firmware updates

When Windows refuses to upgrade—stalling at “Checking for updates,” rolling back with an opaque error code, or simply refusing to offer Windows 11 at all—the frustration is immediate and real. The four troubleshooting “secrets” popularized in a recent ZDNET guide—(1) update firmware and drivers...

CISA’s release of six Industrial Control Systems advisories on September 23, 2025, spotlights a fresh wave of vulnerabilities affecting widely deployed PLCs, RTUs, and gateway devices from AutomationDirect, Mitsubishi Electric, Schneider Electric, Viessmann (Vitogate 300), and Hitachi Energy — a...

Microsoft’s September preview update pushed an urgent reminder to IT teams and advanced users: Secure Boot certificates used broadly across Windows devices are scheduled to start expiring in June 2026, and without coordinated firmware and OS updates some machines may be unable to boot securely...

CISA’s September 18 bulletin published nine new Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories that affect a broad cross-section of OT vendors — from industrial networking stacks to remote terminal units, asset-management suites, machine-vision firmware, and industry-specific protocols —...

Westermo’s WeOS 5 series has a newly disclosed high‑severity vulnerability that deserves immediate attention from industrial network operators and Windows network teams responsible for OT‑IT convergence, because it can be used to inject operating‑system commands when an attacker can reach an...

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...

CISA’s September 16, 2025 bulletin consolidates another urgent wave of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security notices: eight advisories covering Schneider Electric, Hitachi Energy, Siemens, Delta Electronics and multiple Siemens product families, plus an update to a prior Schneider Galaxy...

Microsoft has warned that the original Windows Secure Boot certificates issued in 2011 are set to expire beginning in June 2026, and that systems which do not receive replacement certificates before that date may stop receiving critical pre‑boot security updates — leaving them exposed to...

When a Windows 11 feature update refuses to finish, the installer’s cryptic codes and endless rollbacks can make a routine upgrade feel like a high‑stakes forensic investigation; the good news is that four targeted steps—firmware and driver checks, consulting Microsoft’s release health, a...

For millions of Windows users the familiar, maddening moment when music or game sound collapses into muffled, mono telephone audio the instant a Bluetooth headset’s microphone is used may finally be ending — Microsoft has integrated Bluetooth LE Audio support into Windows 11 and introduced a...

Microsoft has quietly opened the gates: Windows 11 version 25H2 is now available to testers in the Windows Insider Release Preview channel as a small, fast enablement package that flips features already staged in the 24H2 servicing branch — which means you can install the 2025 annual update on...

Microsoft Weekly: what happened with the SSD scare, the 25H2 ISO delay, and what you should actually do now Summary (quick) A widely shared set of social-media reports in August 2025 claimed the August cumulative security update for Windows 11 (KB5063878 / 24H2 servicing stream) was causing...

The compact 18‑key cordless numeric keypad — the retro, round‑keycap mini number pad sold under a variety of generic and small‑brand names — is an inexpensive, plug‑and‑play way to restore a dedicated number pad to a laptop or compact keyboard, but buyers should weigh real‑world ergonomics...

Microsoft says its August Windows 11 security update (KB5063878) is not behind the recent wave of reports alleging SSDs and HDDs have been rendered inaccessible or corrupted, but the episode has exposed gaps in forensic clarity and left many users mistrustful of a conclusion drawn without a...

Microsoft’s audit of the August Windows 11 cumulative update has closed one chapter of an unusually noisy storage scare, but it has left behind a tangle of reproducible community tests, partial vendor confirmations, and unanswered forensic questions that IT teams and power users should still...

Windows 11’s long‑running Bluetooth headache — game sound collapsing into muffled, mono audio the moment a headset microphone is used — has finally been addressed at the operating‑system level: Microsoft has added support for Bluetooth LE Audio and a “super‑wideband stereo” path that lets stereo...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel while publicly denying any link between August’s cumulative updates and a rash of user-reported SSD failures — a week that illustrated both Microsoft’s increasingly disciplined servicing model and the fragility of...

Microsoft’s push to bring Bluetooth LE Audio into Windows 11 finally closes a painful, decades‑old gap between high‑fidelity stereo playback and usable microphone audio on PCs — and owners of compatible Samsung Galaxy Buds models are among the first to see tangible benefits. Background Bluetooth...

Microsoft set a hard deadline for Windows 10 support — October 14, 2025 — and has offered a narrowly scoped lifeline for holdouts: the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that extends security-only patches for one additional year, through October 13, 2026. This article explains...

Microsoft’s Copilot is coming to the biggest screens in your home, bringing voice-driven AI, animated on-screen responses, and “memory”-style personalization to select Samsung 2025 TVs and smart monitors — and with those conveniences come real-world privacy and security tradeoffs that every...