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Windows 11 has quietly gained support for Emoji 16.0 — but the rollout is partial, inconsistent, and leaves important UI surfaces and apps still showing “missing glyph” boxes instead of the new icons. Background / Overview Emoji 16.0 is a deliberately small Unicode/emoji update that introduced...

Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 24H2 quietly surfaced support for Emoji 16.0, completing the behind‑the‑scenes work that began with the August optional preview update and bringing the system emoji inventory up to the Unicode‑recommended total — but the experience is uneven...

Windows 11’s 24H2 is now shipping support for Emoji 16.0 — but there’s a catch: the system emoji panel doesn’t yet expose the new icons, and rendering remains inconsistent across apps and web services. What looks like a late-but-welcome Unicode update has instead exposed a long-standing Windows...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a fix that stops a spurious CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) error from filling Event Viewer on Windows 11, version 24H2 — a cosmetic logging artifact tied to the Microsoft Pluton cryptographic provider that Microsoft says did not affect certificate...

Microsoft has released an optional preview cumulative update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5064081 — which advances eligible machines to OS Build 26100.5074 and bundles a mix of staged AI features, UI polish, reliability fixes, and a servicing‑stack refresh; many of the consumer‑facing...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel while publicly denying any link between August’s cumulative updates and a rash of user-reported SSD failures — a week that illustrated both Microsoft’s increasingly disciplined servicing model and the fragility of...

Microsoft has quietly deployed a fix for a noisy but harmless CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) error that began appearing in Event Viewer after July and August updates, and that resolution is bundled with the August 29, 2025 preview cumulative update KB5064081 for Windows 11, version 24H2...

Microsoft’s optional August preview for Windows 11 24H2—packaged as KB5064081 and advancing eligible systems to OS Build 26100.5074—arrives as a substantial mix of staged AI features, UI polish and reliability fixes, plus an updated servicing stack that administrators should treat carefully...

Microsoft has pushed an optional August 29, 2025 non‑security preview update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — delivered as KB5064081 and appearing as OS Build 26100.5074 — that bundles a servicing‑stack refresh with a broad mix of staged AI features, UI polish, reliability fixes, and several...

Microsoft has quietly closed the loop on a recent Event Viewer nuisance in Windows 11 by shipping a targeted fix in the August preview update, addressing repeated CertificateServicesClient log entries that were cluttering system logs and unnerving admins despite posing no functional harm...

Microsoft’s optional preview update KB5064081 for Windows 11 version 24H2 arrives as a broad, staged roll‑out that bundles a servicing‑stack refresh with a large set of consumer and enterprise changes — from a redesigned Recall homepage and new AI actions in File Explorer to a long‑overdue...

Microsoft has published the August 2025 non‑security preview update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — delivered as KB5064081 and shipping an updated servicing stack that identifies as OS Build 26100.5074 — packing a mix of staged AI features, UI polish, reliability fixes, and several enterprise‑facing

Microsoft released an optional Preview update on August 29, 2025 — KB5064081 (delivered as OS Build 26100.5074) — that packages an updated servicing stack plus a broad set of consumer and enterprise-facing changes for Windows 11 (24H2). The package continues Microsoft’s pattern of shipping...

Microsoft has published the August 2025 non‑security preview update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — delivered as KB5064081 and shipping an updated servicing stack that identifies as OS Build 26100.5074 — packing a mix of staged AI features, UI polish, reliability fixes, and several...

Microsoft has quietly begun fixing one of Windows 11’s most conspicuous usability sins: long‑neglected file‑operation dialogs that forced bright white “flashbang” popups into Dark Mode are now rendering with dark chrome in Insider preview builds, and the underlying code is rolling out in the...

Microsoft’s quiet theming work in recent Insider previews finally moves one of Windows’ most visible UX complaints from “annoying” to “fix-in-progress,” as file‑operation dialogs — the copy/move progress windows, delete confirmations, access‑denied prompts and similar surfaces — are now...

Microsoft’s long-running “flashbang” problem is finally losing its punch: recent Windows Insider preview builds include dark-themed versions of long-neglected file‑operation dialogs (copy/move progress, delete confirmations, access‑denied prompts and several related warnings), and the change is...

Microsoft appears to be closing one of Windows’ longest-running cosmetic grievances: preview builds released in August 2025 show legacy file‑operation dialogs and several system prompts finally obeying the system Dark theme, reducing the jarring white “flash” that has plagued Dark Mode since the...

Windows 11’s dark mode has taken a meaningful step out of “half-finished” status: recent Insider and Release Preview builds now render several long‑neglected file‑operation dialogs in dark palettes, reducing the jarring white popups that have plagued dark‑theme users for years while signaling a...

Microsoft has quietly begun to close one of Windows 11’s longest‑running UX gaps: preview builds now show a set of legacy file‑operation dialogs obeying the system Dark theme instead of blasting users with bright white popups, and Microsoft is shipping the code behind that change inside Windows...