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Microsoft’s OS has been quietly slimming down: a clutch of once-promising Windows features have been deprecated or removed over the past few years, and a number of little-known tools that almost nobody used are now gone for good—some by stealth, others with a public notice. The tidy list that...

Microsoft’s latest round-up of terse but important tech items — the kind of “what you need to know today” briefing that often gets missed between longer features — points to a clear theme: Windows and the ecosystem around it are maturing toward faster updates, smaller downloads, and more...

Here are the official highlights for Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27913 (Canary Channel), according to the Microsoft blog post: Changes and Improvements General Includes a small set of general improvements and fixes to improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build...

We are in the process of upgrading endpoints in our environment to Windows 11. We have over 150 to do, with around 40 complete so far. Of the 40 we’ve done to date, we’ve have the following issue with 4 of them. MPSSVC (Windows Defender Firewall Service) is ‘Running’ as intended before running...

Hi... I've tried many things offered by the net and AI but to no avail. I've been at it for well over 5 hours so I'm not one of those peeps asking for help before trying a gazillion things! Basically I went to restart my machine and it offered me an option to restart or restart with...

Here is a summary of the information on the Microsoft Support page for the "July 8, 2025—Baseline": This date marks the release of the security update baseline for July 2025. The update pertains to Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024. For specific details on the update, users are directed to...

Hi there, I am getting alerts from MS to upgrade to Win11 and I am a bit afraid to do it as there are so many complaints about it did not work right! I am 74 years old, have no problems with my Win10, have HP Omen: Device Name DESKTOP Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHz...

Microsoft is set to introduce a groundbreaking feature in Windows 11 that will have many Mac users nodding in approval. The forthcoming "Cross Device Resume" functionality promises an experience akin to Apple's "Handoff," enabling seamless transitions between devices. In a recent Build 2025...

I see that people have freezing problems after installing but but the update freezes at 84% and not finished installng