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Microsoft’s decision to stop distributing new legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers through Windows Update marks a major, multi‑year shift in how Windows will handle printing — one that trades decades of vendor-supplied kernel and Win32 drivers for a standards‑based, inbox model built around the...

Microsoft will begin delivering a coordinated refresh of Secure Boot certificates through Windows Update in March 2026, a multi‑stage effort designed to replace the aging 2011 trust anchors before they begin expiring in mid‑2026 and to preserve pre‑boot security and updateability across millions...

If you’re trying to coax an older ATI/AMD graphics chip — think ATI ES1000, Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 families, or other legacy Rage-series parts — into cooperating with Windows 10, you’re not alone. The practical reality is straightforward: for most legacy ATI GPUs the safest, most reliable...

Microsoft is using the regular Windows Update channel to rotate Secure Boot certificates on existing devices so that systems that rely on the original 2011 Microsoft Secure Boot certificates do not slip into a degraded security state when those certificates begin to expire between June and...

Microsoft has issued a coordinated warning: the original Secure Boot certificates that have underpinned Windows platform integrity since 2011 are reaching the end of their lifecycle, and a deliberate, ecosystem-wide refresh is required before mid‑2026 to avoid a progressive loss of...

[SOLVED] KB5077181 Failing at 78–79% — Full Start‑to‑Finish Fix Guide (With ISO Checks + BitLocker Notes) Posting this to help anyone dealing with the same issue I spent days fighting. My system refused to install KB5077181 (26200.7840) and always failed in the exact same way. Here is...

I’m on Windows 11 Home 25H2, OS Build 26200.7623. KB5077181 repeatedly fails to install with error 0x800f0983 (download completes, install phase fails, retries). I’ve already run the usual integrity checks (SFC/DISM) and they report no corruption, but the update continues to fail. I also tried...

Microsoft and the PC industry have quietly opened a narrow but critical window to prevent a pre‑OS security gap this year: Windows will start rolling replacement Secure Boot certificates into device firmware via staged OS updates, while Microsoft is simultaneously intensifying its public push...

If your PC boots with Secure Boot turned on, there’s a maintenance deadline this year: the Microsoft-supplied Secure Boot certificates that have guarded Windows startup since 2011 are being replaced, and some of those original certificates begin expiring in June 2026 (with the remaining ones set...

Microsoft has quietly begun a coordinated refresh of the cryptographic anchors that underpin Secure Boot on Windows PCs, pushing replacement certificate authorities into firmware and the operating system to avoid a calendar-driven degradation of boot-level trust when Microsoft-issued...

Microsoft has quietly pushed another incremental update to Windows’ on‑device image tooling: an Image Transform AI component package that increments the component to version 1.2511.1196.0 and is targeted at Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs. The short public KB note explains the visible feature set —...

Microsoft’s terse support note landed quietly but matters: an Image Processing AI component update intended for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs increments the on-device imaging stack and will be deployed automatically via Windows Update — but there are important caveats, deployment implications, and...

Microsoft’s February 10, 2026 cumulative update, KB5075941 (OS Build 22631.6649), is notable less for the routine security and stability fixes it delivers than for the way it ties into a looming platform-wide event: the scheduled expiration of Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificates that begins in...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a component update that upgrades the AMD MIGraphX Execution Provider to version 1.8.43.0 on eligible Windows 11 machines, a narrowly scoped runtime patch delivered automatically through Windows Update and intended to improve how on‑device AI workloads run on AMD...

Microsoft has quietly shipped a processor-targeted component refresh for Phi Silica — the Transformer‑based, NPU‑tuned local language model that powers many on‑device Copilot experiences — delivering Phi Silica version 1.2511.1196.0 to Qualcomm‑powered Copilot+ PCs via a Microsoft Support...

Microsoft has quietly delivered a targeted Windows component update that installs NVIDIA TensorRT‑RTX Execution Provider version 1.8.22.0 on eligible Windows 11 machines, a change that matters to anyone who runs on‑device AI on RTX PCs and to the IT teams that manage those devices. Background...

Microsoft has quietly published a targeted component update for AMD’s on‑device AI stack — the Vitis AI Execution Provider has been refreshed to version 1.8.50.0 and is being delivered through Windows Update for eligible Windows 11 devices. Background / Overview Vitis AI is AMD’s development...

Microsoft is preparing a quiet but critical update to the foundation of Windows platform security: the Secure Boot certificates that firmware uses to validate every component that runs before the operating system. Those original Microsoft certificates issued in 2011 begin to expire in mid‑2026...

IT administrators now have practical, fleet-scale ways to check whether Windows devices are carrying the updated Secure Boot certificate chain and whether they’re ready to accept the upcoming Secure Boot updates — a crucial capability as Microsoft and OEMs rotate the platform’s cryptographic...

If you own a Windows PC made since 2011, your machine is part of a global certificate rollover that must complete before critical Secure Boot certificates begin expiring in mid‑2026 — and there are simple checks and concrete steps you can take today to confirm your system is ready. Background...