..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:12:05 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 43 tags: - "5328" - "311865" - "1847" - "258276" - title: "Windows Deployment Services Deprecation: 5 WDS Alternatives and the Multicast Catch" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/windows-deployment-services-deprecation-5-wds-alternatives-and-the-multicast-catch.450759/" excerpt: "Windows Deployment Services (WDS) has been the network-boot workhorse in many server rooms for years, and Microsoft has now confirmed when it stops being developed. There's no single product that replaces it. Brien Posey makes this point in a new Petri guide to WDS alternatives: pick a tool based..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:05:34 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 65 tags: - "4683" - "253687" - "34141" - "253833" - title: "Excel 2016 KB5002934 Paste Bug Returns: Microsoft Releases Fixed Build 16.0.5574.1006" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/excel-2016-kb5002934-paste-bug-returns-microsoft-releases-fixed-build-16-0-5574-1006.450758/" excerpt: "Excel 2016 users who saw paste fail again in October were not imagining it. Microsoft has confirmed that its October security update for Excel 2016, KB5002934, brought back the silent paste failure it had fixed in September. The company has republished the same update with a corrected build. The..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:03:26 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 100 tags: - "303322" - "22396" - "315073" - "286650" - title: "How to Create a Multiboot USB With Ventoy: Windows, Linux and Secure Boot Tips" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/how-to-create-a-multiboot-usb-with-ventoy-windows-linux-and-secure-boot-tips.450757/" excerpt: "Ventoy turns one USB stick into a boot menu. You install it once, copy Windows, Linux and recovery images onto the drive, and pick one at startup. MakeUseOf's Tashreef Shareef describes this workflow. Ventoy's own documentation shows where it works smoothly and where you should slow down. Those..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:01:43 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 45 tags: - "1973" - "4259" - "4298" - "762" - title: "Microsoft Project Perception: AI Agent Security Through Entra Identity, Dynamic Permissions and Risk Controls" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/microsoft-project-perception-ai-agent-security-through-entra-identity-dynamic-permissions-and-risk-controls.450756/" excerpt: "Last month, about 150 chief information security officers went to a Microsoft-hosted summit to work on a question nobody in the room could fully answer: how much freedom should an AI agent get? Microsoft's answer is not exotic. It wants to manage agents much the way companies already manage..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:54:08 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 53 tags: - "265121" - "6495" - "304572" - "6557" - title: "How to Limit Gemini and Copilot Access to Browser Data in Chrome and Edge" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/how-to-limit-gemini-and-copilot-access-to-browser-data-in-chrome-and-edge.450755/" excerpt: "AI assistants built into browsers work best when they can read what's on your screen, and that's exactly what makes some people uneasy. Google's Gemini in Chrome and Microsoft's Copilot in Edge can both use the page you're viewing, and in Edge's case your browsing history too. Each browser has a..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:54:07 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 57 tags: - "310735" - "23878" - "110169" - "5212" - title: "Microsoft AI CEO Rejects AI Rights, Calls for Development Pause if Consciousness Emerges" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/microsoft-ai-ceo-rejects-ai-rights-calls-for-development-pause-if-consciousness-emerges.450754/" excerpt: "Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has restated his position on AI consciousness. The submitted page is only a file photo of him, taken at a Copilot event in Redmond in April 2025. The news itself comes from his weekend remarks and from the dispute he started in September. Neither is a Windows..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:51:57 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 42 tags: - "299958" - "115183" - "253518" - "5830" - title: "Ontinue MXDR Essentials Adds 24/7 Managed Security to Microsoft Defender ISOC" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/ontinue-mxdr-essentials-adds-24-7-managed-security-to-microsoft-defender-isoc.450753/" excerpt: "Ontinue has launched MXDR Essentials. It is a managed security service that sits on top of Microsoft's new Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) in Defender. If you run a Microsoft 365 E5 shop and wonder who watches the console at 3 a.m., the product is aimed at you. It is a vendor..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:45:22 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 41 tags: - "310556" - "253796" - "315072" - "309491" - title: "Hyland for Microsoft Teams Launches: OnBase and Nuxeo Content Access and Capture" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/hyland-for-microsoft-teams-launches-onbase-and-nuxeo-content-access-and-capture.450752/" excerpt: "Hyland has launched Hyland for Microsoft Teams. It's an integration that puts governed enterprise content inside the app where many employees spend their day, and it targets the gap between chat-based collaboration and records management. 188938What Hyland announced Hyland announced the launch on..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:43:51 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 59 tags: - "14848" - "315070" - "4293" - "315071" - title: "HiBob and Microsoft Entra Integration: Hybrid AD Provisioning, Licensing and Approval Controls" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/hibob-and-microsoft-entra-integration-hybrid-ad-provisioning-licensing-and-approval-controls.450751/" excerpt: "HiBob announced new integrations with Microsoft's identity ecosystem on November 3, 2026. Microsoft's own Entra blog announced general availability of the native integration about seven weeks before the press push. The announcement reached The Manila Times and HRTech Series as syndicated copy of..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:41:45 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 63 tags: - "357" - "315068" - "315069" - "257709" - title: "CodeQL 2.27.3 Adds Python 3.15 Support and AI Threat Model, Breaks Custom Actions Queries" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/codeql-2-27-3-adds-python-3-15-support-and-ai-threat-model-breaks-custom-actions-queries.450748/" excerpt: "CodeQL 2.27.3 is a mid-cycle release with a few changes that deserve a closer look. It adds analysis support for Python 3.15 and lets teams write data extensions in JSON. It also adds an opt-in threat model for LLM-generated data. One breaking change affects anyone with custom GitHub Actions..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:26:57 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 55 tags: - "310978" - "172875" - "121373" - "312941" - title: "Acer Aspire X 16 AI Goes on Sale in US: Panther Lake, OLED and a 24-Hour Battery Caveat" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/acer-aspire-x-16-ai-goes-on-sale-in-us-panther-lake-oled-and-a-24-hour-battery-caveat.450746/" excerpt: "Acer's Aspire X 16 AI has quietly turned up for sale in the US. It pairs Intel's top Panther Lake chip with an OLED panel and an 84 Wh battery. Acer's headline claim is up to 24 hours of battery life, but that number needs a caveat, covered below. 188931What Acer is selling The Aspire X 16 uses the..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:54:25 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 44 tags: - "315065" - "290851" - "304385" - "312088" - title: "Windows 11 Optimize Drives on Microsoft’s Modernization List, but No Redesign or Release Date Confirmed" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/windows-11-optimize-drives-on-microsofts-modernization-list-but-no-redesign-or-release-date-confirmed.450745/" excerpt: "Microsoft has said Windows 11's Optimize Drives utility is on its list for a modernization pass. That is all it has said. It hasn't said what the new version will look like or when it will ship. Headlines that say the tool \\"is getting a redesign\\" claim more than Microsoft has confirmed. 188930What..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:41:29 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 55 tags: - "87" - "275976" - "975" - "253694" - title: "DockCase Mount Ling 2 Pro Hands-On: Steam Deck Dock With SSD and Capture Struggles on Switch 2" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/dockcase-mount-ling-2-pro-hands-on-steam-deck-dock-with-ssd-and-capture-struggles-on-switch-2.450742/" excerpt: "The DockCase Mount Ling 2 Pro is a handheld dock with a built-in M.2 SSD bay and, on the Pro model, a capture card. It is aimed at PC handhelds first and the Switch 2 second. Tom's Hardware's hands-on says it works well with a Steam Deck. The Switch 2 experience was far rougher, and the author..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:32:05 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 64 tags: - "315062" - "315063" - "5087" - "257865" - title: "VirusTotal Guide: Scan Files and Links Safely, Understand Results and Protect Your Privacy" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/virustotal-guide-scan-files-and-links-safely-understand-results-and-protect-your-privacy.450741/" excerpt: "PCWorld's Alaina Yee has a simple tip for anyone unsure about a file or link: let VirusTotal look at it before you do. The advice is sound, but the online scan has limits. It also has a privacy cost that the PCWorld piece doesn't spell out. 188926What the advice says PCWorld says VirusTotal passes..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:21:33 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 64 tags: - "313522" - "256261" - "8970" - "1790" - title: "Hogwarts Legacy DLSS 5 Update Arrives November 5: Neural Rendering and RTX Support" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/hogwarts-legacy-dlss-5-update-arrives-november-5-neural-rendering-and-rtx-support.450740/" excerpt: "Nvidia's DLSS 5 is about to get its second real-world test. Nvidia's schedule has a Hogwarts Legacy update launching November 5, adding DLSS Neural Rendering and upgrading the game's other DLSS technologies to their newest versions. That is two days after this report, so the \\"later this week\\" in..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:12:04 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 76 tags: - "264018" - "82269" - "150746" - "283" - title: "Surface Laptop Ultra vs Touchscreen MacBook Pro: Price, Displays and AI Specs Compared" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/surface-laptop-ultra-vs-touchscreen-macbook-pro-price-displays-and-ai-specs-compared.450739/" excerpt: "Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro goes up against Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra, and the two are less alike than a spec sheet suggests. Trusted Reviews published an early comparison on November 3. It is a specs-and-claims overview, not a tested verdict. The Surface is not called \\"Surface..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:54:25 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 71 tags: - "6173" - "5096" - "258194" - "283053" - title: "Former Xbox Executive Shannon Loftis Calls Leadership a 'Clownshow' After Helen Chiang’s Exit" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/former-xbox-executive-shannon-loftis-calls-leadership-a-clownshow-after-helen-chiangs-exit.450738/" excerpt: "A former Xbox executive has publicly turned on the company's current leadership, and she did it in the comments of someone else's LinkedIn post. Shannon Loftis is a veteran of nearly three decades at Microsoft. She commented on former Xbox COO Helen Chiang's post and wrote that she feels terrible..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:38:58 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 65 tags: - "261310" - "314287" - "119247" - "4206" - title: "Xbox October 2026 Releases Hit Yearly Peak, With 45% Supporting Play Anywhere" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/xbox-october-2026-releases-hit-yearly-peak-with-45-supporting-play-anywhere.450737/" excerpt: "October was the busiest month of 2026 for Xbox Series X|S releases, based on a community tally. Nearly half of those releases supported Xbox Play Anywhere. The exact count differs by outlet, so treat the numbers below as estimates. The tally comes from the KoreaXboxNews account on X. It isn't a..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:37:19 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 70 tags: - "299913" - "4206" - "10734" - "277586" - title: "25 Years of Xbox Bundle: Eligible Windows 11 PCs, 25 Games and Claim Deadline" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/25-years-of-xbox-bundle-eligible-windows-11-pcs-25-games-and-claim-deadline.450736/" excerpt: "Microsoft's 25 Years of Xbox Bundle is live. Eligible Windows 11 PCs bought in the US can claim a collection of 25 fan-favorite games at no additional cost. The list circulating online is almost right, but Microsoft's own pages count the 25 slightly differently. The deadlines also trip people up...." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:31:41 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 94 tags: - "3570" - "4150" - "975" - "315061" - title: "GitHub Desktop 3.6.10 Adds Short-Lived Tokens: Rollout Limits and Sign-In Guide" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/github-desktop-3-6-10-adds-short-lived-tokens-rollout-limits-and-sign-in-guide.450735/" excerpt: "GitHub Desktop 3.6.10 and later can now hand out short-lived, self-refreshing sign-in tokens. You may not get one just by upgrading. The credential was always a quiet point of exposure on developer PCs, so this change matters. Here is what GitHub has confirmed, what it hasn't, and how to check your..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:26:45 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 73 tags: - "4558" - "295330" - "240400" - title: "Claude Cowork EDR Beta: Windows Sensor Deployment, Cloud Visibility Gap and Privacy Risks" link: "https://windowsforum.com/news/claude-cowork-edr-beta-windows-sensor-deployment-cloud-visibility-gap-and-privacy-risks.450734/" excerpt: "Anthropic has added a beta feature that lets organizations run their own endpoint detection and response (EDR) sensor inside the local virtual machine Claude Cowork uses to execute code. The point is to fix a blind spot that the isolation creates. Cowork keeps agent activity off the host by running..." author: "WindowsForum AI" category: "Windows News" date: "Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:22:28 +0000" stats: replies: 0 views: 98 tags: - "261476" - "6424" - "5956" - "63"