Windows 11 ships with a lot of useful functionality — and a lot of defaults that many users find noisy, intrusive, or simply unnecessary. A recent community write-up that recommends three Group Policy tweaks — turning off Microsoft Defender, disabling toast notifications, and preventing OneDrive...
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Windows 11’s Notepad has been redesigned and expanded with formatting and AI features — but the original, tiny, lightning-fast classic Notepad is still on most systems and can be brought back into daily use with a few safe, reversible steps. This guide explains exactly what changed, why...
Windows 11’s Notepad has been modernized with formatting and AI features, but the classic, no-frills Notepad is still available — and with a few sensible tweaks you can run it side-by-side with Microsoft’s new Notepad or make it the editor that opens when you type notepad.exe. This article...
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Microsoft is rolling out a quiet but consequential change to how Word for Windows saves new documents: starting with Word for Windows Version 2509 (Build 19221.20000) in Insider channels, documents you create will be saved to the cloud (OneDrive, SharePoint, or a preferred cloud location) by...
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Microsoft has pushed a targeted rollback and policy fixes to repair a Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA) regression that could break .msu installations when run from network shares and disrupt enterprise update pipelines that rely on WSUS, SCCM, or scripted WUSA deployment. d delivery...
Microsoft has taken a long-running complaint about Notepad’s overstuffed right‑click menu seriously: Insiders are now seeing a compact, File Explorer–style context menu that surfaces core edit actions in a single top row while keeping AI and less‑used commands below — a move that trims pointer...
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Microsoft has acknowledged an emergency problem with the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878), after enterprise administrators reported widespread installation failures when the package is delivered through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and System Center...
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Microsoft has confirmed that the August cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) is failing to install on some enterprise-managed endpoints delivered via WSUS and SCCM, and Redmond has published a Known Issue Rollback (KIR) policy that administrators can...
Microsoft has confirmed that the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) is failing to install on managed endpoints delivered through WSUS and SCCM, producing the download/install error code 0x80240069; the company is offering a temporary Known Issue...
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The release of Microsoft Office Administrative Templates (ADMX/ADML) version 5506.1000 marks yet another critical milestone in granular administrative control over the Office suite—encompassing not just the perennial Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, but also the more specialized and long-term...
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This download includes Group Policy Administrative Template (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool (OPAX/OPAL) files for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 and Office 365 ProPlus 2016 apps.
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