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Intel released Wi-Fi driver 24.50.0 and Wireless Bluetooth driver 24.50.0 for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on June 30, 2026, adding support for newer Intel wireless adapters while promising better 6GHz performance, stronger Wi-Fi/Bluetooth coexistence, stability fixes, security updates, and...

Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates program now gives eligible Windows 10 PCs security patches until October 12, 2027, after Windows 10’s mainstream support ended on October 14, 2025, but staying put still requires enrollment, updated boot certificates, backups, and stricter security...

Hello. I am using windows 11 pro, version 23H2, build 22631.6199. It is not doing the automatic update, so I have tried to manually update it. I have downloaded KB5065431 (x64 package) and tried to install it. However, I keep getting an error "the update is not applicable to your computer". What...

Microsoft confirmed that GIF search in the Windows 11 emoji panel broke because Google deprecated the Tenor API on June 30, 2026, and Microsoft’s June 23 KB5095093 preview update switches Windows 11 version 24H2 and 25H2 systems to GIPHY instead. The fix is mundane, but the lesson is not. A tiny...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 optional Windows 11 preview update, KB5095093, brings File Explorer refinements for versions 24H2 and 25H2, including a cleaner Details pane experience, more reliable cloud-file thumbnails, a OneDrive shortcut fix under administrator mode, and a corrected...

Microsoft is warning Windows 11 Home and Pro users still on version 24H2 that support for those editions ends on October 13, 2026, after which affected PCs stop receiving monthly security updates, fixes for known issues, time zone updates, and technical support. The warning matters less because...

Microsoft’s original 2011 Secure Boot certificates began expiring in June 2026 across Windows-era UEFI PCs, forcing Microsoft, OEMs, and IT departments to move affected machines onto newer 2023 certificate authorities through Windows Update, firmware updates, or managed deployment tools. The...

To stop Marathon failing before it reaches the main menu on Windows, launch it from Steam, verify the game files, make sure BattlEye is installed and running, fully update Windows, refresh GPU drivers, and disable overlays before clicking Play again. That is the practical preflight checklist for...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Experimental (Future Platforms) Preview Build 29617.1000 on June 26, 2026, for Windows Insiders in the Canary 29600 series, and its most consequential change is a new unified update model intended to reduce monthly restarts. The build is not a consumer...

Microsoft has updated its Windows 10 consumer Extended Security Updates language to say enrolled PCs can keep receiving security-only updates until October 12, 2027, effectively giving holdout users a second post-retirement year after the operating system’s formal end of support on October 14...

Windows 11’s new pause-updates experience lets users pick a specific resume date in Settings > Windows Update, but Microsoft still caps each pause window at 35 days and expects updates to resume when that window ends. The practical change is not an “indefinite updates off” switch; it is a...

Microsoft released KB5095093 for Windows 11 on June 23, 2026, as an optional preview update for versions 24H2 and 25H2, beginning a gradual rollout of Point-in-Time Restore alongside fixes for Recycle Bin deletion prompts, GIF search, Bluetooth pairing, voice input, and Windows Update pause...

Microsoft released the Windows 11 KB5095093 preview update on June 23, 2026, for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, acknowledging fixes for slow shutdown behavior tied to BITS and blank gray taskbar icons linked to explorer.exe reliability. That dry release-note language matters because it turns...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Quick Machine Recovery controls, highlighted in Paul Thurrott’s June 25, 2026 Field Guide attachment, show how Windows 11 version 25H2 lets users and administrators decide whether a failed PC should look online for boot-failure fixes from the recovery environment. The...

Microsoft released Windows 11 KB5095093 on June 23, 2026, as an optional preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, and its most consequential fix may be a broad Bluetooth reliability push affecting AirPods, Beats Studio Pro, LE Audio devices, mute sync, reconnect behavior, and...

Microsoft confirmed on June 23, 2026, that Windows 11 version 26H2 will ship as an enablement-package update for eligible PCs already on versions 24H2 or 25H2, while June’s optional KB5095093 preview update begins delivering several user-facing changes ahead of July’s broader rollout. That...

Microsoft is telling Windows users and IT administrators in June 2026 to continue phased Secure Boot certificate deployments using Windows updates, OEM firmware, validation tooling, and staged rollout practices as the ecosystem moves from aging 2011 certificates toward newer 2023 Secure Boot...

I have gone through Copilot hell trying to stop this failing update. Every time my ccomputer tries to update it fails. Copilot keeps telling me I am on the insider build. I am not. Should I do this? Today I have update Kb5094126 pendin which has failed numerous times in the4 last few days...

Microsoft used the June 2026 Windows quality updates to broaden automatic deployment of 2023 Secure Boot certificates to eligible Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs before the first major 2011-era certificate expired on June 24, 2026. That sounds like a quiet plumbing job, but it is really the first...

Windows 11 25H2 is the current mainstream feature update for existing Windows 11 PCs, released on September 30, 2025, and the upgrade decision in mid-2026 depends less on new features than on support deadlines, hardware readiness, and how much risk your machine can tolerate. For most supported...