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    Microsoft Store Update Change: Pause-Only Window Replaces Permanent Auto-Updates

    Microsoft has quietly removed the long-standing, user-facing option to permanently switch off automatic app updates in the Microsoft Store for many consumer devices, replacing it with a pause-only model that forces automatic updates to resume after a short, fixed interval (commonly one through...
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    Windows 11 KB5063878 Triggers NVMe Drive Disappearances During Large Writes

    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...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode extends to legacy file dialogs in Insider builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun fixing one of Windows 11’s most conspicuous usability sins: long‑neglected file‑operation dialogs that forced bright white “flashbang” popups into Dark Mode are now rendering with dark chrome in Insider preview builds, and the underlying code is rolling out in the...
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    Windows 11 Insider Preview: Dark Theme for Legacy File Dialogs

    Microsoft’s latest Insider preview activity delivers the first tangible repair to a long-running visual grievance: several legacy file-operation dialogs in Windows 11 are now respecting the system Dark theme in test builds, reducing the jarring white “flash” users have endured for years while...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Now Applies to File Dialogs in Preview Builds

    Microsoft has quietly started repairing one of Windows 11’s most persistent visual grievances: several long-neglected file‑operation dialogs are now rendering in Dark Mode in preview builds, a staged change that addresses the jarring white “flashbang” popups users have complained about for...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Extends to Legacy Dialogs in August 2025 Preview

    Microsoft appears to be closing one of Windows’ longest-running cosmetic grievances: preview builds released in August 2025 show legacy file‑operation dialogs and several system prompts finally obeying the system Dark theme, reducing the jarring white “flash” that has plagued Dark Mode since the...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode now applies to file dialogs in preview build 26100.5061

    Microsoft has quietly begun to close one of Windows 11’s longest‑running UX gaps: preview builds now show a set of legacy file‑operation dialogs obeying the system Dark theme instead of blasting users with bright white popups, and Microsoft is shipping the code behind that change inside Windows...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Expands to Legacy File Dialogs in Insider Builds

    Microsoft’s long-running dark‑mode headache is finally showing measurable progress: recent Windows Insider preview builds (notably the 26100.xx series) are darkening a stubborn set of file‑operation and related system dialogs that previously forced bright white “flashbang” pop‑ups into otherwise...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Now Applies to File Operation Dialogs in Insider Preview

    Microsoft’s quiet theming work in recent Insider previews finally moves one of Windows’ most visible UX complaints from “annoying” to “fix-in-progress,” as file‑operation dialogs — the copy/move progress windows, delete confirmations, access‑denied prompts and similar surfaces — are now...
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    Microsoft Store Pauses App Updates for 1-5 Weeks: What Changes

    Microsoft has quietly removed the long-standing option in the Microsoft Store to keep automatic app updates turned off indefinitely — the Store now forces a time-limited pause that resumes updates automatically after a selected window (commonly one to five weeks), aligning Store behavior with...
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    Microsoft Store Update Change: Pause-Only Auto-Updates on Many Devices

    Microsoft has quietly changed the Microsoft Store’s update behavior so that, for many consumer devices, the long‑standing, user-facing option to permanently turn off automatic app updates no longer persists; instead the Store now offers only time‑limited pause windows (commonly one to five...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Expands to Legacy File Dialogs in Insider Build 26100

    Microsoft has quietly started to fix one of Windows 11’s most visible UX frustrations: long-neglected file‑operation dialogs (copy/move progress, delete confirmations, access‑denied and replace prompts) are now appearing with a proper dark theme in Insider preview builds, and the supporting code...
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    Windows 11 dark mode expands to legacy file dialogs in Insider builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun to close one of Windows 11’s most visible UX gaps: several long‑neglected file‑operation dialogs are now receiving dark‑theme treatments in recent Insider and Release Preview builds, a staged change that marks the most concrete progress toward a truly system‑wide dark...
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    Windows 11 KB5063878 Storage Fault: Drives Vanish Under Heavy Writes

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 — KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — has been linked by independent testers and enthusiast communities to a reproducible and severe storage fault: under sustained large sequential writes (reports center around the 50 GB range), certain NVMe SSDs—and a...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Expands to File Dialogs in Preview Builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun to fix one of Windows 11’s most persistent frictions: the sudden, blinding white dialogs that have long broken the illusion of a system-wide Dark Mode. Recent Insider preview builds include dark-themed file-operation dialogs — copy/move progress windows, delete...
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    Windows 11 dark mode expands to legacy file dialogs in Insider builds

    Microsoft has quietly begun to close one of Windows 11’s most persistent UX gaps by rolling dark-themed treatments into legacy file‑operation dialogs in recent Insider preview builds — a staged change visible in Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) and follow-up test flights that reduces the infamous...
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    Windows 10 Redstone Era: Two 2017 Updates and the Windows as a Service Shift

    Microsoft quietly confirmed that after the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) it planned two more major feature updates for 2017 — internally codenamed Redstone 2 and Redstone 3 — setting a cadence that would shape Windows 10’s “Windows as a Service” era and push new features through...
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    Microsoft Store now pauses app updates for 1–5 weeks, removing permanent off toggle

    Microsoft’s Microsoft Store app has quietly changed how it handles automatic app updates: the long‑standing user control to permanently switch automatic updates off in the Store UI is being removed for many consumer devices, and users can now only pause updates for a limited interval — typically...
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    Windows 11 Dark Mode Reaches Legacy Dialogs in Insider Preview Build 26100

    After more than half a decade of sudden, retina‑searing white popups in an otherwise dark desktop, Windows 11 is finally showing measurable progress toward a coherent system‑wide dark theme — and that progress is arriving in preview builds right now. Background: why this finally matters For many...
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    Windows 11 25H2 Preview: Enablement Update, UI Polish, AI Features

    Windows 11’s latest 25H2 preview builds polish many of the small, everyday interactions that shape how people work on Windows — from tidier context menus and smoother taskbar animations to Start menu reorganizations and File Explorer refinements — all delivered as part of an incremental...
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