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    Windows August 2025 Updates: UAC Prompts, MSI 1730, CVE-2025-50173 Mitigations

    Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...
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    Rummy on Windows 10: Safe Download & Install Guide

    The short DrugsControl.org post titled “Gameing — Rummy Game for Windows 10” reads like an unexpected detour: a public-health and regulatory site publishing a short item about a desktop card game and where to get it. The page frames itself as a general-interest item, but offers little technical...
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    Macrohard: Elon Musk’s AI Firm Targets Microsoft

    Macrohard: Elon Musk’s ‘AI Software Company’ Sets Sights on Microsoft Dek On August 22, 2025, Elon Musk said he’s building “a purely AI software company called Macrohard” to take on Microsoft—framing it as tongue‑in‑cheek in name but “very real” in intent. Here’s what he actually announced, what...
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    Microsoft Store Shifts to Pause-Only Auto-Updates: What to Know

    Microsoft has quietly changed the Microsoft Store’s update model: the long-standing, user-facing toggle to permanently disable automatic app updates now appears to be replaced on many consumer devices by a limited pause-only option that forces automatic updates to resume after a fixed interval...
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    Store updates now pause-only on Windows 11/10; permanent off removed

    Microsoft has quietly changed how the Microsoft Store handles app updates on Windows 11 and Windows 10: the long-standing option to permanently turn off automatic app updates in the Store UI is being removed for many users, and instead the Store now only offers time-limited pause options...
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    Windows 11 Snipping Tool Gets Window-Pick Recording (v11.2507.14.0)

    Microsoft’s Snipping Tool for Windows 11 has taken another small step toward being a genuine, all‑in‑one capture utility: a test build of the app now lets you pick a program window when starting a video recording, rather than forcing a free‑draw rectangle. That improvement — arriving in Snipping...
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    Mastering Winget on Windows 11: Your Ultimate Guide to Windows Package Manager

    The Windows Package Manager, more commonly known by its command-line utility name "winget," has rapidly become one of the most essential tools for power users and IT professionals embracing automation and efficiency on modern Windows systems. As Windows 11 cements its position across enterprises...
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    Microsoft's Future of Windows Updates: Unified App Management in Private Preview

    For years, managing software updates has been an often-frustrating patchwork experience for Windows users. Each application seems to have its own update checker—or sometimes none at all. Power users cobble together workflows with the Microsoft Store, standalone updaters, command-line tools like...
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    Microsoft Revolutionizes Windows Updates with Integrated Third-Party Driver and App Support

    Microsoft is poised to revolutionize the Windows Update experience by integrating third-party applications and drivers into its update ecosystem. This initiative aims to streamline the traditionally fragmented update process, offering a unified solution for both operating system and application...
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    Microsoft's New Windows Update Platform to Unify App and System Updates

    Windows Update stands as one of the most critical underpinnings of Microsoft’s desktop ecosystem, persistently delivering crucial security patches, feature upgrades, and stability fixes for over two decades. Yet, one of its most persistent pain points remained glaring: the fragmentation of app...
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    Microsoft's Windows Update Orchestration Platform: The Future of Seamless App Updates

    Microsoft is quietly ushering in a significant transformation for Windows users and developers alike, one that could fundamentally reshape the way applications are updated across the ecosystem. The company is currently testing a unified update system, known as the Windows Update Orchestration...
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    Why WinGet Is the Future of Windows Package Management

    Managing software installations on Windows has traditionally been a manual and time-consuming process. However, the advent of package managers like Chocolatey and Microsoft's WinGet has revolutionized this task, offering streamlined and automated solutions. While Chocolatey has been a staple in...
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    Windows 11 November 2024 Update: Unlock the Power of the Copilot Key

    In an exciting development for Windows 11 users, Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update for November 2024 has invigorated the oft-overlooked Copilot key on keyboards, allowing users to map it to any application of their choice. Gone are the days when this key served mainly as a portal to...
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    Transform Your Windows 11 Experience: Remap the Copilot Key with Preview Update

    In a move that has the Windows community buzzing, Microsoft has unleashed a preview update for Windows 11, packed with the exciting feature of remapping the newly introduced Copilot key. This little key, a beacon of Microsoft’s AI efforts, now has the power to open any application of your...
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    Customize Your Windows 11 Copilot Key for Enhanced Productivity

    In an exciting twist for Windows 11 users, Microsoft is shaking things up by introducing a new feature that allows customization of the Copilot key. For those who feel that the Copilot app is more of an unwelcome guest at the digital gathering (think of it as the relative who shows up...
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    Windows 11 Update: Customizable Copilot Key Introduced in Beta

    According to a recent article published on XDA Developers, Microsoft has announced an intriguing update regarding the Copilot key found on newer Windows 11 devices. Historically, the tech giant has maintained a tight leash on how this key functions, leaving users without much flexibility...
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    A deep-dive into WinUI 3 in desktop apps

    XAML Islands was our first solution to enable developers to use UWP XAML inside their desktop (Win32) apps. Within a couple of months after the release of XAML Islands, behavioral insights and customer interviews raised some signals about how developers were using it. We discovered that a...
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    Developing for all 1 billion Windows 10 devices and beyond

    This year, Microsoft Build 2020 is a digital-only event that we all get to experience from the comfort of our homes. We hope you enjoy learning about the new features and technologies that matter most to you. Today, I will have the privilege of sharing how developers can build apps for modern...
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    Start Developing on Windows 10, version 2004 Today

    The Windows 10 SDK for Windows 10, version 2004 is now available with a go-live license. Build 19041, also known as the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, is now in the Release Preview Windows Insider ring. New APIs and Features for developers Every Windows 10 update is loaded with new APIs, but...
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    Identity, Registration and Activation of Non-packaged Win32 Apps

    Many new and sought-after Windows APIs and features such as BackgroundTasks, Notifications, LiveTiles, Share and more, are either not available or not easily callable from non-packaged Win32 applications. This is due to the programming model for UWP APIs that integrate with the system and have a...
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