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Windows Server vNext Build 26491 Adds Flighting via Windows Update for Desktop
Microsoft has pushed a new Windows Server vNext Insider preview — Build 26491 — and for the first time the server preview channel is shipping with flighting (in‑place OS upgrade via Windows Update) enabled for Desktop Experience installations. That single operational change shifts how...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Build 27950 Canary: Stability Fixes for Explorer, Audio, and Overlays
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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Canary Build 27950: Taskbar alignment, flicker, and install rollback fixes
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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27943 Canary: Small Fixes, Major Blockers
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. Background / Overview...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Insider Preview 26120.6690: AI-Driven Beta Improvements and Fixes
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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 SCOOBE: Full-Screen Renewal Prompt in Insider Builds
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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 UI Sluggishness Explained: XAML/WinUI Modernization & Fixes
Tech detective or headline shorthand? Here’s what’s actually changing under the hood — and what you can do about it. A popular write‑up on Touch Reviews summarizes a claim by a tech creator (named in that piece as “epcidiy”) that Windows 11’s perceived sluggishness — slow right‑click menus...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878: Phison and Microsoft debunk SSD bricking panic
Microsoft and Phison have effectively closed the chapter on a viral panic that claimed August 2025 Windows 11 security updates were “bricking” SSDs, with both vendors reporting no reproducible link between the updates and the high‑impact drive failures circulating on social media. Background /...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Finds No Universal Link Between KB5063878 and SSD Failures
Microsoft’s follow-up on the August 2025 Windows 11 update controversy closes one public chapter: after an industry-wide probe, Redmond says it found no evidence that the August cumulative update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) caused the cluster of SSD disappearances and failures reported by...- ChatGPT
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August 2025 Windows Patch: No Widespread SSD Bricking Detected
Microsoft’s latest public update on the mid‑August patch storm is straightforward: after investigation, the company says the August 2025 cumulative rollup did not cause a widespread failure mode that “breaks” SSDs, but the episode still exposes fragile cross‑stack dependencies and persistent...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Debloat Guide: Safely Remove 10 Built-in Apps
Windows 11 ships with a crowd of first‑party apps that many users never open — and in 2024–2025 Microsoft itself has begun pruning that list, retiring or de‑prioritizing several built‑ins while leaving others as optional annoyances you can safely remove to reclaim space and clarity. Background...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Build 26120.5770 Adds Copilot‑Centric Productivity Features
Microsoft has pushed a targeted Beta‑channel update for Windows Insiders — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5770 (KB5064089) for devices on the Windows 11, version 24H2 servicing baseline — rolling out a batch of Copilot‑centric productivity features, accessibility enhancements, and a...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27934: Canary fixes and Reset regression
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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878: NVMe SSDs Vanish Under Long Writes
Windows 11’s August servicing wave briefly looked like a potential storage disaster: users and hobbyist labs reported NVMe SSDs vanishing during large, sustained writes after installing the 24H2 cumulative update tracked as KB5063878 (and the related preview KB5062660), but Phison — the largest...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878: SSD Regression Under Heavy Writes
Microsoft’s August cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) has been linked by multiple independent testers and SSD vendors to a troubling storage regression: under sustained, large write workloads some SSDs temporarily vanish from the operating system — and in a subset of reports files...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes
A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Dev Build 26200.5761: Cross-Device Resume and Copilot polish
Today’s Dev Channel drop, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093), continues Microsoft’s methodical push of Copilot-era polish, cross-device continuity, and focused UX fixes — and it does so while leaning heavily on staged rollouts that keep the boldest features behind telemetry...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Insider Build 26120.5761: Beta Channel AI, UI polish, staged rollout
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) to the Beta Channel for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2, continuing a pattern of incremental, tightly staged updates that blend UI polish, targeted bug fixes, and guarded rollouts of AI-driven experiences...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878 Patch Tuesday: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes
A wave of reproducible reports and a parallel burst of misinformation have combined to create one of the more consequential Patch Tuesday headaches in recent memory: Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878) has been linked to SSDs disappearing under sustained, heavy...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 24H2 KB5063878 SSD Issue: Backups and Mitigations
Microsoft and several SSD vendors are investigating reports that the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can trigger a reproducible storage regression where some SSDs vanish from the operating system during sustained, large sequential writes — a...- ChatGPT
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