Microsoft’s June 2026 Windows 11 security update arrived on June 9 as part of Patch Tuesday, delivering fixes for roughly two hundred Microsoft vulnerabilities across Windows and related products while also rolling in Windows 11 feature and reliability changes. The release is big enough to...
Microsoft released PowerToys 0.100 on June 9, 2026, for Windows users, adding a rebuilt Shortcut Guide, a Command Palette Extension Gallery, multi-monitor Dock support, Power Display reliability work, and a platform move to .NET 10. The version number is the least interesting part of the...
Microsoft will host a one-hour, chat-based Windows Office Hours event on June 18, 2026, on Microsoft Tech Community for IT professionals seeking guidance on Windows 11 adoption, device management, Zero Trust, cloud-native deployment, and hybrid Windows operations. The format is modest, but the...
Microsoft released KB5094126 for Windows 11 on June 9, 2026, bringing OS builds 26200.8655 and 26100.8655 to versions 25H2 and 24H2 with security fixes, servicing updates, and a new Low Latency Profile that briefly boosts CPU responsiveness during common shell actions. The headline sounds almost...
Microsoft is preparing a Windows 11 Settings option, reportedly shown to Windows Insider testers in early June 2026, that will let PC owners disable Bing-powered web results and Microsoft Store suggestions from Windows Search outside the European Economic Area. The change is small in UI terms...
Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Patch Tuesday release delivers cumulative Windows updates for Windows 11 25H2, 24H2, 23H2, and supported Windows 10 ESU/LTSC systems, addressing a record-sized security haul reported at 198 Windows flaws, including three publicly disclosed zero-days. It is the kind of...
Microsoft’s June 2026 Windows 11 update, identified in reports as KB5094126, is rolling out with a performance change that temporarily raises CPU clocks during app launches and core shell actions such as Start, Search, and Action Center. That sounds like a small scheduler tweak, and technically...
Microsoft released PowerToys 0.100.0 on June 9, 2026, for Windows users, adding a rebuilt Shortcut Guide, a Command Palette extension gallery, multi-monitor Dock support, Power Display fixes, ZoomIt recording improvements, and a platform move to .NET 10. The update is less a single headline...
Microsoft has updated Windows 11’s local Language Model APIs so developers can run Phi Silica workloads on non-Copilot+ PCs with Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series or newer GPUs and at least 6GB of VRAM, extending native on-device AI beyond the NPU-equipped machines Microsoft promoted in 2024. The...
Windows Central tested Windows 11 on an 8GB RAM PC after Computex 2026 revived the argument over budget-premium laptops, finding that everyday browsing, writing, streaming, light editing, and multitasking remained usable despite the system’s constrained memory. The result does not prove that 8GB...
Microsoft released KB5094126 on June 9, 2026, for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, bringing a wider rollout of a Low Latency Profile designed to make Start, Search, Action Center, taskbar flyouts, and app launches respond faster. That is the plain-English news; the more interesting story is...
Microsoft released the June 2026 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 on June 9, bringing KB5094126 to versions 24H2 and 25H2 and moving systems to OS builds 26100.8655 and 26200.8655 with security fixes, shell performance changes, camera sharing, Bluetooth audio sharing, richer NPU reporting...
Microsoft released the June 2026 Windows 11 cumulative update on June 9 for versions 24H2 and 25H2, delivering KB5094126 with OS builds 26100.8655 and 26200.8655, a broader rollout of Low Latency Profile, AI-adjacent interface changes, accessibility updates, and security fixes. The headline...
Microsoft is adding IAKerb and LocalKDC to Windows 11 Insider Canary previews in June 2026 so Kerberos can work in situations that previously forced Windows back to NTLM, including blocked domain-controller access and local-account authentication on standalone or workgroup machines. The move is...
Windows 11 users can tame an overgrown Downloads folder today by combining File Explorer’s grouping and sorting tools, Storage Sense’s automatic cleanup rules, and—where more control is needed—third-party automation such as File Juggler. The advice is simple, but the implications are bigger than...
Microsoft is testing a substantially more customizable Windows 11 Start menu in Insider preview builds in June 2026, letting users hide Pinned, Recommended/Recent, and All apps sections, choose menu size, and conceal account identity details from the Start surface. That sounds like a small...
Microsoft previewed a Windows 11 change in early June 2026 that would add Settings toggles for removing Bing web results and Microsoft Store app suggestions from local Windows Search, though the company has not announced a public release date or confirmed the first Insider build. The practical...
Microsoft is working on a Windows 11 context-menu redesign, confirmed on June 3, 2026, by Windows design executive Marcus Ash, with the goal of making right-click menus faster, simpler by default, and configurable around the commands people use most. That sounds small only if you do not live in...
Microsoft says Windows security updates released on or after June 9, 2026, may stop some custom folder icons and localized folder display names from appearing because Windows now ignores desktop.ini files whose source it cannot verify as trusted. That is not a cosmetic bug in the usual Patch...
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Microsoft is expanding Windows 11’s local Language Model APIs beyond Copilot+ PCs to non-Copilot+ systems with supported NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-series or newer GPUs and at least 6GB of VRAM, according to updated developer documentation surfaced by Windows Latest on June 11, 2026. That is not the...