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Microsoft’s safety net for Windows 10 is being pulled back — and for many users that comfortable, familiar desktop could become progressively less secure unless action is taken now. com] Background / Overview Windows 10 reached its official end of mainstream support on October 14, 2025. That...

This week’s Microsoft beat was dominated by three tightly related themes: a broad, sometimes messy Patch Tuesday rollout that fixed a critical Notepad remote‑code execution flaw and began refreshing Secure Boot certificates; renewed signals that Microsoft is finally repairing Windows 11’s...

Microsoft’s KB5074110, published on January 29, 2026, is a targeted Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11, versions 24H2 and 25H2 (and Windows Server 2025) that refreshes the tiny but critical Setup runtime and related binaries used during feature upgrades, media-based installs, and recovery...

Microsoft released a Safe OS Dynamic Update designated KB5074111 for Windows 11, versions 24H2 and 25H2 on January 29, 2026, delivering targeted improvements to the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). The small but consequential package raises the WinRE image to version 10.0.26100.7701...

Microsoft released a targeted security rollup for Windows 10 on January 13, 2026 — KB5073724 — and is asking eligible systems to take it seriously: the update prepares devices for an imminent Secure Boot certificate renewal, removes four legacy in‑box modem drivers that carry high‑risk baggage...

Windows 10’s era of free, vendor-supplied security updates ended with a clear calendar cut‑off on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft’s replacement path is a time‑boxed, security‑only Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that shifts the burden — and in many cases the cost — of staying protected...

Microsoft’s early‑2026 Windows update rollout has a careful framing: it is not a sweeping, feature‑rich new edition of Windows being handed out for free, but a combination of time‑boxed security coverage, platform maintenance, and certificate refreshes that together look like a “free update”...

Microsoft has pushed the first Extended Security Updates (ESU) package for 2026 and confirmed what many administrators feared and some hoped for: a mandatory, high‑priority security rollout that fixes a large number of vulnerabilities and begins the phased replacement of Secure Boot certificates...

Microsoft’s January baseline cumulative, KB5074109, delivers a heavy set of security and quality fixes — including an important NPU power-state correction and preparatory Secure Boot certificate work — but it also introduced a client-side regression that can break Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and...

Windows 10's official end-of-support has forced a scramble — but a surprising ecosystem response is already here: community builds such as Tiny11 promise a lean, Windows 11-like experience on older machines, Microsoft has begun pushing the first major Windows 11 servicing of the year with...

Microsoft’s January 2026 Patch Tuesday brings a focused, security-first cumulative update to Windows 11 and Windows Server platforms: consumer and managed devices receive fixes rather than flashy features, while server editions are updated with distinct KB identifiers and targeted enterprise...

Microsoft has begun a staggered, OS‑level rollout of its AI assistant Copilot across Windows 11, turning what was once a sidebar experiment into a multimodal platform woven into the taskbar, Start menu, File Explorer and core update channels while other Windows 11 components—from Sticky Notes to...

Microsoft just gave Windows 10 users one last lifeline — but the window to grab it is small, conditional, and full of trade-offs you need to understand before you act. Overview Microsoft will stop regular security updates for consumer editions of Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, but it is...

Microsoft has warned that the original Windows Secure Boot certificates issued in 2011 are set to expire beginning in June 2026, and that systems which do not receive replacement certificates before that date may stop receiving critical pre‑boot security updates — leaving them exposed to...

Windows 10 reaches a hard stop on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has built a narrowly scoped, one‑year bridge that lets many consumers keep receiving critical security fixes through October 13, 2026 if they enroll in the new consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Background /...

Microsoft quietly published two targeted Dynamic Update packages for Windows 11, version 24H2 (and Windows Server 2025) — KB5065378 (a Setup Dynamic Update) and KB5064097 (a Safe OS / WinRE Dynamic Update) — on August 29, 2025, delivering refreshed setup binaries and a new Windows Recovery...

Microsoft’s August preview updates quietly deliver a major new enterprise capability: Windows Backup for Organizations has been promoted into Release Preview and is being positioned as the supported, tenant‑gated path for backing up and restoring user settings and Microsoft Store app lists in...

Microsoft’s Release Preview push for Windows 10 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) is a terse but consequential update: delivered as an optional, non-security cumulative preview, it bundles a set of targeted reliability fixes while surfacing two management-facing capabilities that matter to IT teams —...

Microsoft released an out‑of‑band update on August 19, 2025 — KB5066189 for Windows 11 (OS Builds 22621.5771 and 22631.5771) — to fix a high‑impact regression introduced earlier in the August security rollup that broke Reset and cloud recovery flows, while reiterating a separate, platform‑level...

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...