If GoMovies pages won’t load, videos won’t play, or links keep redirecting to ads, these 15 practical fixes walk through the most common causes — from browser cache and extensions to DNS, system time, and network-level blocks — and show exactly how to resolve each one quickly and safely...
Windows 11’s Notepad has been modernized with formatting and AI features, but the classic, no-frills Notepad is still available — and with a few sensible tweaks you can run it side-by-side with Microsoft’s new Notepad or make it the editor that opens when you type notepad.exe. This article...
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Microsoft says its August Windows 11 security update KB5063878 is not to blame for a cluster of “vanishing” gaming SSD reports, but the episode has exposed a narrow, environment‑specific failure pattern that still leaves gamers and power users with real — and immediate — data‑safety decisions to...
Microsoft’s follow‑up investigation insists the August Windows 11 cumulative patch did not “brick” SSDs, but the story is far from a tidy conclusion: community test benches produced a repeatable failure fingerprint, controller vendor lab work failed to reproduce the fault, and Microsoft’s...
A new generation of low-cost ANT+ USB dongles — frequently sold under names like Anself, Fitcent, Mantel and other rebrands — has made indoor cycling and fitness data transfer cheap and convenient, but they also bring a mix of plug‑and‑play simplicity, intermittent driver headaches on Windows...
Microsoft’s follow-up on the August 2025 Windows 11 update controversy closes one public chapter: after an industry-wide probe, Redmond says it found no evidence that the August cumulative update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) caused the cluster of SSD disappearances and failures reported by...
If a single stubborn key is wrecking your workflow or interrupting your games in Windows 11, there are three practical ways to neutralize it: use Microsoft PowerToys for a quick and reversible software remap, edit the system registry’s Scancode Map for a deeper system-level block, or use a...
Microsoft’s patch for the long‑standing .NET Framework issue that broke apps using Active Directory Forest Trust information has surfaced again in reporting, but the story is more nuanced than a three‑year “finally fixed” narrative — the .NET/System.DirectoryServices regression was identified in...
Microsoft’s latest position is unambiguous: after an internal review and partner-assisted testing, the company reports it “found no connection” between the August 2025 Windows 11 security update and the series of SSD disappearances and failures circulating on social media — but the empirical...
Microsoft’s investigation into reports that the August 2025 Windows 11 cumulative update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) was “bricking” some consumer SSDs concludes — for now — that there is no detectable, platform‑wide link between the patch and the drive failures circulating on social media...
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Microsoft’s investigation into reports that the August 2025 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update (KB5063878) was bricking SSDs concludes, for now, that there is no detectable connection between the patch and the drive failures users reported — but the episode exposes how fragile trust is between OS...
Title: What the Microsoft KB (KB5065083) means for MDM / Intune enrollment — why “ApplicationVersion +1” happens, the risk, and what admins & MDM vendors should do
Summary (one sentence)
Microsoft confirmed that for certain older Windows 11 devices the enrollment request’s ApplicationVersion...
File Explorer is fine for most people — and with six focused PowerToys add‑ons it can be quietly transformed into a faster, smarter, and more forgiving file manager without leaving the familiar Windows shell.
Overview
Windows File Explorer has improved over the years, but it still leaves gaps...
Few things interrupt work faster than a mouse pointer that seems to vanish into thin air — but the disappearance of the mouse pointer is almost never supernatural. Whether it’s a program that hides the cursor on purpose, a driver hiccup, a multi-monitor alignment issue, or a power-management...
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If your Windows 11 PC stalls or shows a small error window while shutting down, and the culprit in Task Manager is LogTransport2.exe, you’re not alone — that background Adobe component is commonly responsible for shutdown hangs, and the fix is usually to stop Adobe’s telemetry from trying to...
Error 0x8000FFFF — the dreaded “Catastrophic failure” — is rarely fatal, but it’s a disruptive Windows error that often appears after an update, during a System Restore, or when a core servicing operation fails; it generally signals corrupted system files, a damaged component store, driver...
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The Wplace “500 Internal Server Error” is an HTTP server error that prevents the canvas from loading and blocks actions like placing pixels or signing in; while it usually means something failed on Wplace’s servers, a short, methodical troubleshooting run on the client side will tell you whether...
Phison says its lab work could not reproduce the Windows 11 SSD corruption reports that circulated after the August cumulative updates — but the episode exposes how fragile modern storage stacks can be when OS updates and controller firmware collide, and why backups, staged rollouts, and vendor...
Phison has confirmed it is investigating reports that a mid‑August Windows 11 cumulative update can trigger SSD instability — drives disappearing from Windows during sustained, heavy writes — and vendors, independent testers and Microsoft are coordinating forensic work while users are warned to...
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