Microsoft’s guidance on Windows Secure Boot key creation and management is a clear signal: organizations and advanced users must prepare now for a multi-year certificate rollover that touches firmware, OS variables, and update pipelines — and that preparation requires coordinated firmware...
Microsoft suffered another Microsoft 365 service disruption this week when Office.com and access to Copilot were knocked offline for many North American users after a configuration change the company later rolled back, restoring service after several hours of disruption.
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The incident...
Microsoft’s cloud productivity stack stumbled this week when users across North America reported problems accessing Office.com and the Copilot assistant; Microsoft confirmed a critical incident (MO1138499), investigated telemetry and network traces, and mitigated the disruption by reverting a...
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Microsoft released an out‑of‑band update on August 19, 2025—KB5066189—for Windows 11 devices on the 22621 and 22631 build families (OS Builds 22621.5771 and 22631.5771). The package is an optional, non‑security rollup that patches a regression introduced by the August 2025 monthly updates...
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 cumulative update has been linked by multiple community tests and vendor advisories to a storage regression that, under specific conditions, can make some NVMe SSDs disappear during large sustained writes — risking data corruption or loss — and has reignited a...
Microsoft has quietly closed a Windows upgrade pothole that was preventing some Windows 10 and Windows Server systems from completing certain in-place upgrades, resolving a Windows Setup error that surfaced after this month’s Patch Tuesday rollout. (neowin.net, support.microsoft.com)
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Microsoft pushed a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) update for select Snapdragon X–powered Surface devices that, in some cases, has removed the user-accessible Battery Limit toggle and left machines unable to charge beyond roughly 50 percent—effectively halving usable battery...
If you’re a Windows Insider, the updates that land on your device are not just routine security patches — they can include preview features, experimental fixes, and staged changes that won't necessarily appear in retail Windows for months (or ever). This guide decodes the entries you see under...
If you're a Windows Insider, the updates you see in Settings > Windows Update > Update history can include preview features, experimental fixes, and servicing changes that aren't part of the regular consumer release cadence—Microsoft published a concise hub article explaining exactly that and...
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Microsoft’s latest cumulative for Windows 11 24H2 has been tied to a small but serious cluster of storage failures that can make NVMe SSDs disappear during heavy writes and, in a handful of cases, leave data unreadable — a scare that underscores why updating and backup discipline still matters...
Went to use my laptop today and keyboard, Bluetooth and wifi were all broken.
Tried a few things including a number of restarts but nothing worked. Noticed kb5063878 had been installed a few days ago, uninstalled it and everything started working again. Decided not to leave it switched on...
Flyoobe 1.2 arrives as a focused, pragmatic tool that folds the original Flyby11 upgrade bypass into a broader Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) customization suite — and with that consolidation comes both useful capabilities for hobbyists and admins and significant security, support, and compliance...
Today’s Beta-channel drop from the Windows Insider Program lands as a small but significant checkpoint in the Windows 11, version 24H2 servicing stream: Microsoft published Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 (packaged as KB5064071) to Beta Channel Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2 —...
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (Dev Channel) — what IT should know
By WindowsForum Staff — August 15, 2025
Summary
Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) to the Dev Channel on August 15, 2025. The flight continues Microsoft’s...
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Microsoft’s optional July preview (KB5062660) and the August cumulative that rolled its fixes into mainstream channels have produced a repeatable Event Viewer error — CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) Event ID 57 — that logs “The ‘Microsoft Pluton Cryptographic Provider’ provider was not...
Microsoft has confirmed that Event Viewer entries reporting a CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) error are appearing on Windows 11 version 24H2 after recent updates, but the company says these logs are cosmetic and do not affect running apps or network connectivity. Background
Windows 11’s...
Microsoft’s latest cumulative rollup for Windows 10, KB5063709, quietly arrived as part of the August Patch Tuesday cycle and does what Microsoft says it will: restore a broken ESU enrollment flow, harden firmware-level protections, and tidy up a handful of stability and input regressions as the...
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Microsoft is again telling Windows 11 users to “ignore” a worrying-looking Event Viewer message after another round of updates and rollback confusion left Event ID 2042 entries populating security logs — a problem traced to an under-development firewall feature rather than a malfunctioning...
Title: What you need to know about August 12, 2025 — KB5063875 (OS Builds 22621.5768 / 22631.5768)
Summary (TL;DR)
Microsoft released the August 12, 2025 cumulative security update KB5063875 for Windows 11 (builds 22621.5768 for 22H2/23H2 servicing branch and 22631.5768 for the 23H2 ring). This...
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Microsoft released a hotpatch for Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 today — KB5064010 (OS Build 26100.4851) — delivering targeted security and quality improvements while bundling the latest servicing stack update and extending hotpatch availability to eligible Arm64 Enterprise devices. Background...