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A mid‑August cumulative update for Windows 11 — KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946), released on August 12, 2025 — is being linked by multiple independent community tests and tech outlets to a storage regression that can render some SSDs inaccessible after sustained, large sequential writes, with...

Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) has been tied in independent community testing and aggregation threads to a serious storage regression that can render certain NVMe SSDs inaccessible during large, sustained write operations — and administrators also...

Microsoft's August cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) has been linked in community reports to NVMe SSDs becoming inaccessible after sustained, heavy file writes — an issue that has reopened concerns about storage stability in the 24H2 branch and forced a cautious...

Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878) promised performance and security fixes, but within days it became the focal point of two separate reliability incidents: an enterprise deployment failure that blocked WSUS/SCCM installs and, more alarmingly, early community reports that...

When Task Manager shows fewer cores than your CPU’s spec sheet promises, it triggers an immediate alarm: is Windows misreporting, is some software throttling the chip, or is the processor literally losing cores? The truth lives between these possibilities. In many cases the fix is a handful of...

Siemens’ advisory covering third‑party components in SINEC OS landed as a stark reminder that industrial network stacks are only as strong as their weakest third‑party link: dozens of kernel and userland weaknesses, CVEs spanning classic buffer overflows to TOCTOU races, and a vendor‑centric...

Microsoft has published the August 12, 2025 cumulative security update for older Windows 11 branches — KB5063875, which updates OS Builds 22621.5768 and 22631.5768 — delivering a combined Latest Cumulative Update (LCU) and Servicing Stack Update (SSU) for devices still on Windows 11 versions...

Microsoft has shipped the August 12, 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946), a routine Patch Tuesday release that combines the latest servicing stack update with the monthly cumulative update, patches a range of security issues, and contains...

Microsoft has pushed a targeted component update for Copilot+ Windows 11 devices running on Qualcomm silicon: KB5065499, which updates the Image Processing AI component to version 1.2507.797.0 and is distributed automatically via Windows Update for devices running Windows 11, version 24H2...

Long before plug and play became a buzzword touted in glitzy comdex demonstrations — and well before the infamous Windows 98 Blue Screen of Death incident forever etched itself in the annals of tech lore — Microsoft’s Windows 95 engineering team grappled with arcane hardware idiosyncrasies that...

In an incident that highlights both the power and pitfalls of automatic software updates in enterprise environments, Microsoft recently found itself racing to resolve a critical issue introduced by its own Patch Tuesday update. The problem, affecting Surface Hub v1 devices, left administrators...

1) Using cdburnerxp I burned a DVD mdisc on a Lite-On iHAS122-14 FU drive (currently firmware EL06) that previously burned and read DVD mdiscs. After burning, the burning test (if the burning was completed successfully) failed. Now, on that same drive, if I put the disc in, nothing appears. I...

In the latest episode of Microsoft Weekly, we find ourselves knee-deep in the constantevolution of Microsoft’s ecosystem, primarily focusing on the growing pains of Windows 11 version 24H2. As users embrace the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system, the journey has been...

The world of Windows is teeming with excitement—or rather, a fair bit of consternation—as users of Windows 11's latest feature update, version 24H2, grapple with some pesky bugs. If you've updated your system and noticed those dreaded blue screens of death (BSOD) cropping up, particularly if you...

Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack ID15084 Date 6/20/2024

Hi, Over the past few weeks, I been having strange issues with all of my USBs on my desktop PC where only devices that were previously recognized by the PC are working and more or less (not all) any new USB device (SSD, camera, thumb drive etc. all work with other PCs) get a driver not...

I am seeking help as networking is not my field. I have a Windows 10 Desktop and a Windows 11 Lenovo Laptop. Both are on the same WORKGROUP private network. My Desktop is hard wired to my Vodafone router and my laptop is connected to the same network by Wi-Fi. On my Windows 10 Desktop (under...

I am multibooting 3 drives (1 Win10 and 2 Win11) the boot manager on one win11 drive is selected in bios. It works but in addition to the named drives it also lists the three efi partitions which are unbootable -of course. I am not sure why they are there and they are a nuisance. How can I...

I cannot turn on firmware protection in windows 11 pro. I have a brand new surface laptop 5 windows 11 pro so it meets all reqs. The firmware protection does not even show at first. I am able to make it appear by going into group policy and turning on, enabling, Virtualization based security...

hi there it seems like a similar problem to the last one posted, but for not confusing the problem I opened a new thread. I disabled secure boot, there are no devices attached beside mouse, keyboard and the usb-stick (no ethernetcable as well). Here's my problem: i had a running desktop gaming...