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Microsoft is moving routine Windows 11 quality updates into the initial setup flow so that eligible Entra-joined devices can download and install the latest cumulative fixes during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), making day‑one systems more secure—and forcing IT teams to rethink provisioning...

Microsoft has quietly shifted a major piece of device provisioning from a manual follow-up task for end users to an automated, admin‑controlled step in setup — beginning with the September 2025 Windows security update, eligible Windows 11 devices can check for and install quality updates during...

Microsoft will begin installing Windows quality updates during the out‑of‑box experience (OOBE) by default for eligible Microsoft Entra‑joined and Entra‑hybrid‑joined devices running Windows 11, version 22H2 and later, and administrators can control the behavior through an Enrollment Status Page...

Microsoft’s Reserved Storage can quietly hold back roughly 7 GB of your system drive, and there are safe, supported ways to turn it off — but doing so trades a small amount of automated update resilience for more usable disk space on tight SSDs. This guide explains what Reserved Storage is, how...

The University of Southampton’s recent job listing for an Upgrade Coordinator on its Windows 11 programme places a practical, user-facing role at the centre of what will be one of the university’s most visible IT change programmes in years: replacing or upgrading thousands of campus devices to...

Microsoft and SSD vendors have opened an investigation after multiple independent testers and users reported that the August 12, 2025 Windows 11 cumulative update (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can cause some NVMe and SATA drives to stop responding, vanish from the operating system, and — in a...

Phison has publicly acknowledged that two recent Windows 11 security updates — KB5063878 and KB5062660 — are associated with a cluster of SSD failures that make drives vanish during large, sustained write operations, and the admission has sparked urgent questions about update testing, firmware...

Here is a summary of what's new in Windows 11 Build 26100.4482 (KB5060829), recently released to the Release Preview Channel for Insiders running Windows 11 version 24H2: Key Changes and Features 1. App Defaults (EEA only) Improvements to default browser selection for users in the European...

I've got an HP Proliant server running Windows Server 2022 Standard that I need to replace all the disks in the servers array and I would prefer not to have to install from scratch. Most imaging software for Windows Server is fairly expensive but I saw a post by someone who said that there's a...

As Macrium Reflect Free will no longer be updated as of 1-1-2024 I'm wondering if it's wise to keep using it after that date. If not then is Windows Backup a suitable replacement or should I look for another free application ? There seems to be a plethora of the latter, any recommendations ...

I have macrium in my pc and on an nexternal drive. When I installed Paragon B+R and created but image it wiped the external drive of everything. I have another external drive and when I add photos, music and images there is no issue. Why did Paragon wipe the drive? Is it b/c it formats the...

I have a Win Server and a Hyper-V machine on it. I would like to image a system that is hyper-v using Veeam for example and restore the system from an image on another computer but as a standalone server without hyper-v. Will it go? Has anyone done this? Can I only restore it as a virtual machine?

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I have been imaging my system to avoid having to install. It comes in handy as long as the drive is healthy. Should I keep a clone also in case of drive failure or is it better to clean install when the drive fails..

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Hi I hope you may help.... My HP built in camera is not working. When I checked Device manager the imaging devices is missing and from the troubleshooting the hardware and devices are also missing. When I try to open the camera it says that the camera cannot be found. Please could you help. Thanks

Hello guys, i have to install WinPE on a bootable device in order to get rid of "Segurazo", I couldn't deinstall it on any other way. Tryed most known programms to get rid of that shit. Well you wonder why i want to get rid of it? It's running in the background and i can't delete it - tells me...

Hi, I have our own WMI file. I want to make a windows bootable USB or ISO image from our WMI file which we use it in our provision system. I need to make a bootable USB or ISO image so techs can image PCs by themselves. I was advised to use below link, but that is for Window 7...

I reinstalled window 7 on a computer that was having issues. I deleted the existing Windows partition/drive and ran the install to that Drive (c). After getting everything reinstalled I was going to image the C Drive. It appears to be linked to another large drive (3tb). That drive didnt show up...

I'm trying to make an image of my HDD in my Toshiba L55 laptop. I have a 1TB external drive connected. When the dialogue box asks what type of media I'm using, I select the proper answer (external hard drive). After doing that, the button I'm supposed to select in order to start the process is...