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Microsoft has published KB5066360, a hotpatch that updates Windows PowerShell on Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 to OS Build 26100.6569, addressing a specific PSDirect connectivity failure that could, under narrow conditions, allow unauthorized non-administrator access between host and guest...

Microsoft’s advisory classifies CVE-2025-53810 as a local elevation‑of‑privilege (EoP) in a privileged Windows service that results from “access of resource using incompatible type” (a type‑confusion memory safety bug); Microsoft lists the issue in its Security Update Guide and recommends...

If your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC is misbehaving — BSODs, apps refusing to start, unexplained slowdowns, or failed updates — the built‑in duo of DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) and SFC (System File Checker) will often repair what a reinstall otherwise would. These tools work...

Microsoft’s OneDrive Backup can be switched on for you during Windows 11 setup — but your files aren’t stolen; they’ve simply been moved into OneDrive and synced. If you prefer your Documents, Pictures, and Desktop to live locally, the change is reversible: stop folder backup in OneDrive, then...

If you’ve ever set up a new Windows PC or clicked through a Windows update without scrutinizing every prompt, you may have opened File Explorer one day and discovered that your Documents, Desktop or Pictures folders now live inside a OneDrive folder — and that many of those files are quietly...

Kiosks are no longer novelty appliances tucked into lobbies — they’re mission-critical touchpoints for retail, healthcare, hospitality, and education, and choosing the right kiosk software in 2025 can be the difference between a seamless self-service experience and a costly operational headache...

Windows 11’s 25H2 annual update arrives as a deliberate whisper rather than a shout: delivered as a tiny enablement package that flips on functionality Microsoft shipped earlier in monthly updates, 25H2 brings modest visible changes, a couple of legacy removals, and a clear operational message —...

Google Chrome’s terse banner — “Your browser is managed by your organization” — is both a useful audit cue and a common source of anxiety for home users who didn’t expect any outside control. The message is honest: Chrome has detected at least one non-default policy or managed preference. For...

Windows 11 ships with a clear design philosophy: modern, polished, and opinionated. For many users that means a pleasant daily experience out of the box — but it also means defaults that favor discoverability and platform features over minimalism and control. Pocket-lint recently distilled five...

Microsoft quietly pulled back the promised ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 this week, updating its Release Preview announcement to say the ISOs are “delayed and coming soon” even as the update itself lands in the Release Preview channel as an enablement-package style release. Background...

Microsoft is quietly testing a native way to push whatever you copy on a Windows 11 PC directly into the clipboard area of a linked Android phone, and early Insider reports show the copied text surfacing in Android keyboards such as Gboard and Samsung Keyboard almost instantly — a Phone Link...

Nexthink’s warning that “sticking with Windows 10 could cost businesses billions” captured headlines for a reason: a simple arithmetic model — 121 million Windows 10 PCs multiplied by an enterprise Extended Security Update (ESU) list price of $61 per device — produces a first‑year bill in the...

Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 — delivered as KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — introduced a security hardening to Windows Installer that closed a real privilege-escalation risk but also changed how MSI “self‑repair” and per‑user configuration flows behave, leading...

Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...

Microsoft is quietly testing a Windows 11 feature that pushes whatever you copy on a PC directly into a linked Android phone’s keyboard — making paste-ready text appear almost instantly in Gboard, Samsung Keyboard and other Android IMEs. Background Microsoft has been expanding clipboard...

Microsoft quietly added a native option in Windows 11 to push your PC clipboard to Android — and in early hands‑on testing it appears to land inside any Android keyboard that reads the system clipboard, including Gboard. Overview Windows 11’s clipboard has long been more than a lone Ctrl+C...

Microsoft's August 2025 cumulative updates have produced a high‑profile compatibility regression that prevents many non‑administrator users from completing per‑user MSI installations and self‑repairs, prompting emergency mitigations from Microsoft and a wave of operational guidance for IT teams...

Windows Autopilot rollouts are stalling in a new, surprising place: immediately after end users accept the Terms of Use (TOU) during OOBE, devices freeze with a non‑descriptive error and the provisioning flow never resumes — a breaking issue first highlighted in community reporting and...

Microsoft is quietly rolling out a new clipboard continuity option in Windows 11 that can push what you copy on a PC directly into a linked Android phone’s clipboard — surfacing inside Gboard, Samsung Keyboard and other Android IMEs — via the Phone Link (Link to Windows) bridge in recent Insider...

Microsoft Intune administrators who deploy configuration profiles may encounter the cryptic status "Remediation failed" accompanied by the error code 0x87d1fde8, an Intune deployment dead‑end that can come from multiple root causes — device compatibility, CSP mismatches, assignment mistakes, or...