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    Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: What IT Pros Need to Validate

    Releasing Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Release Preview Channel — what you need to know (for Insiders, IT pros, and forum readers) Today (August 29, 2025) the Windows Insider team made this year’s annual feature update — Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) — available in the Release...
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    Windows Backup for Organizations: Release Preview Adds Tenant‑Gated Restore

    Microsoft’s August preview updates quietly deliver a major new enterprise capability: Windows Backup for Organizations has been promoted into Release Preview and is being positioned as the supported, tenant‑gated path for backing up and restoring user settings and Microsoft Store app lists in...
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    Windows 10 19045.6276 Release Preview: ESU network control, Backup GA, Secure Boot expiry

    Microsoft’s Release Preview push for Windows 10 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) is a terse but consequential update: delivered as an optional, non-security cumulative preview, it bundles a set of targeted reliability fixes while surfacing two management-facing capabilities that matter to IT teams —...
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    Windows Backup for Organizations Hits Release Preview with KB5064080

    Microsoft has quietly moved Windows Backup for Organizations from preview into the Release Preview channel with the optional, non‑security cumulative update KB5064080 (Build 22631.5837 / OS Build 22621.5840), pairing a cluster of targeted reliability fixes with a strategically important...
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    KB5064080 August 2025 Preview: Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise Backup & Management

    Microsoft has published a non‑security preview update for Windows 11, version 23H2 — KB5064080 — delivered as an optional Release Preview package that bundles a set of targeted reliability fixes, a servicing‑stack refresh, and an enterprise‑facing capability that Microsoft calls Windows Backup...
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    Windows 11 KB5064080 Release Preview: Reliability fixes & Windows Backup for Organizations

    Microsoft has pushed a targeted Release Preview update identified as KB5064080 into the Windows 11 servicing stream, delivering incremental reliability fixes across File Explorer, storage (ReFS), networking (SMB over QUIC), input/IME handling, device‑management policy enforcement and more — and...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Goes Coherent: Dark Dialogs and a Black Screen Crash

    After nearly a decade of half-finished theming work, Windows 11’s Dark Mode finally begins to behave like a coherent system feature: preview builds now render many of the long‑standing white “flashbang” file‑operation dialogs in dark chrome, while Microsoft simultaneously adjusts the platform’s...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Gains Real Dialog Darkening in Staged Release Preview

    Microsoft’s long‑running dark‑mode problem is beginning to look less like an unfinished promise and more like a deliberate, staged repair: recent Windows Insider and Release Preview builds contain code that darkens a cluster of previously glaring white file‑operation dialogs, and community...
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    Windows 11 September 2025 Update: Staged AI Features & Copilot+ Rollout

    Microsoft is preparing a substantial set of Windows 11 feature updates that start arriving in staged preview channels now and should reach general users in the weeks ahead, bringing a mix of practical quality‑of‑life fixes, broader UI polish and an expanded set of AI-driven tools—some of which...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode extends to legacy file dialogs in Insider builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun fixing one of Windows 11’s most conspicuous usability sins: long‑neglected file‑operation dialogs that forced bright white “flashbang” popups into Dark Mode are now rendering with dark chrome in Insider preview builds, and the underlying code is rolling out in the...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode extends to file dialogs in Insider builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun repairing one of Windows 11’s most persistent annoyances: several long‑neglected file‑operation and system dialogs are now respecting the system Dark theme in recent Insider and Release Preview builds, marking the first visible progress toward a genuinely system‑wide...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Extends to Legacy File Dialogs in Insider Builds

    Windows 11’s dark mode has taken a meaningful step out of “half-finished” status: recent Insider and Release Preview builds now render several long‑neglected file‑operation dialogs in dark palettes, reducing the jarring white popups that have plagued dark‑theme users for years while signaling a...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Now Applies to File Operation Dialogs in Insider Preview

    Microsoft’s quiet theming work in recent Insider previews finally moves one of Windows’ most visible UX complaints from “annoying” to “fix-in-progress,” as file‑operation dialogs — the copy/move progress windows, delete confirmations, access‑denied prompts and similar surfaces — are now...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Extends to Legacy File Dialogs in Insider Builds

    Microsoft’s long‑running dark‑mode problem has finally stopped being a perpetually unfinished promise: recent Windows Insider preview builds now show several legacy file‑operation dialogs obeying the system Dark theme instead of popping up as blinding white interruptions. The change — visible in...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Expands to Legacy File Dialogs in Insider Builds

    Microsoft has quietly pushed a long‑requested visual fix: in recent Windows Insider preview builds, several legacy file‑operation dialogs now respect the system Dark theme instead of forcing bright, white backgrounds — a visible but incremental step toward a truly consistent Windows 11 dark mode...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Extends to Legacy Dialogs in August 2025 Preview

    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...
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    Windows 11 dark mode expands to legacy file dialogs in Insider builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun to close one of Windows 11’s most visible UX gaps: several long‑neglected file‑operation dialogs are now receiving dark‑theme treatments in recent Insider and Release Preview builds, a staged change that marks the most concrete progress toward a truly system‑wide dark...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Expands to File Dialogs in Preview Builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun to fix one of Windows 11’s most persistent frictions: the sudden, blinding white dialogs that have long broken the illusion of a system-wide Dark Mode. Recent Insider preview builds include dark-themed file-operation dialogs — copy/move progress windows, delete...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Extends to Legacy File Dialogs (Insider Preview)

    Microsoft has quietly started theming Windows 11’s long-neglected legacy file-operation dialogs to respect Dark Mode, turning the previously blinding white copy/move/progress and error pop-ups into a darker, less jarring experience for users running the system theme set to Dark. Background For...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode: File Dialogs Now Dark in Preview Build 26100

    Windows 11’s dark mode just got noticeably less embarrassing — Microsoft has started rolling dark themes into file-operation dialogs in recent preview builds, and that fix finally addresses one of the most frequently-complained-about “flashbang” moments users hit when copying, moving, or...
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