Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 (Release Preview Build 26200.5074) available to the Release Preview channel — a near‑final, enablement package release that flips features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream and brings a focused set of manageability, security, and AI...
Microsoft has quietly closed the loop on a recent Event Viewer nuisance in Windows 11 by shipping a targeted fix in the August preview update, addressing repeated CertificateServicesClient log entries that were cluttering system logs and unnerving admins despite posing no functional harm...
Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...
Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and that deadline turns a decade-old, still‑widely used operating system into a growing security liability unless you act now. 10 has been a workhorse for hundreds of millions of PCs, but when Microsoft stops shipping...
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Microsoft appears to be closing one of Windows’ longest-running cosmetic grievances: preview builds released in August 2025 show legacy file‑operation dialogs and several system prompts finally obeying the system Dark theme, reducing the jarring white “flash” that has plagued Dark Mode since the...