Microsoft’s October 2025 Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 delivers the month’s security rollups and a compact set of user‑facing improvements across multiple servicing channels, with KB5066835 servicing 24H2/25H2 and KB5066793 covering 23H2/22H2 — bringing patched builds to 26200.6899, 26100.6899...
Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 quietly doubles as a moderate feature drop: alongside the expected security fixes, Microsoft is surfacing several new usability and AI-tethered features, a reorganization of Settings, deeper passkey support with third‑party providers, and a...
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Microsoft has started the staged rollout of the Windows 11 Version 25H2 update — a lightweight, enablement-package style release that flips on a year’s worth of AI integrations, UI polish, and security hardening for supported devices while tightening setup and legacy cleanup across the platform...
Microsoft has begun the staged rollout of the Windows 11 25H2 update — an incremental, enablement-package-based release that unlocks a raft of AI-enhanced capabilities, a redesigned Start menu, richer lock‑screen widgets, improved energy and recovery tools, and targeted enterprise manageability...
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You’ve unboxed a brand‑new PC and now need to turn it into a working Windows machine — this guide walks you through creating installation media, meeting Windows 11 hardware checks, doing a clean or in‑place install, and options for migrating your old system without reinstalling apps and...
Microsoft has begun the phased rollout of the Windows 11 25H2 update, a streamlined “enablement package” that turns on features already present in recent builds, adds new AI-driven tools in File Explorer and search, refreshes the Start menu and lock‑screen widgets, introduces finer...
Notepad’s quiet, utilitarian charm is being remixed: the app that once opened in a blink and offered nothing but raw text now sports Markdown-style formatting, tabs, session restore, spellchecking and built-in generative AI — and those additions change how you use a plain-text editor without...
Logging in to a Microsoft account gives you single‑sign‑on access to Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, Xbox, Microsoft 365 apps and a raft of cloud conveniences — but doing it securely and predictably across Windows PCs, consoles and mobile devices requires a clear, step‑by‑step approach and awareness...
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Microsoft’s latest annual Windows milestone arrives without fanfare but with a clear operational agenda: Windows 11, version 25H2 is rolling out as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) rather than a full OS rebase, prioritizing security hardening, enterprise manageability, and a quieter...
Microsoft has moved the core Windows engineering teams back under one roof, a structural shift that reunites platform, client, security, and data engineering and places far more product-and-platform authority with Pavan Davuluri as Microsoft accelerates AI-first changes across Windows...
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Microsoft has quietly closed the gap on a late “Week D” preview for Windows 11, version 24H2: cumulative update KB5065789 is now published as a preview package and raises the 24H2 build to 26100.6725, bringing a broad set of AI-first refinements, accessibility upgrades, tooling tweaks and...
Microsoft has begun rolling out an AI-powered Auto-Categorization feature in the Windows Photos app that automatically groups images into practical buckets—screenshots, receipts, identity documents, and notes—making it far easier to find the document or snapshot you need without sifting through...
Primebook's new 2 Pro landed as a wake-up call: a fully packaged, Android‑15 laptop with 8GB RAM, 128GB UFS storage, a 14.1‑inch FHD IPS screen and a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC, priced at just ₹17,990 — and it claims up to 14 hours of battery life and built‑in AI features that make it sound like a...
Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel received a small but meaningful preview build today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.6690 (KB5065786), delivered to devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 as a Beta Channel enablement package and focused largely on controlled feature rollouts, bug...
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Microsoft’s handheld push has taken a new turn: the Xbox-style, full‑screen “Xbox Mode” that will ship as the default experience on the ROG Xbox Ally family is already appearing on other Windows 11 handhelds — in community builds and hacks — ahead of the Ally’s retail launch, forcing a rapid...
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Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds are shipping a new, full-screen renewal prompt aimed at lapsed Microsoft 365 subscriptions — an eye-catching SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) screen that insiders and early reports describe as a full‑screen nag to renew rather than a...
I opened Paint and a small banner asked me to join “Windows AI Labs” — an opt‑in program that, according to the on‑screen card and an attached programme agreement, will let selected users test experimental AI features inside Microsoft Paint before those features are broadly released.
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Windows 11’s built‑in Search is useful — until it isn’t: slow responses for non‑indexed folders, a cluttered home panel, and inconsistent results have driven many users to lightweight launchers and desktop search tools that return answers in milliseconds. This piece examines six of the fastest...
Clearing Windows 11’s growing pile of cache and temporary files is one of the simplest, highest-ROI maintenance tasks a user or IT pro can perform — it frees gigabytes of storage, reduces odd performance glitches, and keeps modern AI-driven features responsive as your workload grows.
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Microsoft quietly pulled back the promised ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 this week, updating its Release Preview announcement to say the ISOs are “delayed and coming soon” even as the update itself lands in the Release Preview channel as an enablement-package style release.
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