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  1. Windows Copilot: Semantic Search for Copilot+ PCs & Redesigned Copilot Home

    Microsoft’s Copilot for Windows just took a meaningful step toward making file discovery and everyday assistance feel conversational: a staged Insider rollout now brings semantic file search to Copilot+ PCs and a redesigned Copilot home that surfaces recent apps, files and Vision-driven guided...
  2. Windows 11 Canary Build 27928: Copilot Tweaks, Click to Do, and Share UX

    Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928 to the Canary Channel, a fast-moving test drop that continues Microsoft’s phased rollout of Copilot-driven experiences, UI refinements, and a suite of stability fixes — but it also brings the usual Canary trade-offs: experimental...
  3. Windows 11 25H2 Desktop: Clean UI, Spotlight, and Power-User Tweaks

    The Windows 11 Desktop in the 25H2 era is familiar territory with a careful polish: it behaves like Windows 10’s Desktop in the essentials, but Microsoft has refreshed iconography, simplified the right‑click context menus, added a daily Windows Spotlight wallpaper with a “Learn about this...
  4. Windows 11 Dark Mode Extends to Legacy Dialogs in August 2025 Preview

    Microsoft appears to be closing one of Windows’ longest-running cosmetic grievances: preview builds released in August 2025 show legacy file‑operation dialogs and several system prompts finally obeying the system Dark theme, reducing the jarring white “flash” that has plagued Dark Mode since the...
  5. Campfire: Chromebooks, Windows, and the Dual-Boot Dream

    Google’s long-rumored “Campfire” efforts — the code-name for a Chrome OS capability that would let certain Chromebooks boot and run alternative operating systems such as Microsoft Windows 10 — have repeatedly surfaced in public code and reporting over the last several years. What began as...
  6. Windows 11 24H2: TPM 2.0 Policy vs Real-World Upgrade Behavior

    Microsoft’s upgrade machinery is currently offering Windows 11 24H2 to machines that, on paper, fail the company’s minimum security requirements — including systems with TPM 2.0 disabled — and multiple independent reports suggest this is happening to both consumer and enterprise devices...
  7. Nocturne: Could Chrome OS Tablets Dual-Boot Windows 10?

    Google’s recent code-level traces for a device codenamed Nocturne have rekindled talk of a Chrome OS tablet that could—under certain conditions—run Windows 10, a possibility that would mark one of the most surprising cross-platform experiments between a major silicon/OS ecosystem and the...
  8. Windows 2025: Productivity-First Upgrades to Reclaim Enterprise Leadership

    Microsoft’s Windows could reclaim its place as the undisputed productivity platform in 2025 — but only if Microsoft stops prioritizing marketing nudges and gimmicks and instead delivers focused, enterprise-grade features that solve real workplace pain points now, not sometime next quarter...
  9. Windows productivity reboot: 10 features Microsoft should ship to speed work

    Microsoft’s Windows has become maddeningly loud about what it thinks you should do — sign in with a Microsoft account, buy Game Pass, use Copilot+, install OneDrive — yet when it comes to the small, gritty features that actually speed work, the OS still feels stingy and distracted. The...
  10. Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751: UI polish, Copilot flows, stability

    Microsoft’s newest Dev Channel drop for Insiders — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (identified as KB5064071 in community reporting) — is a compact, iterative update that prioritizes UI polish, stability fixes and targeted productivity improvements rather than headline-grabbing...
  11. Windows 11 Insider Preview 26200.5751 (Dev Channel): IT Guide

    Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (Dev Channel) — what IT should know By WindowsForum Staff — August 15, 2025 Summary Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) to the Dev Channel on August 15, 2025. (blogs.windows.com) The flight continues...
  12. Windows 11 Dev Channel 26200.5751: Copilot tools, UI polish, enterprise controls

    Today’s Dev Channel drop for Windows Insiders brings a modest-but-meaningful update: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) adds targeted improvements to Copilot-era tooling, a handful of UI polish items, and several reliability fixes — while carrying a few known installation...
  13. Windows 11 OOBE: 7 essential setup choices for privacy, theme, and productivity

    Windows 11’s out-of-box experience (OOBE) still spends too much time selling users on apps and features while hiding the handful of settings that actually shape day‑one comfort, privacy, and productivity — and that needs to change now. The common-sense fix is simple: replace promotional screens...
  14. Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 Release Preview: GA Windows Backup for Organizations & Key Fixes

    Microsoft today pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 (KB5064080) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, a targeted cumulative update for Windows 11, version 23H2 that bundles a set of quality fixes, device-management improvements, and a notable enterprise addition: Microsoft’s Windows Backup...
  15. Windows 11 23H2 End of Updates: Upgrade to 24H2/25H2 by Nov 11, 2025

    Microsoft has issued a firm deadline: Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro) will stop receiving updates on November 11, 2025, which means security patches and quality fixes end on that date — leaving holdouts with an increasingly risky system and, for most consumers, no practical option but to...
  16. Azure MySQL Extended Support: A paid bridge to safe upgrades

    Microsoft’s cloud team has quietly added a new safety net for customers running older MySQL engines on Azure: a paid Extended Support program for Azure Database for MySQL that preserves SLA-backed availability, delivers critical security updates, and keeps Azure engineers available for technical...
  17. Windows 11 23H2 End of Updates: Plan Your Migration by Nov 11, 2025

    Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro) will stop receiving security and quality updates on November 11, 2025, leaving devices that remain on that release exposed to unpatched vulnerabilities unless they move to a supported build. (learn.microsoft.com)...
  18. Windows 11 23H2 End of Updates: Plan Your Upgrade Before Nov 11, 2025

    Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11, version 23H2 will reach end of updates for Home and Pro editions on November 11, 2025, meaning devices still running 23H2 after that date will no longer receive security fixes or quality updates; Enterprise and Education editions on the same release train...
  19. Windows 11 Event 2042: Ignore the firewall log noise until the fix lands

    Microsoft is again telling Windows 11 users to “ignore” a worrying-looking Event Viewer message after another round of updates and rollback confusion left Event ID 2042 entries populating security logs — a problem traced to an under-development firewall feature rather than a malfunctioning...
  20. GPT-5 on Windows: How to Use the New Default Model Safely

    For Windows users trying to “download ChatGPT‑5,” the headline news is simple: GPT‑5 is now the default model in ChatGPT, accessible on Windows via the official desktop app, the web, or a Progressive Web App—there’s no “GPT‑5.exe” to install. And while older guides conflated GPT‑5 with GPT‑4o...