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Microsoft revealed Windows 11 on June 24, 2021, as a free upgrade for compatible Windows 10 PCs, and five years later the operating system has finally moved from reluctant migration project to the dominant Windows platform. That is not the same thing as saying Windows 11 has been vindicated. Its...

On June 24, 2026, Microsoft’s original Secure Boot Key Exchange Key from 2011 reaches its expiration date, forcing Windows PCs, servers, virtual machines, and dual-boot systems to move onto Microsoft’s newer 2023 Secure Boot certificate chain. The deadline will not brick ordinary Windows...

Microsoft released the optional June 23, 2026 preview updates for Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and the hardware-scoped 26H1, giving users and administrators an early look at accessibility, recovery, Bluetooth, Widgets, setup, and servicing changes due more broadly in July. The release is not...

Microsoft has published KB5103203, an automatic Windows Update package that moves the Phi Silica AI component on Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 to version 1.2605.856.0, provided the device already has the latest cumulative update installed. That sounds like a narrow...

Microsoft is automatically distributing KB5103226, the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider update version 2.2606.1.0, through Windows Update for Windows 11 version 24H2 and version 25H2 PCs that already have the latest cumulative update installed, where it appears in Update history as a Windows...

Microsoft has published KB5103211, a June 2026 Image Processing AI component update for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, delivering version 1.2605.856.0 through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is installed. The small support note reads like routine...

Microsoft has published KB5103209 for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs, moving the Windows 11 version 26H1 Image Processing AI component to version 1.2605.856.0 through Windows Update on systems that already have the latest cumulative update installed. The narrow wording is the point: this is not a...

Microsoft’s KB5103205, released as a June 2026 Windows Update component package, updates Phi Silica J32 to version 1.2605.856.0 on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 with the latest cumulative update installed. It is a small entry in Update history, but it points to a...

Microsoft’s KB5103221 updates the NVIDIA TensorRT-RTX Execution Provider to version 2.2606.3.0 for Windows 11 version 26H1, delivering an automatic Windows Update package for RTX-accelerated ONNX inference on eligible PCs with the latest 26H1 cumulative update installed. That sounds like the...

KB5103204 is Microsoft’s June 2026 Phi Silica AI component update, version 1.2605.856.0, for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, delivered automatically through Windows Update after the latest 26H1 cumulative update is installed. That dry sentence is the whole news...

Microsoft has published KB5103202, a June 2026 Phi Silica AI component update to version 1.2605.856.0 for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, delivered automatically through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is installed. The small print is the story...

Microsoft has published KB5103220, an automatic Windows Update package for Windows 11 version 26H1 that updates the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider to version 2.2606.1.0 on eligible devices with the latest 26H1 cumulative update installed. The update is small in description but large in...

Microsoft has published KB5103225, an automatic Windows Update package for Windows 11 version 24H2 and 25H2 devices with the latest cumulative update installed, updating the Windows ML Runtime Intel OpenVINO Execution Provider to version 2.2606.1.0 for accelerated local AI inference on Intel...

Microsoft has published KB5103210, an automatic Windows Update package for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, updating the Image Processing AI component to version 1.2605.856.0 after the latest cumulative update is already installed on the device. The dry wording hides a...

Microsoft is now automatically upgrading eligible, unmanaged Windows 11 Home and Pro PCs to version 25H2 through Windows Update, moving systems from 23H2 and 24H2 onto the 2025 Update after 23H2’s consumer support ended on November 11, 2025 and before 24H2 support ends in October 2026. The move...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows security updates released on June 9, 2026, cause supported Windows clients and servers to show internal Recycle Bin filenames such as $Rxxxxx.ext in the permanent-delete confirmation dialog instead of the files’ original names, while leaving restoration...

Microsoft’s June 12, 2026 Windows 11 Release Preview build 26100.8728/26200.8728 puts five unusually practical features on deck for mainstream PCs: quieter Widgets, calendar-based update pauses, point-in-time restore, Screen Tint, and a broad Bluetooth reliability sweep. The important part is...

Manually Install a Failed Windows Update from the Microsoft Update Catalog Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Windows Update normally handles downloads, prerequisites, installation, and restarts automatically. But sometimes an update gets stuck, repeatedly fails, or throws an...

Microsoft has expanded the automatic Windows 11 version 25H2 rollout as of May 15, 2025, to eligible unmanaged Home and Pro devices, moving consumer PCs toward the current servicing baseline before Windows 11 version 26H2 arrives in fall 2026. The move looks aggressive because it is automatic...

Microsoft confirmed in June 2026 that Windows updates released on June 9 can make the Recycle Bin’s permanent-delete confirmation dialog show internal “$R” file names instead of users’ original file names across supported Windows client and server versions. That is not the worst Windows update...