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Microsoft’s message to owners of older PCs is blunt: don’t force Windows 11 onto hardware that doesn’t meet the minimum requirements. What started as a handful of registry workarounds to unlock the upgrade has become a broader advisory from Redmond — and a reminder that the compatibility rules...

A routine January Patch Tuesday rollup (KB5074109) accidentally left parts of Microsoft’s classic Outlook experience unstable for a measurable number of users, triggering freezes, lingering OUTLOOK.EXE processes, lost Sent Items and a rapid sequence of follow‑up fixes and mitigations from...

Windows updates are no longer background chores — they’re front-page events that shape device reliability, user trust, and IT policy, and a recent cluster of BetaNews stories neatly illustrates why: practical rollback guides for feature updates sit alongside celebratory pieces about the most...

Hello, I rolled back the system to Restore Point and then undid it (using Windows tools), which resulted in approximately 60GB of disk space being lost. In other words, as a result of this “empty” operation, the status of the operating system itself did not change, but the memory disappeared. I...

If your mouse, webcam or GPU suddenly misbehaves, the fix may be as simple — and as fraught — as updating the driver: a tiny piece of software that tells Windows how to talk to the hardware. The step‑by‑step guidance many outlets recommend — check Windows Update first, then the device maker, and...

Microsoft’s latest recovery tool for Windows 11 — Point‑in‑time Restore — delivers a fast, local rollback that can return a PC to the exact system state it had at a chosen timestamp, restoring the OS, installed apps, settings and many local files without a full disk image or separate backup...

Windows 11’s recent servicing cycle has slipped from irritating bugs into operational risk: critical shell components fail to initialize, recovery environments lose input, developer localhost servers break, and a steady stream of cumulative updates has forced administrators and home users into...

Rolling back a problematic Windows feature update is often the fastest way to restore a stable, usable PC—but doing it safely requires a clear plan, the right recovery path, and an awareness of the trade‑offs involved. Background / Overview Microsoft builds a safety net into Windows feature...

Last month’s forced farewell to Windows 10 and a blunt, public critique from a former Microsoft engineer have exposed a widening gulf between the operating system Microsoft builds for “everyone” and what experienced users actually want to do with their PCs. The company’s marketing — including a...

Microsoft has quietly walked back a contentious Windows Update UI experiment: after removing month-year prefixes and other familiar tokens from update titles, the company says it will restore the date (month and year) to the client-facing update strings following fast, organized pushback from IT...

A wide-ranging October 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5066835), and at least one related preview package, has broken many local IIS-hosted sites and developer workflows — causing ERR_CONNECTION_RESET, ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR and outright failure of localhost-based services for...

Microsoft’s October cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5066835) introduced a high-impact regression that broke localhost-based web services for many developers and some production desktop applications, forcing dozens of teams to apply emergency mitigations or roll back the update entirely to...

Microsoft’s Secure Boot update FAQ makes clear that a coordinated, multi-step transition is now live: Windows will roll new 2023 signing certificates into UEFI variables and update the Windows boot manager to preserve Secure Boot protection ahead of the 2011 CA expirations, but the rollout...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27943 to the Canary Channel — a compact, maintenance‑focused flight that addresses several user‑facing annoyances while flagging two significant deployment blockers Insiders and developers must weigh before installing. Background / Overview...

Microsoft’s clock on Windows 10 is ticking, and for many users the practical question is no longer “should I upgrade?” but “how do I upgrade safely and with the least friction?” Background Microsoft has set a hard stop on mainstream security updates for Windows 10: the platform reaches...

Microsoft confirmed a regional outage that left Outlook and Exchange Online users in North America struggling with login failures, server-connection errors and delayed mail delivery, then rolled back changes and applied optimizations to restore service — while choosing not to publish full...

Microsoft's fix for the Windows 10 October 2018 update fiasco was less a single patch than a two‑part response: an immediate halt and guidance to affected users, and direct recovery assistance via Microsoft support technicians who were equipped with specialized recovery tools to attempt to...

Microsoft has pushed another Canary‑channel preview for Windows 11 — build 27943 — that stitches up a cluster of user‑visible annoyances while leaving two serious deployment blockers on the books. The flight addresses a persistent Settings > System > Storage > Temporary files scanning hang...

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 10 Build 19045.6388 (KB5066198) to the Release Preview Channel, delivering a targeted quality rollup for devices on Windows 10, version 22H2 that focuses on reliability, enterprise scenarios, and a handful of practical fixes rather than broad consumer-facing...

Today’s Windows Insider push is intentionally modest but contextually significant: Microsoft has released Windows 10, version 22H2 — Build 19045.6388 (KB5066198) to the Release Preview Channel, a cumulative update described by the Windows Insider Program Team as “a small set of general...