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Microsoft's console-style Xbox Full Screen Experience — the controller-first, fullscreen Xbox PC app session originally built into the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds — can now be run on ordinary Windows 11 desktops and laptops by using a community tool that automates the hidden enablement steps, but...

Microsoft’s role as both the maker of Windows and an increasingly powerful security software vendor is reshaping the economics, engineering and trust model of the MSP security market — and the implications are now impossible for partners to ignore. Background The debate was center stage at a...

Microsoft’s advisory for a newly referenced HTTP.sys vulnerability describes an out‑of‑bounds read in the Windows HTTP protocol stack that can be triggered remotely against Internet Information Services (IIS) and other HTTP.sys consumers, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a...

The “EA AntiCheat has detected an incompatible driver” block is one of the most common hard-stops gamers see on Windows 11: the game launcher refuses to start, the anti-cheat refuses to load, and the only diagnosis shown is a driver filename or a terse popup. This is usually fixable without...

Epic Games and Qualcomm have closed one of the most stubborn compatibility gaps for Windows on ARM: Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) and the Epic Online Services (EOS) SDK now include Windows-on-Arm support, a move that clears the way for Fortnite and other EAC‑protected multiplayer titles to run on...

Epic Games’ Easy Anti-Cheat has finally been ported to Windows 11 on Arm, clearing one of the last major technical roadblocks that has kept mainstream multiplayer titles — most notably Fortnite — off Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ laptops and other Windows-on-Arm PCs. Background / Overview The move...

Windows 11 25H2 is poised to redefine the relationship between security tools and its foundational architecture, marking a significant evolutionary step in how the operating system safeguards itself and its users. For decades, security vendors such as CrowdStrike, Bitdefender, and their...

In July 2024, a catastrophic event unfolded when a faulty update from CrowdStrike's Falcon security software rendered approximately 8.5 million Windows devices inoperable. This incident, which led to widespread disruptions across critical sectors such as healthcare, aviation, and finance...

Microsoft is poised to release Windows 11 25H2, yet for many users and IT professionals, this annual "feature update" will feel less like a major milestone and more akin to flipping a switch. Unlike what has characterized previous Windows releases, 25H2 is fundamentally tied at the hip to its...

Sudden, jarring, and unforgettably blue—the Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has been an indelible part of PC culture since its introduction in the early days of Microsoft operating systems. For decades, encountering the BSOD signified a critical system crash, an unambiguous sign that...

CVE-2024-43528: Understanding the Windows Secure Kernel Mode Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability On October 8, 2024, Microsoft published information regarding a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-43528. This vulnerability sits within the Windows operating system's Secure Kernel mode...

Overview In August 2024, Microsoft issued an important security update addressing the vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-21302, which affects the Windows Secure Kernel Mode. This vulnerability has raised legitimate concerns, as it could potentially allow malicious actors to elevate privileges...

I am getting consistent blue screens on certain games and the error codes I am getting on the blue screens keep changing the last one was DCP Watchdog violation but I've also had Page Fault in the non page area and Unexpected Kernnel Mode Trap. This seems to be happening mostly in Call of...

Hi everyone, I’ve been having bad issues with my Windows 8.1 desktop I built about a decade ago. It used to run flawlessly until about a year ago. It started to randomly crash / restart itself with no triggers that I can correlate to causing the crashes. I’ve reset the computer to factory...

I cannot open a handle to any of my storage devices. HANDLE h = CreateFile(L"\\\\.\\PhysicalDisk0", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_READ_ACCESS | FILE_WRITE_ACCESS, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0); I also tried copying the full path from WinObj: \GLOBAL??\PhysicalDrive0 and...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 21H1 Build 19043.962 (KB5001391) to the Beta Channel for those Insiders who are on 21H1 (Click here for the 21H1 announcement). This update is also available for commercial devices in the Release Preview Channel on 21H1 as mentioned here in this blog...

I keep getting random BSOD with the stop code: UNEXPECTED_KERNAL_MODE-TRAP. I have done some digging around it says that this means that there is a driver/hardware error. All of my drivers are up-to-date, so i am not sure what the problem is. Please help.

Hi this is my first post here and have I ran into a brickwall involving my BSOD. My computer that I got a month ago has been giving me BSODs with stop code IRQL_Not_Less_or_Equal. It seems to have a higher chance of happening when I alt tab out of my fullscreen games. I downloaded Whocrashed and...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 14, 2017): Bulletin published Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted...

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