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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade, ESU, and Alternatives

    Microsoft has fixed a hard deadline: Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025, and the calendar is not negotiable—users must choose to upgrade, buy a short-term extension, or accept growing security risk. Background / Overview Microsoft’s lifecycle policy for Windows 10 has been...
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    Windows 11 KB5063878 Update Not Linked to SSD Failures: What It Means

    Microsoft says its August Windows 11 security update (KB5063878) is not behind the recent wave of reports alleging SSDs and HDDs have been rendered inaccessible or corrupted, but the episode has exposed gaps in forensic clarity and left many users mistrustful of a conclusion drawn without a...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Edge/WebView2 Updates Through 2028 and Migration Planning

    Microsoft has made a clear, consequential distinction in the lifecycles of its platform and browser: Windows 10’s operating system support ends on October 14, 2025, but Microsoft Edge and the WebView2 runtime will continue to receive updates on Windows 10 (22H2) through at least October 2028 — a...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Unlocking Expertise: How Windows Office Hours Boost Enterprise IT Support and Management

    Windows Office Hours, scheduled for July 17, 2025, has emerged as a critical touchpoint for IT professionals looking to navigate the continuously evolving landscape of Windows 11, device management, and the complex intersection of cloud and on-premises technologies. With enterprises still...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Microsoft Overhauls Windows Update: Drivers, Hotpatching, and Unified Platform

    Microsoft’s latest overhaul of its Windows Update service is nothing short of a seismic shift for one of the world’s most widely used operating systems, signaling a concerted move away from legacy practices that have defined the Windows experience for decades. This ambitious initiative, now...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    MCP: The Ultimate Protocol Transforming AI Integrations and Data Access

    If you’ve ever been elbow-deep in spaghetti code, cursing the data gods for making even the simplest AI integrations feel like trying to plug a PS/2 mouse into a modern MacBook, then you might want to sit down (with a strong beverage): enter the Model Context Protocol, or MCP for short. It’s not...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Intermittent DHCP Connectivity Issues with ATIS Application on Windows 7 Clients

    I have a Linux based application, ATIS by Trapeze, that some of my users "sporadically" can't connect to. I am running a Windows 2008 R2 server with DCHP. The client workstations are Windows 7 x86. When a user experiences this problem, not being able to connect to ATIS, I can resolve it by...
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    • application issue atis client workstation connection issue dhcp fqdn ip configuration linux manual ip network access networking server management software compatibility static ip troubleshooting user experience vendor support windows 7 windows server workstation upgrade
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    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 and Intel 2915 ABG

    I've installed build 6801 on a laptop 3 years old that uses the Intel Wireless 2915 ABG. During the installation I was propmpted which wireless network I wanted to sign on to. I tired to install build 6956 first as an upgrade and it failed so I did a clean install and it didn't recognise that...
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    • ati drivers build 6801 build 6956 build 7000 clean install compatibility driver issues drivers installation intel 2915 laptop issues legacy hardware network connection tech support upgrade failure vendor support windows 7 windows vista wired connection wireless card
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    • Forum: Windows Networking
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