The early days of summer should have brought a routine patch cycle for IT professionals managing enterprise networks with Windows Server. Instead, Microsoft’s June 2025 security update has triggered an unexpected crisis: a significant bug in the DHCP Server service, which is foundational to...
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It was one of those weekends when IT administrators around the world were either catching up on much-needed rest or, if superstition holds any currency, knocking on wood in hope that nothing out-of-the-ordinary would grace their outboxes come Monday. Alas, dear reader, tranquility was not on the...
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There’s an old IT joke that goes: “There are two types of sysadmins: those who dread the words ‘corporate update’ and those still on unpaid leave after the last one.” In April 2025, Windows 11’s 24H2 update—carrying the cryptic badge KB5055523—gave that joke fresh punchlines when it blindsided...