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Microsoft’s KB5074110, published 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 — and it arrives at a delicate moment for IT teams because it also touches...

Windows 11 reaching one billion users — and doing it faster than Windows 10 — is the kind of headline that gets product teams, OEM partners, and IT departments talking. Microsoft quietly confirmed the milestone during its fiscal Q2, 2026 commentary, and company executives have since framed the...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds 26100.7701 and 26200.7701 (packaged as KB5074105) to the Release Preview Channel, delivering a mix of targeted Copilot+ PC enhancements, platform-wide quality fixes, and a handful of noteworthy system-level changes that administrators and...

Highguard verlangt, dass Ihr System mit aktivem Secure Boot und einem bereitgestellten TPM 2.0 startet — wenn diese Voraussetzungen fehlen, verweigert das Spielstartverfahren den Start und zeigt eine entsprechende Fehlermeldung an. Viele Spieler stehen deshalb vor der Frage: Wie aktiviere ich...

Highguard’s PC launch is already stirring debate: the free‑to‑play PvP raid shooter requires platform‑level security—Secure Boot and TPM 2.0—and won’t launch unless those features are present and properly configured. That requirement is driven by the game’s use of kernel‑level anti‑cheat (Easy...

Microsoft pushed a string of Windows updates over the weekend that try to clean up several regressions introduced by the January Patch Tuesday rollouts — and at the same time have started a phased, OS-driven refresh of Windows' Secure Boot certificates that will touch millions of devices ahead...

Secure Boot stops unsigned or tampered code from running before Windows loads, and enabling it on a Windows 11 PC is one of the highest‑impact security steps you can takeye — but it must be done in the right order with careful preparation to avoid data loss or BitLocker lockouts. Background /...

Microsoft is holding a second Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) focused on the Secure Boot certificate update campaign on February 5 — an event aimed squarely at IT teams, security engineers, and device managers who need to prepare Windows devices for the retirement of legacy Secure Boot certificate...

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...

Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday includes a narrowly targeted but high‑impact fix that refreshes expiring Secure Boot certificates on Windows devices — a preventive update that closes a small window attackers could use to install persistent bootkits before the operating system loads. The...

Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday includes a high-priority update that refreshes expiring Secure Boot certificates on Windows devices — a preventative, must-install fix that closes a narrow but critical window attackers could use to install persistent bootkits before the OS loads. rview UEFI...

Microsoft’s first scheduled Windows 11 cumulative update of 2026 began rolling out on January 13, 2026 as KB5074109, advancing consumer installs to OS Build 26200.7623 (25H2) and 26100.7623 (24H2) while delivering a mix of security patches, reliability fixes and a handful of operational changes...

Microsoft has quietly begun the first wave of vendor-signed Windows updates for 2026 — an event that looks routine at first glance but carries outsized importance for two very different groups: Windows 10 holdouts who are running machines past the platform’s end-of-support date, and buyers (and...

The January 2026 Windows security update begins a staged, vendor-driven hardening of Kerberos by changing default Kerberos encryption behavior on domain controllers and introducing audit and enforcement mechanisms that phase out RC4-derived service tickets; at the same time, Microsoft and OEM...

Microsoft has started rolling out the January 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11—KB5074109—which advances affected machines to OS Build 26200.7623 (25H2) or 26100.7623 (24H2) and bundles this month's security fixes, quality improvements, and a phased distribution of updated Secure Boot...

A patch released in January 2026 is causing some Windows 11 PCs to restart when users try to shut them down or put them to sleep, and Microsoft has published an emergency workaround while it works on a permanent fix. Background / Overview Microsoft shipped its January cumulative updates on...

Microsoft has quietly shipped the first Windows 10 security rollup of 2026 — KB5073724 — and while it doesn’t add new features, it delivers several operationally important changes that every Windows 10 user (especially administrators and anyone running older hardware) needs to understand and...

Microsoft’s January cumulative for Windows 11 landed as a heavy-duty security baseline and a mixed operational bag: KB5074109 patches more than a hundred vulnerabilities and fixes device-level problems — notably an NPU power-state bug and preparations for Secure Boot certificate rotation — but...

Microsoft is quietly rolling out replacement Secure Boot certificates to Windows devices because several Microsoft-issued UEFI certificates from 2011 begin expiring in mid‑2026, and systems that still rely on those old certificates risk losing the ability to receive security updates for pre‑boot...

Zorin OS 18’s surge to roughly two million downloads, a set of targeted Windows updates and Insider fixes, a looming Secure Boot certificate transition, and a smattering of browser- and gaming-related developments together paint a fast-moving opening quarter for the desktop ecosystem — one where...