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Microsoft on May 19, 2026, assigned CVE-2026-45585 to YellowKey, a publicly disclosed BitLocker security feature bypass affecting Windows 11 24H2, 25H2, 26H1, and Windows Server 2025 systems, and issued mitigation guidance while it prepares a full security update. The uncomfortable part is not...

Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC features are missing from most Windows 11 machines because Microsoft tied many of its newest on-device AI tools to specific hardware: a supported processor with an NPU rated at 40 TOPS or higher, 16GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and Windows 11 version 24H2 or later. That is...

Microsoft’s May 14, 2026 Release Preview builds for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 put a new performance change on deck for broad release, promising faster app launches and snappier shell surfaces such as Start, Search, and Action Center. The interesting part is not merely that Windows may feel...

KB5089169 Brings AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider Update 2.2604.1.0 to Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 Microsoft has published KB5089169, an update for the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider component on supported Windows 11 systems. The update is listed as AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider update version...

Microsoft has published KB5089168, a Windows Update-delivered refresh for the NVIDIA TensorRT-RTX Execution Provider, moving the component to version 2.2604.1.0 for Windows 11 version 24H2 and Windows 11 version 25H2 systems. The update targets one of the most important but least visible layers...

Title: Windows 11 24H2 PCs Are Being Moved to 25H2, but April’s KB5083769 Problems Make the Timing Messy Meta description: Microsoft is automatically moving unmanaged Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro devices to Windows 11 25H2 before 24H2 support ends on October 13, 2026, while reports of KB5083769...

When you open a ZIP file in Windows 11, the “wrong app” may actually be the one you’ve been using all along. Microsoft has steadily expanded File Explorer’s archive handling, and on Windows 11 version 24H2 the built-in experience now supports ZIP, RAR, 7z, and TAR archives without requiring a...

Microsoft admitted Windows 11 went off track — now they're fixing it. Here's everything coming in the April 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5086672) and the full 2026 roadmap.

Microsoft has released KB5084172, a new Image Processing AI component update for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs, and the packaging tells us a lot about where Windows AI is headed. This is not a flashy consumer-facing feature drop; it is a quiet servicing update for the local AI pipeline that helps...

Microsoft’s March 26, 2026 Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11 version 26H1, tracked as KB5081151, lands at a moment when a much bigger platform transition is coming into view: the June 2026 Secure Boot certificate expiration. In practical terms, this is not just another maintenance package...

Microsoft’s latest Phi Silica package for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs is a quiet but telling sign of where Windows AI is headed: more on-device intelligence, tighter hardware coupling, and smaller but more frequent model updates delivered through Windows Update. The component update, identified...

Microsoft has quietly shipped another targeted Phi Silica update for Copilot+ PCs, this time for AMD-powered systems running Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. The package, KB5084167, delivers Phi Silica version 1.2603.373.0 and continues Microsoft’s steady expansion of on-device AI as a...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a new Image Processing AI component update for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs, and the pattern is familiar: a small version bump, a narrow hardware scope, and a delivery method that happens mostly in the background through Windows Update. The package, KB5084173, advances...

Microsoft has quietly pushed out a new Image Transform AI component update for Copilot+ PCs, and while the changelog is brief, the implications are broader than the single version number suggests. The update, KB5084174, brings Image Transform to version 1.2603.373.0 and is explicitly aimed at...

Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday cycle has delivered yet another reminder that even well-tested Windows servicing can still trip over identity and networking edge cases. The company has now acknowledged that KB5079473, the March 10, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2, can...

Microsoft quietly confirmed what users have been asking for: Modern Standby in Windows 11 will stop allowing most background activity to forcibly wake a sleeping PC and draining its battery, because beginning with Windows 11, version 24H2 the OS now limits wake sources when excessive drain is...

Windows 11’s recent update cycle has once again exposed how fragile the hardware–software handshake can be: multiple user reports and vendor advisories show that changes in Windows 11’s Host Memory Buffer (HMB) negotiation and related storage behavior in version 24H2 triggered system instability...

On February 3, James Madison University’s IT organization will begin a campus-wide upgrade of endpoints running Windows 11 v23H2 to v24H2, a staged move that IT says will complete in two production phases and includes a short but unavoidable connectivity window during the install. The...

Users installing Windows 11’s 24H2 updates found their machines mysteriously “heavier” — an 8.63 GB Windows Update cache that resisted cleanup tools — while, in a very different arena, surgeons at Burjeel Medical City in Abu Dhabi executed a painstaking 10‑hour microsurgical replantation to save...

Microsoft is ending support for several Windows and Office releases in 2026, with the most notable retirements—Windows 11, version 24H2 (Home/Pro) and Office 2021—reaching end of servicing on October 13, 2026, while specialized editions such as Windows 11 SE and Enterprise/education variants of...