Microsoft has quietly corrected a frustrating compatibility regression that left some Windows users — particularly owners of Arm64 devices and those running Windows 10 22H2 — unable to run the official Media Creation Tool (MCT) after the Windows 11 25H2 rollout, delivering the fix as part of the...
Microsoft has quietly corrected a frustrating hiccup that left some users unable to create Windows installation media on Arm-based machines: the Media Creation Tool failure tied to build 26100.6584 is listed as fixed in the October preview cumulative update KB5067036, which also bundles a broad...
Microsoft has acknowledged that its Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is failing to run on some ARM-based PCs after the 25H2 rollout, leaving Arm64 users and device builders with a frustrating roadblock when they try to create installation media directly from an Arm device.
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VLC’s long drought of user-visible updates has ended with a pragmatic, compatibility-focused release candidate: VLC 3.0.22 RC1 (Vetinari) — and for Windows on Arm users the headline is clear: VLC now ships native ARM64 builds for modern Windows machines, alongside a bundle of decoders, demuxers...
Microsoft pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tightly focused set of reliability and compatibility fixes — most notably addressing persistent File Explorer freezes, audio regressions, and intermittent screen flicker while also smoothing gaming overlay...
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tight, targeted set of bug fixes aimed at smoothing a handful of visual and installation problems that have frustrated Insiders — most notably fixes for taskbar preview misalignment after display resolution...
Microsoft is pouring megabucks and marketing muscle into a narrative that Copilot+ PCs — Windows machines with on-device neural engines and specially tuned Windows subsystems — will remake personal and enterprise computing. The message is clear: these machines are faster than Macs, sip far less...
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Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel, a compact but meaningful flight that fixes a string of installer rollbacks, cleans up several UI and resource regressions, and temporarily reverts the new “Advanced” Settings page back to the prior “For...
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel, a compact flight focused on stability fixes, a temporary UI rollback for Advanced Settings, and several targeted reliability improvements for taskbar previews, Dynamic Lighting, and gaming overlays.
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Microsoft’s claim that Arm-based Windows PCs now see most user minutes spent inside natively compiled apps marks a pivotal moment for the platform — a transition from compatibility-first survival to native-first performance and efficiency. Microsoft executives point to a figure that will shape...
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Microsoft released KB5064010 on August 12, 2025 — a hotpatch that updates eligible Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 and certain Windows Server Azure Edition builds to OS Build 26100.4851, delivering narrowly scoped security hardening without the usual restart required by cumulative updates...
Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20250910 quietly introduces an optional Linux 6.12 LTS hardware‑enablement (HWE) kernel, giving Azure customers a supported path to newer device drivers and platform features while preserving the conservative, proven 6.6 LTS kernel as the default.
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ExplorerPatcher’s latest pre-release restores the long-missed File Explorer title bar, patches several Start menu and taskbar regressions, and moves under-the-hood hooking to a new library — but it also ships with a short list of known quirks and a reminder that modifying core shell behavior...
UEFI Secure Boot on Arm64 is usable today but fragmented: the essential pieces exist, many mainstream distributions already support it, and a growing set of EDK II UEFI firmware ports make an x86‑like Secure Boot experience possible — yet the practical reality for users and enterprises remains...
Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20250910 adds an optional Linux 6.12 LTS hardware‑enablement (HWE) kernel, giving Azure customers a supported path to newer device drivers and platform improvements while keeping the existing Linux 6.6 LTS kernel available for conservative deployments.
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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27943 to the Canary Channel — a compact, maintenance‑focused flight that addresses several user‑facing annoyances while flagging two significant deployment blockers Insiders and developers must weigh before installing.
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Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel flight, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27943, is a compact but consequential maintenance update that repairs a handful of user-facing regressions — most notably a stuck Temporary files scan in Settings and an HDR toggle that would mysteriously disable itself —...
Oracle’s VirtualBox 7.2.2 arrives as a focused maintenance release that patches several painful regressions introduced with the 7.2 series—most notably virtual machines failing to start on Windows‑on‑ARM hosts, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) emulation problems for some guests, multiple GUI...
Microsoft has pushed another Canary‑channel preview for Windows 11 — build 27943 — that stitches up a cluster of user‑visible annoyances while leaving two serious deployment blockers on the books. The flight addresses a persistent Settings > System > Storage > Temporary files scanning hang...
Today’s Canary-channel flight is intentionally small but telling: Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27943 to the Canary Channel, a maintenance-focused update that fixes a handful of user-facing bugs and surfaces two high‑impact known issues — including install rollbacks...