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A compact, open‑source PowerShell project now circulating on GitHub promises to strip most of Windows 11’s newly embedded AI features — including Copilot and Recall — out of a PC with a single command and an optional GUI, and the reaction is a textbook mix of relief, alarm and operational...

A single, community-built PowerShell package now gives Windows 11 users a one-click path to excise Copilot, Recall and a broad swath of Microsoft’s on-device AI features — and the tool’s rise crystallizes a deeper trade-off between user control, update reliability, and platform design that every...

O Windows 11 continua a chegar às máquinas com um conjunto crescente de apps pré-instaladas, componentes de serviço e opções ativadas por padrão — e um movimento robusto da comunidade criou ferramentas de código‑aberto para devolver aos usuários controle, privacidade e leveza ao sistema. Este...

Microsoft’s PowerShell is no longer an arcane tool for sysadmins alone — it’s the modern command-line and automation engine that replaces many Command Prompt habits while offering far richer control, scripting and safety nets for everyday Windows users. The Tom’s Hardware primer the user...

Microsoft released the December 2025 cumulative for Windows 10 ESU today as KB5071546, advancing eligible systems to Build 19045.6691 / 19044.6691 and packaging the November fixes plus a security-focused tweak to PowerShell 5.1. The update is available through Windows Update for devices that are...

A newly disclosed command-injection flaw in Windows PowerShell can allow specially crafted web content to cause unintended code execution when fetched with common cmdlets such as Invoke-WebRequest, prompting urgent remediation and an immediate re-evaluation of PowerShell automation in production...

A new open-source PowerShell project promises to do what many Windows power users have long wished for: surgically and (according to its author) completely remove Microsoft’s growing fleet of AI features from Windows 11 — including Copilot, Recall, AI hooks in Paint/Notepad/Edge, and the hidden...

Retention support for inactive mailboxes is now available in Public Cloud, and administrators have a new, consolidated PowerShell option—Set-Mailbox -ExcludeFromAllHolds—to remove most retention holds from inactive mailboxes in a single operation while preserving legal and restrictive holds...

Microsoft's December cumulative rollups for Windows 11 landed on Patch Tuesday with a familiar mix of security fixes, quality improvements and a notable behavioral hardening in PowerShell — but the coverage and community reaction make clear administrators and power users need to treat these...

A new open‑source PowerShell project called RemoveWindowsAI has quickly become the focal point for a growing cohort of Windows 11 users who want to strip AI features out of their PCs, and the tool’s rise exposes an uncomfortable design tension: Microsoft is baking AI into system plumbing while...

Microsoft closed out 2025’s Patch Tuesday with a final Windows 11 cumulative update that bundles security patches, a handful of user-facing improvements, and several bug fixes that undo — and in one case reintroduce — some of the year’s most talked-about changes to File Explorer and system UI...

Microsoft has issued KB5074204, a targeted security update for Windows PowerShell that ships as a hotpatch for devices on the 24H2 and 25H2 code families (OS Builds 26100.7456 and 26200.7456). The patch introduces a notable behavior change: the legacy PowerShell 5.1 cmdlet Invoke‑WebRequest now...

Microsoft’s December Patch Tuesday brought a focused Windows 11 rollup for the 23H2 servicing baseline: KB5071417 (OS Build 22631.6345), a cumulative security-and-quality update that formally carries forward fixes from November’s roll and introduces a notable behavioral change in PowerShell 5.1...

Windows PowerShell 5.1 now stops and asks for confirmation before it will parse web pages in a way that could execute scripts found in that content — a safety-first change that will affect interactive use and any automation that previously relied on the old, IE‑backed HTML DOM parsing behavior...

A PowerShell script that promises to strip Windows 11 of its AI features has rocketed through developer communities and mainstream tech press, fueling a debate that goes far beyond convenience: it is now a litmus test for how much control users should have over AI that ships as part of an...

A single PowerShell script has become the latest flashpoint in the debate over Windows 11’s expanding AI surface: RemoveWindowsAI, a GitHub project that automates the removal of Copilot, Recall, AI-enhanced apps and hidden installers — and then attempts to block their reinstallation. Background...

When the Microsoft Store gets stuck on the spinning “Working…” indicator it’s more than an annoyance — it blocks app installs, stalls updates, and can break workflows that depend on UWP/MSIX applications. The problem usually traces to a handful of recurring causes (corrupted Store cache, stalled...

I turned a seven‑click, half‑minute morning ritual into a single, double‑clickable action by building a small PowerShell startup script and a desktop shortcut that wakes my PC, updates apps, opens my browser with the tabs I need, and fires up chat — all automatically. What started as a tiny...

A convincing fake Windows Update screen is the latest disguise in the evolving ClickFix campaign, and the attack chain’s new tricks — automatic clipboard poisoning, PNG steganography and a .NET “Stego Loader” — show a clear shift from simple social engineering to multi-stage, fileless delivery...

A top trading firm in Chicago is actively recruiting a Windows Systems Engineer to join an in-office team responsible for maintaining mission-critical Windows Server and virtualization infrastructure, administering Microsoft services (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Exchange, Group Policy)...