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Microsoft's latest Windows 11 update brings a long‑awaited fix for muffled Bluetooth headset audio: support for Bluetooth LE Audio's super‑wideband stereo, letting game audio remain high‑fidelity while voice chat or calls run at a much higher sample rate than the old Hands‑Free Profile allowed...

Keeping track of what Windows 10 has installed on your PC is a small habit that pays huge dividends when troubleshooting, validating security patches, or confirming whether a feature update actually applied — and it’s easier than most users think. This guide takes the short how‑to you may have...

Windows 11’s so-called “God Mode” is not a magic key to the operating system’s internals — it’s a pragmatic, little-known shortcut that collects hundreds of Control Panel and administrative tasks into a single folder, and for many power users it has become a daily productivity tool that beats...

Microsoft has confirmed an emergency out‑of‑band (OOB) Windows update after August’s Patch Tuesday rollup caused built‑in recovery tools — Reset this PC, the cloud reimage flow Fix problems using Windows Update, and MDM‑initiated RemoteWipe CSP — to fail on multiple client branches, and...

Microsoft’s latest Canary drop, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928, is a compact but telling update: Microsoft temporarily disabled the recently introduced colorful battery icon experiment while continuing a steady migration of legacy Control Panel items into the modern Settings app and...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928 to the Canary Channel on August 20, 2025, and the flight is a concise but telling example of what the Canary track is for: low-latency platform experiments, targeted rollouts, and rapid iterations that can both surface neat usability...

Microsoft released an out‑of‑band (OOB) fix on August 19, 2025 that restores Windows’ Reset and cloud recovery workflows for devices on the 22621/22631 servicing families (Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2) after an August security cumulative caused those flows to fail; the update, published as KB5066189...

The latest Windows cumulative update has landed with a thud: a growing number of users report that Windows 11 version 24H2’s August security rollup (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can make drives disappear under heavy I/O, and the fallout has reignited debates about privacy, platform stability...

If you’re a Windows Insider, the updates that land on your device are not just routine security patches — they can include preview features, experimental fixes, and staged changes that won't necessarily appear in retail Windows for months (or ever). This guide decodes the entries you see under...

Microsoft’s latest cumulative for Windows 11 24H2 has been tied to a small but serious cluster of storage failures that can make NVMe SSDs disappear during heavy writes and, in a handful of cases, leave data unreadable — a scare that underscores why updating and backup discipline still matters...

Deep Dive: Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) — what’s new, what to watch for, and how to handle it Published: August 14, 2025 Microsoft today released Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (packaged as KB5064081) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel for Windows 11, version 24H2 (OS build...

Today Microsoft published Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) to Insiders on the Release Preview Channel for Windows 11, version 24H2, delivering a broad mix of AI-driven features, quality fixes, and platform changes that will begin rolling out to wider audiences in the coming weeks. The...

Mozilla’s quiet move to add a native “Search Image with Google Lens” entry in Firefox’s context menu closes a long-standing usability gap with Chrome and Edge while reopening familiar privacy and platform questions for Windows users and IT administrators alike. The change—visible today in...

Title: CVE-2025-53153 — Windows RRAS "Uninitialized Resource" Information-Disclosure: What admins need to know and do now Summary CVE-2025-53153 is an information-disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft’s Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). According to Microsoft, the issue stems from the...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows PowerShell 2.0 — the legacy scripting engine first shipped with Windows 7 — will be removed from shipping Windows images as part of the upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 releases, a change that closes a long‑running deprecation and removes a known...

Microsoft’s update release strategy for Windows 11 has sparked recurring debate among the OS’s vast user base, especially when peripheral features or system logs suddenly become focal points for concern. The late-June roll-out of the KB5060829 non-security preview update—a release explicitly...

The countdown to a Windows Secure Boot certificate expiration is no minor matter for enterprises, administrators, and enthusiasts alike. With Secure Boot central to the root of trust on Windows devices, any change in its chain of trust—such as a certificate expiration or a Certificate Authority...

The release of Windows 10 KB5063159 has swiftly drawn attention—both relief and skepticism—across the enterprise technology landscape, after June’s Patch Tuesday updates left a wave of broken Surface Hubs in their wake and triggered broader questions about Microsoft’s update quality control. For...

Windows Task Scheduler is a staple automation tool that’s flown under the radar for many Windows users, yet holds an enormous amount of untapped potential—especially through its array of event-based triggers. While most people rely on the familiar time-based scheduling (like launching apps on...

Few tech rumors spread faster than the notion of being charged for something long considered free, and the idea that Microsoft would soon charge Windows 11 users $1.50 per month just for system updates has certainly set corners of the internet abuzz. However, peeling back the layers of recent...