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Microsoft has confirmed an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library under the identifier CVE‑2025‑59254, and administrators should treat the advisory as authoritative while immediately validating affected builds and available fixes in their...

Microsoft pushed a small-but-significant Canary-channel preview on August 29, 2025, when Windows Insiders received Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27934, a focused flight that fixes several user-facing stability issues while adding an important caution for anyone relying on built‑in recovery...

Microsoft has released a fresh Dev Channel drop for Windows Insiders — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093) — a compact cumulative update that continues the platform’s steady cadence of UI polish, Copilot-era tweaks, and reliability fixes while keeping several features gated...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928 to the Canary Channel on August 20, 2025, and the flight is a concise but telling example of what the Canary track is for: low-latency platform experiments, targeted rollouts, and rapid iterations that can both surface neat usability...

The recent disclosure of CVE-2025-24058 has stirred up discussions in the Windows community. This vulnerability, which affects the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library, highlights a classic pitfall in software development—improper input validation. In this case, even a trusted...

Improper input validation in Windows’ Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library has emerged as a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-24074, that could enable an authorized local user to elevate their privileges. This vulnerability not only underscores the importance of rigorous input validation in...

The recent CVE-2025-24073 vulnerability has drawn attention from both security researchers and Windows administrators alike. An imperfection in input validation within the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library now allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. In this...

On November 12, 2024, a critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-43629, was disclosed concerning the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library. This vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to elevate their privileges on systems utilizing affected Windows...

CVE-2024-38150: Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Windows DWM Core Library Overview On August 13, 2024, Microsoft reported a significant security vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-38150. This vulnerability affects the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) core library in Windows operating...

Good evening... I have recently upgraded my Asus netbook from W7 to W10. This has been quite a mission, but happy to report that the machine and OS are now stable. I just have one significant issue. The Desktop Window Manager executable (dwm.exe) is seriously stressing the CPU. I have...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 21H1 Build 19043.962 (KB5001391) to the Beta Channel for those Insiders who are on 21H1 (Click here for the 21H1 announcement). This update is also available for commercial devices in the Release Preview Channel on 21H1 as mentioned here in this blog...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21332 (RS_PRERELEASE) to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. What’s new in Build 21332 An update on the roll out of news and interests Over the last two months, we’ve been trying out several variations of the news...

hi, I have 2 gtx 670 sli'd and i5 3570k oc'ed with oc genie. yesterday i hooked up my 4k tv together with my 3 monitors(1920/1080) and when i put the resolution on my tv to 4k(3840/2160) i get forced to windows classic mode. it works when i put the resolution to 1920/1080 though. I've had...

The Aero Flip 2D does not work anymore although the Flip 3D does . When I press Alt+Tab I only see the classic list of active tasks: And I cannot use the directional keys to select a task. Facts about the problem: Ø Only one user account is affected. Ø The Desktop Composition is...

Hi, I'm Jenn, also new to these forums. I stumbled upon a problem when switching from Windows 7 x64 to Windows 8.1 Pro x64. I have the EXACT same setup, same laptop, same hardware, same programs, same configuration, everything. Windows 7 never did anything like the problem I now have in Win 8.1...

Hello Everyone, I am in a need of a software that will have application specific settings. The software should 1.Stop dwm service 2.Kill sidebar.exe 3.Kill Rainmeter.exe 4.Change power plan 5. Start the program(game I want to start) When the game ends 6.Restore dwm,sidebar,rainmeter,power...

Hi there! As you will see, English is not my first language (by far :tongue:) Some days ago I noticed after a couple of minutes I start mi PC, my CPU usage goes to a constant 100% , so I checked for viruses and such but MSE gave me nothing and neither Malwarebytes. Here's the weird thing, I...

Ok, so I basically want to change the font size (DPI) without logging off. Reason is: I want to script this so that I can change font size to 100%, launch and play Amnesia: The Dark Descent, then change font size back to 150%. So my question is can it be done easily? And if not easily, what...

This problem has persisted for quite some time now... OS: Win 7 Pro 64 bit MSDNAA product key, all critical updates of course Comp: MSI-171 GX710 Every so often, as in every other boot or every three startups, or as today would have it every single time I boot up until I get fed up enough to...

Hello everyone and welcome to Windows8Forums.com :) As of September 10th, 2011, there has been two legitimate builds of Windows 8 leaked on the internet. Both builds were leaked by an HP employee who recently lost his job, hence why there have been no builds since July. The two builds leaked...