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    Windows 11 Insider KB5065786: Deeper Microsoft Account Integration in Settings and Start

    Microsoft has quietly begun testing a more integrated, surface-level approach to Account management in Windows 11 through the latest Insider builds (delivered as KB5065786), and the changes deserve attention from everyday users, power users, and IT administrators alike. These updates — visible...
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    Chrome Patch Fixes Dawn WebGPU UAF CVE-2025-10500; Edge Ingestion Reminder

    Google’s September stable update for Chrome closed a notable Use‑After‑Free (UAF) in the Dawn WebGPU implementation — tracked as CVE‑2025‑10500 — alongside several other high‑severity graphics and engine fixes; Windows users and administrators running Microsoft Edge (Chromium‑based) should treat...
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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...
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    Windows 11 Release Preview: Build 26100.6718 / 26200.6718 Fixes & 25H2 Enablement

    Microsoft has quietly shipped small but important updates to the Windows 11 Release Preview channel — Build 26100.6718 for Windows 11 version 24H2 and Build 26200.6718 for 25H2 — rolling several stability fixes and clarifications into the pre-release stream while delaying one headline feature...
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    Windows 11 Settings Adds Keyboard Backlight and Repeat Controls (Preview)

    Microsoft is slipping keyboard backlight controls into Windows 11’s Settings app, putting hardware lighting adjustments a few clicks away and folding legacy keyboard options into the modern configuration surface. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Settings app has been steadily absorbing features...
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    Windows 11 Insider Preview: One-Click Bing Speed Test and Background AI Tasks

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider preview builds quietly add a one‑click internet speed‑test shortcut to the taskbar network flyout — but the shortcut simply opens Bing’s web‑based speed test rather than running a native, offline measurement — and the same builds also include a subtle but...
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    Windows 11 24H2 Audio Issue Resolved: Dirac Driver Fix & Safeguard Lift

    Microsoft has marked a months‑old audio compatibility problem that blocked a subset of devices from receiving the Windows 11, version 24H2 feature update as resolved, after a vendor driver was published via Windows Update and the compatibility safeguard (safeguard ID 54283088) was removed for...
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    Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: Enablement Package Explained for IT Pros

    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...
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    Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: What It Means for IT Pros and Labs

    Windows 11’s 25H2 installer has arrived for testers, but the copy available today is a Release Preview disk image (ISO) and still a preview build — meaning most users should sit tight and wait for the official, staged rollout through Windows Update rather than rushing to download and manually...
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    Rufus 4.10 Beta Adds Windows 11 25H2 ISO Support and UI Enhancements

    Rufus, the go-to utility for creating bootable USB drives, has a new pre-release floating around that Neowin reports adds explicit support for Windows 11 25H2 ISOs and several convenience and reliability features — but the details matter for IT teams and power users, and not all of the claims...
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    Windows 11 25H2: Release Preview Enablement Package & ISO Delay Explained

    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...
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    September Patch Tuesday Fixes UAC/MSI and NDI Regressions in Windows

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday has quietly closed two disruptive Windows regressions introduced in August — one that interfered with MSI-based app installs by unexpectedly surfacing User Account Control (UAC) prompts for standard users, and another that crippled NDI-based streaming...
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    Windows EdgeHTML Deprecation: Migrate to WebView2 and Chromium PWAs

    Microsoft’s quiet entry on the Windows deprecation list this summer signals a decisive end to another generation of web integration in the OS: Legacy Web View, EdgeHTML-based web apps, legacy PWAs, and the EdgeHTML DevTools are now officially deprecated, and developers are being pushed toward...
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    October 2025 Outlook Lite Block: Migration to Outlook for Mobile

    Microsoft is reportedly planning to block fresh installations of Outlook Lite starting in October 2025 as it prepares a broader retirement of the app, forcing users who rely on a lightweight, battery-friendly client to either remain on an aging build or move to the full Outlook for Mobile...
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    Engineering Firmware Causes SSD Failures Linked to Windows 11 KB5063878, Phison Confirms

    Phison has publicly acknowledged and replicated a key finding first raised by the PCDIY community: a wave of disappearing and allegedly “bricked” NVMe SSDs linked in timing to Windows 11’s August cumulative update (KB5063878) appears to have been driven, in at least some test cases, by...
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    PowerToys Theme Scheduler: Auto-switch Light and Dark on Windows 11

    Microsoft’s PowerToys is about to plug one of Windows 11’s most persistent annoyances: a built‑in way to automatically switch between Light and Dark modes on a user-defined schedule — delivered as a PowerToys module rather than via the core Settings app. Background / Overview For years Windows...
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    PowerToys Theme Scheduler: Auto Light/Dark Switching for Windows 11

    Microsoft’s PowerToys team has quietly moved to fill a conspicuous gap in Windows’ personalization features: beginning with PowerToys v0.94 the project teased a scheduled automatic theme switching utility that will let Windows switch between light and dark modes on a timetable — a capability...
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    Windows 11 brings native clipboard sync to Android via Link to Windows

    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...
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    Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: Enablement Package for Fast, Low-Impact Upgrades

    Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...
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    Windows 11 Nears Half of Desktop PCs Ahead of October 14, 2025 End of Windows 10 Support

    StatCounter’s latest tracking shows Windows 11 has climbed to roughly the halfway mark of Windows desktop installs — a milestone that reflects accelerating migration away from Windows 10 as Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline approaches. The headline numbers — what StatCounter...
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