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  1. September 2025 Windows Patch: UAC Refinement, NDI Fix, and MSI SecureRepair Whitelist

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday delivers a surgical corrective: the cumulative updates released on September 9, 2025 refine the User Account Control (UAC) behavior introduced in August and restore expected installer and streaming behavior while preserving the security hardening that closed...
  2. KB5065474 Hotpatch for Windows 11 LTSC 2024: OS Build 26100.6508 & PSDirect Fix

    Microsoft released a September 9, 2025 hotpatch—KB5065474—for Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 that advances hotpatch coverage to a new OS build (26100.6508), addresses a notable UAC/MSI compatibility issue, and includes a known‑issue advisory that affects PowerShell Direct (PSDirect)...
  3. Windows Language Shortcuts: Disable Win+Space, Rebind Alt+Shift with PowerToys

    Windows still defaults to the universal language switcher on Win + Space, and while you can change the legacy Left Alt + Shift combination from Settings, disabling or reassigning the Win + Space behavior requires a remapping tool such as Microsoft PowerToys or a third‑party script; this feature...
  4. Windows 11 to Windows 10 with UpDownTool - risks, licensing, and safer options

    Windows 11 to Windows 10 via “UpDownTool”: promise, pitfalls, and the facts that matter A new third‑party utility called “UpDownTool” is drawing attention for claiming to move a PC from Windows 11 back to Windows 10—keeping apps, files, settings, and drivers in place—and, notably, landing you on...
  5. Latest Machine Learning Development Trends

    A joint survey conducted by Tractica and ITPro Today identifies the bottlenecks to machine learning development, software and hardware tools in use, and more. Continue reading...
  6. Windows 7 Windows Azure Platform Security Essentials: Module 6 – Windows Azure Role Security

    Graham Calladine, Security Architect with Microsoft Services, joins us to talk about an ITPro-focused overview of the securing Windows Azure roles, certificates, endpoints, storage accounts and operations. You’ll learn about: Specifics of securing various types of Windows Azure roles (Web...