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    Steam gains accessibility refresh: UI scale, high contrast, reduced motion, and customization tab

    Valve has quietly but meaningfully reshaped the Steam client with a sweeping UI and accessibility refresh that brings long-requested controls — UI scaling, high-contrast mode, reduced motion, and a dedicated customization tab for game artwork — to the desktop and SteamOS users, and the result is...
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    Windows 11 KB5063878 Storage Regression Hits Some NVMe SSDs

    The August cumulative for Windows 11 — identified as KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — has been linked by multiple independent testers and tech outlets to a reproducible storage regression that can make some NVMe SSDs disappear mid-write and, in a subset of reports, leave files or partitions...
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    Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: Install Failures & SSD Disappear Risks

    Microsoft’s August Windows 11 patch cycle has produced two very different but equally alarming headlines this week: an emergency mitigation for enterprise update delivery failures, and community reports that the same cumulative update may be triggering storage devices to become unreadable or...
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    CVE-2025-53141: Null Pointer in AFD.sys Enables Local SYSTEM Elevation (WinSock)

    Microsoft’s advisory confirms that a null pointer dereference in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) can be triggered by a locally authorized attacker to elevate privileges to SYSTEM, creating a high-impact local elevation-of-privilege (EoP) risk for affected Windows...
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    NTFS TOCTOU Explained: CVE-2025-50158 Confusion and Windows Patch Actions

    Breaking down the NTFS TOCTOU alert — why I couldn’t find CVE‑2025‑50158, and what Windows users should do now By [Your Name], WindowsForum.com — August 12, 2025 Lead: You sent a pointer to an MSRC advisory for "CVE‑2025‑50158 — Windows NTFS Information Disclosure (TOCTOU)". I searched the major...
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    CVE-2025-49762: AFD.sys Race Condition Enables Local Privilege Escalation

    A recently published Microsoft advisory warns that CVE-2025-49762 — a race-condition flaw in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) — can allow a locally authorized attacker to elevate privileges by exploiting concurrent execution using a shared resource with improper...
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    Critical Windows 11 KB5058405 Update Causes Boot Failures in Virtual Machines

    Here's a summary of the latest issue following the May Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 (KB5058405), as well as key details and recommended actions: What Happened? The KB5058405 update, released on May 13, 2025, is causing Windows 11 virtual machines (VMs) to fail to boot. This critical...
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    How to Fix AMD Ryzen Master Driver Blocked on Windows 10/11

    For PC enthusiasts and power users, AMD’s Ryzen Master Utility has long been an indispensable tool, granting granular control over CPU performance tuning, monitoring, and overclocking options. Yet, as Microsoft steadily raises the bar for Windows kernel security, many users have encountered a...
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    CVE-2025-32709: Critical Windows Kernel Vulnerability Exploiting Use-After-Free in WinSock Driver

    The cybersecurity landscape for Windows users is continually evolving, with both defenders and attackers persistently engaged in a race for dominance. One of the latest and most critical pieces of this ongoing battle is CVE-2025-32709—a newly disclosed use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows...
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    Windows 7 Welcome screen hanging for 20-30 seconds on an SSD (?!) Weird Service Installing Kernel Driver

    Hello, I recently build and installed a new system. The problem I am facing (which I would bet started only after I installed some drivers..) is that after I type my password in the login screen, I have to wait for an unexplicable amount of time (given the specs of the machine and the fact my...
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