Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878) promised performance and security fixes, but within days it became the focal point of two separate reliability incidents: an enterprise deployment failure that blocked WSUS/SCCM installs and, more alarmingly, early community reports that...
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Microsoft's August cumulative for Windows 11 version 24H2 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) has sparked a new round of alarm in the storage community: multiple reports say the patch is associated with drives disappearing, SMART information becoming unreadable, and — in at least some cases...
Oracle’s VirtualBox 7.2.0 ushers in the most consequential update to the desktop hypervisor in several years, delivering first-class support for Windows 11/Arm virtual machines on Arm hosts, a redesigned user interface, expanded hardware feature passthrough, and a long list of stability and...
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Oracle’s VirtualBox project has taken a major step toward making Windows on Arm a practical option for desktop virtualization, with the 7.2 development cycle bringing explicit Windows 11 ARM guest and host support, preliminary Linux 6.16 compatibility, reworked Guest Additions for Arm, and a...
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ZDNET’s hands‑on with the GEEKOM IT15 Mini PC shows a clear, practical win for power users willing to swap Windows 11 for Linux: the tiny system punches well above its weight for everyday workflows, but its AI and graphics claims need careful interpretation before you buy.
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Receiving a critical warning for a storage device on your Windows system is a serious alert that demands immediate attention. Such warnings often indicate potential hardware failures, particularly in Solid-State Drives (SSDs), and can lead to data loss if not addressed promptly. This article...
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I need to do a clean reinstall Windows 11 Pro on my workstation PC.
I usually disconnect all SSD/HDs except for the OS drive which is formatted and overwritten during a clean install.
In this case, the PC has 4 NVMe drives - one of these will be the OS drive. The other 3 drives I want to...
Here’s a summary of the major changes and significance of VirtualBox 7.2 Beta, with a focus on Windows 11 ARM support, GUI refinements, other ARM improvements, Guest Additions, and the open-source code being on GitHub:
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Oracle’s beloved VirtualBox, a cornerstone for virtualization geeks and IT professionals alike, has just published new updates for its 7.1 and 7.0 branches. These aren't your run-of-the-mill security patches or performance tweaks. No, VirtualBox has stepped up with fixes for some gnarly bugs...
Hello everyone,
I have a problem with NVME hard drives, 3 of them by now.
I work with Windows 11 Pro, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz and I have done the data transfer with EaseUS Partition Wizard Pro.
The NVME's are installed as follows: 1 x directly on the mainboard (MACHINIST...
Installed NVME to desktop motherboard, I only had a small screw that fit well in the motherboard hole. Unfortunately it was about 2mm too small, and the NVME is bent slightly downward, instead of being flat, like normal. I have installed many NVMEs into many laptops, desktops, I know how to do...
OS2Go Pro creates custom Windows 11 stick, but it never boots, no matter if I download from MS server, or use my own ISO manually downloaded from MS web. Tried both 2TB NVMe external, 64GB stick. Does not boot on 2 PC UEFI-nonCSM x64. Does not boot automatically, or show up in UEFI temporary...
I have a 2 year old computer that is running Windows 10. I made a new partition to dual boot Windows 11 about a year ago, installed Win11, tried it for a few days, and removed it because it was extremely slow. I figured I would give it another try a few weeks ago. It would install, and put...
Hello everyone, I'm not that knowledgeable on this so please bare with the details.
I just brought a nvme to install on my motherboard.
After taking out my original memory which was a 250gb nvme with windows installed on it.
I cloned windows from the 250gb to a 2tb HDD drive.
Im trying to...
Hello everyone, I'm not that knowledgeable on this so please bare with the details.
I just brought a nvme to install on my motherboard.
After taking out my original memory which was a 250gb nvme with windows installed on it.
I cloned windows from the 250gb to a 2tb HDD drive.
Im trying to...
I've been searching the web for this answer but I cannot find any. It's either they tell you how to upgrade from Windows 7 on regular HDD to Windows 10 on regular HDD or how they migrate from Windows 10 on HDD to Windows 10 on SSD NVME.
So right now I'm still using Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. I...
I've been having problems getting PC to sleep after a period of time. With some help from this forum, it was fixed a couple of months ago.
Yesterday I had to reinstall drivers for my AMD graphics card and now I am back to the no sleep problem.
Anyone have any ideas
Windows 10 home 64 21H1 Build...
Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.526 (KB5010414)to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels. This update includes the following improvements:
We fixed an issue that occurs when Windows Server 2016 runs as a terminal server using certain cloud...
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Downloaded latest version of Windows 10 ISO, created a bootable USB flash drive. Upon trying to boot with it install it on a 2021 Acer Swift 3 with EVO processor and UEFI Bios, the installer is unable to detect the NVME SSD drive !!