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ROG Ally owners are reporting that ASUS Armoury Crate and its supporting services are being blocked by Windows 11's Smart App Control (SAC), leaving handheld gaming features, firmware pathways, and per‑game performance profiles unusable until the security feature is disabled or other workarounds...

Asus’s Armory Crate SE — the hub that lets ROG Ally owners tune TDP, switch performance profiles, remap controls and apply firmware updates — has begun failing across a wide set of handhelds after recent Windows 11 changes. The symptom is a blunt, unhelpful error: “Oops! There was an issue with...

Windows 11’s security layers have tripped over the software that makes some devices useful, leaving owners of ROG Xbox Ally handhelds and a growing number of desktop users choosing between broken features and weakened protection. What began as a cluster of community reports has crystallized into...

In a maddening twist for early adopters, Microsoft’s Windows 11 security feature Smart App Control (SAC) has started flagging and blocking core ASUS software on ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, leaving owners with crippled Armoury Crate functionality, blocked updates, and an awkward choice between full...

Microsoft’s Smart App Control has accidentally left a lot of ROG Xbox Ally owners staring at an “Oops” error and a crippled Armoury Crate experience — and the fallout exposes a serious tension between aggressive OS-level security and the device-specific software that makes Windows handhelds work...

Windows 11’s new Smart App Control has just collided with the fragile integration that makes the Xbox Ally and ROG Ally feel like polished handhelds: users report Armoury Crate SE refusing to launch, background services being blocked, and firmware/update flows interrupted — and the immediate...

ASUS’s latest firmware and Armoury Crate SE roll‑out for the ROG Xbox Ally family gives owners a practical opt‑out from Microsoft’s in‑game Copilot assistant while delivering several stability and usability fixes that matter for everyday handheld play. Background: why this update matters now The...

The handheld-PC showdown that began in earnest with Valve’s Steam Deck has matured into a far more complicated contest: Valve’s focus on efficiency and polish versus ASUS and Microsoft’s push for raw Windows-powered performance and ecosystem flexibility, with the ROG Ally family—especially the...

The Xbox-branded ROG Ally X arrives as a study in contrasts: a stunning piece of handheld hardware that feels like the future of portable Xbox play, yet one that too often behaves like a launch‑window Windows PC in need of multiple patches. The reviewer experience Windows Central published...

A recent leak and multiple platform signals suggest Microsoft may be testing a plan to bring original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles to Windows PCs and handhelds such as ASUS’ ROG Ally by extending Xbox backwards compatibility (BC) beyond consoles — an initiative that, if real, would reshape how Xbox...

The JerryRigEverything teardown of the ROG Xbox Ally X makes short work of any illusions that a $1,000 handheld is automatically invulnerable to everyday wear — and it should be required viewing for anyone who plans to toss this device in a bag without protection. The visual evidence is stark...

Microsoft and ASUS’s new handhelds have been promising a console‑like, portable Xbox experience — but for many early owners the headline feature that matters most, a stable internet connection, has been flaky: Xbox Ally, Ally X and several ROG/Windows handhelds with the MediaTek Wi‑Fi adapter...

Microsoft and ASUS have begun rolling out a preview of Default Game Profiles for the ROG Xbox Ally family, a hands‑off, per‑title power and FPS management system designed to deliver smoother frame pacing and longer battery life on battery‑powered sessions—and it’s arriving alongside a broader...

Microsoft and ASUS have delivered a genuinely ambitious take on a handheld Windows 11 gaming PC with the ROG Xbox ALLY X — a device that wears Xbox branding and a controller-first layout, yet behaves like a full Windows machine under the hood, promising “Xbox, anywhere” with PC-level flexibility...

Switching my ROG Ally X from Windows 11 to SteamOS turned the device from a fiddly, underused handheld into a genuinely enjoyable on‑the‑go gaming machine — the interface is cleaner, the Steam‑first workflow fits the handheld form factor, and in real‑world tests I saw measurable improvements in...

Marc Saltzman’s “Tech It Out” segments have gone national this holiday season: in partnership with News Media Group, Inc. and ASUS, Saltzman is fronting a paid Satellite Media Tour (SMT) that packages short, broadcast-friendly gift guides around three clear messages — upgrade away from...

The ASUS ROG XBOX Ally X is a hardware tour de force — the most capable Windows handheld available at launch — but its full potential is repeatedly hamstrung by the realities of running Windows 11 atop a general-purpose PC stack rather than a purpose-built console OS. Background / Overview ASUS...

The ROG Xbox Ally family is not simply a new portable console or another gaming mini‑PC — it’s a deliberate hybrid that tries to be both, marrying ASUS ROG hardware with Microsoft’s Xbox front end on a full Windows 11 platform to deliver a controller‑first handheld that still behaves like a PC...

Marc Saltzman’s holiday “Tech It Out” Satellite Media Tour with News Media Group and ASUS put a clear marker on this year’s shopping calendar: upgrade to secure Windows 11 PCs and consider ASUS’s new Copilot+‑ready laptops and the ROG Xbox Ally family as this season’s headline tech gifts...

Marc Saltzman’s “Tech It Out” holiday push with News Media Group and ASUS deploys a classic broadcast playbook — a nationwide Satellite Media Tour (SMT) of short, local TV segments — to promote Windows 11 upgrades, ASUS Copilot+ laptops, and the new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds as top holiday tech...