remote desktop

Connecting from a Mac to a Windows PC is no longer a niche trick; it’s a day‑to‑day workflow for developers, accountants, and hybrid workers who want the best of both worlds. With the Microsoft Remote Desktop client (and the newer Windows App consolidation on macOS), a properly configured...

Microsoft has pushed a small but notable maintenance update for Windows 10 Insiders in the Release Preview Channel — Build 19045.6388 (KB5066198) — marking another effort to squeeze extra stability and reliability out of Windows 10 as its lifecycle winds down. (windowsreport.com) Background...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5982 (KB5065790) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, delivering a broad set of reliability fixes and quality updates aimed at version 23H2 users and administrators. Background Windows Insider channels exist to stage changes before they reach...

With the clock counting down to October 14, 2025, millions of PCs face a stark choice: upgrade to Windows 11, pay for a short-term safety net, or keep running an increasingly risky, unsupported Windows 10—while the debate over hardware compatibility, drivers and sustainability suddenly looks...

Security researchers have observed a coordinated, large‑scale reconnaissance campaign probing Microsoft Remote Desktop services that began as a sudden one‑day spike and escalated into a torrent of scans — a pattern that looks less like opportunistic background noise and more like deliberate...

Microsoft has published its August 2025 non-security preview update for Windows 11 version 23H2 — KB5064080 (OS Build 22621.5840) — and it brings the long-awaited general availability of Windows Backup for Organizations along with a collection of quality fixes spanning Copilot reliability...

Whether you’re buying a new PC, upgrading an old one, or trying to avoid paying twice for an OS you don’t need, the practical difference between Windows 11 Home and Windows 11 Pro comes down to three real-world questions: what hardware will you run, how much remote and virtualization control do...

KDE Plasma 6.4.3 arrives as a small but consequential update, tightening the everyday experience on Wayland with a smarter default screen scaling choice and a raft of fixes across KWin, accessibility, notifications, and classic desktop widgets. Why a modest point release matters Plasma’s rapid...

Virtual machines are nothing mystical—yet a small stack of persistent myths keeps turning otherwise sensible choices into needless fear, wasted money, or fragile setups that break at the worst moment. The five misconceptions below are the ones most likely to trip up hobbyists, home-labbers, and...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 rollout has become the most consequential — and controversial — technology migration of the decade, one that now sits at the intersection of cloud strategy, AI ambitions, and investor calculus. What began as a measured, security-centric upgrade has devolved into a...

Microsoft’s move to put the full Windows desktop into the cloud—branded as Windows 365 and marketed around the new “Cloud PC” concept—changed how organizations and users think about Windows devices: instead of tying a personalized Windows experience to a single laptop or desktop, Microsoft...

Deep dive — Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) to the Release Preview Channel Published: August 14, 2025 Today Microsoft released Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) to the Release Preview Channel for Insiders on Windows 10, version 22H2. This flight is a relatively...

Microsoft today pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 (KB5064080) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, a targeted cumulative update for Windows 11, version 23H2 that bundles a set of quality fixes, device-management improvements, and a notable enterprise addition: Microsoft’s Windows Backup...

Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday is a heavyweight release: Redmond shipped fixes for more than a hundred security flaws, closed a clutch of high‑severity remote code execution and privilege‑escalation defects, and bundled new Windows 11 quality and AI‑adjacent features that will change how some...

Title: CVE-2025-50171 — Remote Desktop "Missing authorization" (spoofing) vulnerability — what admins must know and do now TL;DR (quick action checklist) This CVE (CVE-2025-50171) is a Microsoft-reported vulnerability in Remote Desktop Server described as a “missing authorization” that allows...

Mouse Keys is one of Windows’ oldest — and often overlooked — accessibility tools: it lets you use the numeric keypad on your keyboard to move the mouse pointer, click, double‑click, drag and drop, and change the active mouse button without touching a physical mouse. It’s a small feature with...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27919 to the Canary Channel on August 8, 2025, bringing a consolidated Settings UI for Windows Search, a new "Find apps" reorganization in Settings, a handful of input and File Explorer fixes, and a set of notable known issues that Insiders...

Microsoft has quietly moved to rationalize Windows Search by consolidating multiple search-related settings pages into a single, clearer settings hub in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27919, the latest Canary-channel release — a small but meaningful step toward taming an increasingly scattered...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27919 to the Canary Channel, introducing a consolidated Windows Search settings page and addressing several issues. Unified Windows Search Settings In this build, Microsoft has streamlined the Windows Search settings by merging the "Search...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27919 to the Canary Channel, introducing a consolidated Windows Search settings page and addressing several issues. Unified Windows Search Settings In this build, Microsoft has streamlined the Windows Search settings by merging the "Search...