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Rufus’ latest pre-release brings practical fixes that directly target the headaches technologists and enthusiasts hit when creating Windows 11 25H2 installation media—most notably a mode to produce Windows CA 2023–compatible USB media from a proper 25H2 ISO, a native dark theme, improved...

Microsoft’s official support clock for Windows 10 is winding down, and a growing cottage industry of community tools now offers a practical — if unofficial — path forward: build a pared-back Windows 11 installer with Tiny11, then write it to USB with Rufus to bypass Microsoft’s hardware checks...

Rufus’ latest release sharpens a tool millions rely on for creating bootable USB media: version 4.10 arrives with a native dark mode, formal support for Microsoft’s Windows UEFI CA 2023 Secure Boot certificates (so you can build 25H2-compatible Windows 11 media), the ability to save an existing...

Rufus 4.10 lands with a built-in dark theme, support for Microsoft’s new Windows UEFI CA 2023 signing model, the ability to save a USB stick back to ISO (UDF only), improved VHD/VHDX error reporting, and a handful of reliability fixes that matter to technicians, imaging engineers, and power...

Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 will stop receiving security updates and official support on October 14, 2025, and if you’re still running Windows 10 it’s time to pick a path forward — upgrade, buy new hardware, or choose a supported workaround. The good news for most users is that...

Tom’s Hardware’s practical rundown of free Windows applications lands where many of us live every day: the toolkit that keeps content, code, and media moving without a subscription bill. The list — which highlights ScreenToGIF, GIMP, Inkscape, Notepad++, Rufus, VLC, and HandBrake — is both a...

More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 even as Microsoft’s official support deadline looms, creating a wide and growing security gap that affects consumers, small businesses, and enterprise networks alike. New telemetry shared publicly via cybersecurity vendor...

Flyoobe is back online after a short, involuntary disappearance from GitHub — and the return brings a sharper focus on the Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) plus several pragmatic quality‑of‑life upgrades that make it a more complete tool for installing and shaping Windows 11 on unsupported hardware...

Flyoobe’s latest publicized build — the utility formerly known as Flyby11 — tightens the project’s shift from a single-purpose Windows 11 installer bypass into a compact, OOBE‑centric toolkit that promises both bypass mechanics (TPM, Secure Boot, CPU generation, RAM checks) and a cleaner, more...

Flyoobe — the community tool that started as a compact Windows 11 installer bypass — has quietly shifted into a broader Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) and installer toolkit, and its latest publicized update brings a redesigned initial setup UI along with tighter ISO handling, performance trims...

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 has quietly published official ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Windows Insider Preview downloads area, completing a key piece of release scaffolding for IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts even as most devices receive the feature update as a lightweight enablement package...

Rufus’s latest pre-release quietly delivers a handful of practical, user-facing updates — including an official dark mode and early support for the new Windows 11 25H2 boot media format — that matter more than they sound, especially for technicians still migrating fleets from Windows 10 ahead of...

Rufus, the go-to utility for creating bootable USB drives, has a new pre-release floating around that Neowin reports adds explicit support for Windows 11 25H2 ISOs and several convenience and reliability features — but the details matter for IT teams and power users, and not all of the claims...

Microsoft told many owners of older Windows 10 PCs they couldn’t move to Windows 11 — but hundreds of readers proved otherwise, using two straightforward workarounds to complete upgrades on hardware Microsoft’s installer flags as “incompatible.” The result: real-world evidence that the blockers...

Windows 11’s setup still nudges you toward a Microsoft account — but a handful of reliably tested workarounds let you get a classic, offline local account instead, and the choice you make affects everything from BitLocker recovery to OneDrive sync and feature availability. Background Microsoft...

Flyoobe’s latest update tightens the shift from a simple Windows 11 requirements bypass into a polished, OOBE-centric installer and debloat toolkit — delivering smarter app removal, refreshed views for first-run setup, and performance tweaks while also raising fresh support and security...

Windows ships with a competent baseline of tools, but for users who prefer transparency, control, and long-term maintainability, the open-source alternatives on this How‑To Geek roster are worth considering — this article examines the nine apps the original author installs on every fresh Windows...

Flyoobe 1.5 marks a deliberate shift: what began as a compact Windows 11 installer‑bypass has matured into a unified toolkit that combines upgrade mechanics with a full Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) customization suite, making clean installs, repairs, and first‑boot personalization easier for...

The small open‑source utility ecosystem that helps users install Windows 11 on older machines just took another step: the developer behind Flyby11 has expanded the project into Flyoobe and pushed an ISO‑aware update that adds preview Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) windows, improved ISO mounting...