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With the clock counting down to October 14, 2025, millions of PCs face a stark choice: upgrade to Windows 11, pay for a short-term safety net, or keep running an increasingly risky, unsupported Windows 10—while the debate over hardware compatibility, drivers and sustainability suddenly looks...

Microsoft's hard deadline for Windows 10 support — October 14, 2025 — has shifted the conversation for IT leaders from “if” to how fast and how wisely to move, and the time for planning alone has passed: organisations must now execute migration plans that protect security, preserve productivity...

Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and that deadline turns a decade-old, still‑widely used operating system into a growing security liability unless you act now. 10 has been a workhorse for hundreds of millions of PCs, but when Microsoft stops shipping...

Microsoft’s move to extend certain Windows 10 security updates changes the immediate calculus for businesses and IT teams — it is a pragmatic reprieve, not a permanent fix, and treating it as anything other than a final planning window risks expensive, complex consequences. Background: what...

IGEL’s message landed at an awkwardly perfect moment: as Broadcom’s reshaping of VMware nudges enterprises toward migration decisions and Microsoft’s timetable for Windows 10 reaches its endpoint, IGEL is pitching a simple — and radical — premise for enterprises that want to shrink the endpoint...

Microsoft’s move to let Windows 10 be deployed as a cloud-streamed OS through Azure-powered virtualization services marks a decisive step in putting the full Windows desktop inside enterprise cloud operations—and it changes how IT teams should think about provisioning, licensing, and security...

Windows 10’s official support clock is ticking down, but for many users the practical choice isn’t a rush to upgrade — it’s a careful, measured decision to stay where stability, compatibility, and control still work best for them. The operating system will reach end of support on October 14...

Microsoft’s move to put the full Windows desktop into the cloud—branded as Windows 365 and marketed around the new “Cloud PC” concept—changed how organizations and users think about Windows devices: instead of tying a personalized Windows experience to a single laptop or desktop, Microsoft...

Microsoft’s advisory lists CVE-2025-53722 as a denial-of-service flaw in Windows Remote Desktop Services caused by uncontrolled resource consumption, allowing an attacker who can send requests over the network to exhaust resources and render RDS unavailable. Background Remote Desktop Services...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-53718 describes a use‑after‑free (UAF) flaw in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) that can be triggered by a locally authorized user to obtain elevated privileges on affected Windows hosts — a kernel‑level...

Microsoft has confirmed CVE-2025-53132 — a race‑condition elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in the Windows Win32k – GRFX component — and administrators must treat affected hosts as high‑priority patch targets while applying layered mitigations to reduce immediate risk. Background Windows’...

CVE-2025-50176 — DirectX Graphics Kernel Type‑Confusion RCE Author: Security Analysis Desk — August 12, 2025 TL;DR CVE-2025-50176 is a type‑confusion vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel (dxgkrnl / DirectX graphics subsystem) that Microsoft categorizes as enabling local...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50172: a vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel that permits authorized attackers to cause a denial‑of‑service (DoS) by allocating graphics resources without limits or throttling, potentially disrupting hosts and virtualized workloads that...

Microsoft's Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-50161 as a heap-based buffer overflow in the Win32K GRFX subsystem that allows an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges, and administrators should treat this as a high-priority patching item for all affected Windows hosts. Background...

Microsoft’s Windows 365 lineup has a new tool in the business continuity toolkit: Windows 365 Reserve, a standalone subscription that hands each covered user a short allotment of temporary Cloud PC access to keep work moving when a primary endpoint goes offline. The service—now running in a...

As the countdown begins toward Windows 10’s End of Life on October 14, 2025, millions of devices face a pivotal crossroads. After this date, Microsoft will discontinue all security updates and technical support for Windows 10, leaving the popular operating system increasingly vulnerable to...

Among the sprawling landscapes of contemporary healthcare IT, the increasingly complex, high-stakes role of the Senior Systems Administrator emerges as both a crucial linchpin and a formidable challenge. As seen through the recent job posting for IT Operations at Sault Area Hospital—advertised...

As the long shadow of Windows 10’s end-of-life stretches over the global IT landscape, millions of businesses and individuals are now confronting a monumental decision: whether to embark on a full-scale refresh of their Windows PCs. October 14, 2025, marks the date when Microsoft’s ubiquitous...

Omnissa, the company that emerged from VMware's end-user computing division, has expanded its App Volumes product to support physical PCs. This strategic move aims to extend the benefits of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) application management to a broader range of devices, including...

Microsoft’s latest move in the cloud computing arena marks a significant evolution for enterprise IT management: the introduction of Windows 365 Cloud Apps, which allows IT administrators to deliver individual applications—such as Word or Outlook—directly from Cloud PCs without the overhead of...