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    KB5121767 Fixes Dell Windows 11 Performance and Shutdown Issues

    Microsoft’s July 2026 Windows roundup looks like a feature digest, but the operational story is more immediate: administrators are dealing with a security update that briefly bypassed some Dell PCs, a separate out-of-band fix, staged Windows 11 features that are not yet universal, and October...
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    Windows 11 KB5101650: Dell Intel PCs Held Over Shutdown Risks

    Microsoft’s July 2026 Windows roundup contains a useful mix of deployment changes, identity deadlines, and server-management improvements, but administrators should not treat it as a single “install this now” checklist. The Windows 11 items tied to the July security release are delivered through...
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    KB5101650: Windows 11 PCs Awaiting Secure Boot Certificates Still Boot

    Microsoft’s latest reassurance on the Windows 11 Secure Boot certificate transition is significant precisely because it removes the most alarming interpretation of the June 2026 expiration dates: a PC that has not yet received the newer 2023 certificates is not suddenly destined to fail at...
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    KB5101650 Fixes Windows 11 500GB CapabilityAccessManager Storage Leak

    Windows 11 users who have watched their free SSD space mysteriously disappear may finally have an explanation—and, more importantly, a fix. Microsoft’s July 2026 cumulative update addresses a defect that allowed CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal, an ordinarily small system database log, to swell...
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    KB5121767 Fixes Dell Intel Driver Block on Windows 11 24H2/25H2

    Microsoft has issued the out-of-band Windows 11 update KB5121767 to resolve a Dell-specific Intel driver problem that led the company to block the July 14 security update, KB5101650, on a limited set of systems. The emergency cumulative update restores the normal update path for affected Windows...
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    KB5101650 Updates Windows 11 24H2/25H2 to Builds 26100.8875

    Microsoft’s July 14, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11, KB5101650, applies to Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, bringing them to builds 26200.8875 and 26100.8875 respectively. The release adds SHA-2 thumbprint support for trusted Remote Desktop publishers, updates the inbox curl version to...
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    KB5101650 Updates Windows 11 25H2/24H2 to Builds 26200.8875, 26100.8875

    Microsoft’s July 2026 Windows 11 cumulative update, KB5101650, takes version 25H2 to build 26200.8875 and version 24H2 to build 26100.8875. It arrives during a security release that Windows Central, citing Action1’s tracking, reports addressed 570 vulnerabilities across Microsoft products. That...
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    KB5101650 Missing Clock? Fix Windows 11 Tray Policies

    If the clock, notification area, or network/volume/battery cluster disappeared after installing Windows 11 update KB5101650, first document the symptom and audit the effective user policy in the affected user’s session. This service procedure covers Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 on locally...
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    KB5101650: Windows 11 400 Hz Display Blackouts Reported

    PC Gamer has reported a possible high-refresh-rate display problem after Windows 11’s July 14 cumulative update, KB5101650. The report is anecdotal, but it describes a 400 Hz monitor repeatedly blacking out and reconnecting at 400 Hz, becoming somewhat more stable at 360 Hz and 300 Hz, and...
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    KB5101650: Install Windows 11 Update, but Respect Dell Hold

    KB5101650 is a Windows 11 security update with meaningful servicing and management changes, but the practical answer is simple: install it promptly on unaffected devices, do not bypass Microsoft’s safeguard hold on affected Dell hardware, and verify which features are actually present on each...
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    KB5101650 Adds Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore and Quieter Widgets

    Windows 11’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday update, KB5101650, is now rolling out to version 24H2 and 25H2 PCs with a rare combination of meaningful recovery tooling, quieter defaults, File Explorer improvements, and security hardening. The headline is not a new Copilot surface or another AI-first...
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    KB5101650 July 2026: Install Windows 11 Builds 26200.8875 and 26100.8875

    Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday delivers KB5101650 for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, moving supported PCs to builds 26200.8875 and 26100.8875 respectively. Windows 11 23H2 receives KB5099414 and build 22631.7376, although Microsoft has temporarily withheld the newer update from a...
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    KB5101650 Adds Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore, Explorer Fixes

    Windows 11 KB5101650 is rolling out to versions 24H2 and 25H2 with quieter Widgets, a more flexible Windows Update pause control, Point-in-Time Restore, and a substantial collection of File Explorer and reliability fixes. Installed on July 14 as Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release, it moves...
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    KB5101650 Adds Point-in-Time Restore to Windows 11 24H2/25H2

    Windows 11 update KB5101650 adds Point-in-Time Restore to versions 24H2 and 25H2, giving compatible PCs a short-term way to roll back the operating system, applications, settings, and local files after a damaging update or configuration change. The July 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday release installs OS...
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    KB5101650 Adds Windows 11 Restore, 35-Day Pause and Quieter Widgets

    Additional coverage of this story: KB5101650 Adds Windows 11 Restore, 35-Day Pause and Quieter Widgets PCMag emphasizes quieter Widgets behavior and a calendar-based 35-day update pause, and notes Microsoft is temporarily withholding KB5101650 from a limited number of Dell PCs with Intel...
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    KB5101650 Revokes 11 Vulnerable UEFI Shims on Windows 11

    Windows 11 cumulative updates KB5101650 and KB5094126 revoke 11 aging Microsoft-signed UEFI shim bootloaders that could be used to bypass Secure Boot and run untrusted code before the operating system starts. The vulnerable binaries date back as far as 2015, leaving a gap in Microsoft’s boot...
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    KB5101650 Blocked on Dell PCs Over Intel Driver Shutdown Risk

    Additional coverage of this story: KB5101650 Blocked on Dell PCs Over Intel Driver Shutdown Risk Coverage notes that Windows 10 and Windows Server are not covered, and advises affected users not to remove the Intel driver or alter BIOS thermal settings. It also explains that the Device Manager...
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    KB5101650 Fixes Windows 11 Disk Usage, Adds Point-in-Time Restore

    Additional coverage of this story: KB5101650 Fixes Windows 11 Disk Usage, Adds Point-in-Time Restore TechRadar emphasizes a renewable Windows Update pause of up to 35 days at a time and says Microsoft has withheld KB5101650 from some Intel-based Dell PCs over shutdown, heat, performance, and...
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    KB5101650 Updates Windows 11 24H2/25H2, Withholds Some Dell PCs

    Additional coverage of this story: KB5101650 Updates Windows 11 24H2/25H2, Withholds Some Dell PCs It highlights a date-based Windows Update pause of up to 35 days, less intrusive Widgets behavior, and Microsoft withholding the update from some Dell PCs; it also cites BleepingComputer’s count of...
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    CVE-2026-50345: KB5101650 Fixes Windows 11 Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft has patched CVE-2026-50345, an Important-rated Windows Runtime elevation-of-privilege vulnerability affecting Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1, along with Windows Server 2025. Administrators running Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2 should deploy the July 14, 2026 cumulative update...