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  1. Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes

    A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...
  2. DISM Guide for Windows 11: Repair Component Store & Image Health

    Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is the built‑in Windows tool for repairing the Windows component store and servicing images — and when used correctly it’s the most reliable first‑line fix for persistent Windows 11 stability problems that never quite go away after normal...
  3. IIS on Windows Server: Patch Tuesday Risks, Digest RCE CVE-2025-21294, WSUS Pitfalls

    Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have resurfaced in recent reporting as a nexus of operational pain and security risk — a story that blends a high‑volume patch cycle, at least one serious authentication vulnerability, and persistent...
  4. A Tech Feature in International Daily News: Examining Microsoft's Overlooked Gems: IIS, WSUS, and Windows Server 2025

    A recent technical feature in International Daily News highlighted some of the most overlooked yet critical components in the Microsoft ecosystem: the interaction between IIS (Internet Information Services) and the Windows Server platform, common post-installation errors in WSUS (Windows Server...
  5. Microsoft IIS and Windows Server 2025: A Comprehensive Guide to Security and Operations

    Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have once again become a focus. Recent reports from Hong Kong and international media, along with practical feedback from community forums, show that as Microsoft continues to release security patches and...
  6. IIS and WSUS Failures on Windows Server: Bindings, 0x80070003, and Fixes

    IIS can appear to “refuse” a domain, WSUS post‑install can abort with 0x80070003, and small configuration mismatches in Windows Server often hide behind cryptic error messages—but the underlying causes are usually straightforward to diagnose and fix. This feature unpacks the most common IIS +...
  7. Uninstall KB5063878 on Windows 11: 0x800f0905, DISM Steps, and Workarounds

    If uninstalling KB5063878 on Windows 11 throws the installer error code 0x800f0905, there are practical, verifiable steps that will usually get you past the failure — but the decision to remove the patch has to be weighed carefully because the August cumulative update in question has been tied...
  8. NDI Regression in Windows 11 Aug 2025 Update: Mitigation for Live Streaming

    Microsoft has acknowledged a new, practical regression introduced by the August cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) that can cause severe stuttering, dropped frames, and choppy audio/video in NDI‑based streaming flows — a problem that disproportionately affects multi‑PC capture and...
  9. NDI Stuttering After August 2025 Windows Update: Mitigation Guide

    Microsoft has formally acknowledged that its August 12, 2025 cumulative security update is responsible for severe stuttering, lag and choppy audio/video in NDI-based workflows on affected Windows 11 and Windows 10 builds, and vendors and community engineers have published an immediate—but...
  10. Windows Update Woes vs Insider Promises: August 2025 Review

    Microsoft’s weekly week-in-review reads like a study in contrast: a steady drip of interesting concepts for what Windows could become, juxtaposed with another heavy round of real-world reliability problems in the Windows 11 update pipeline that are inconveniencing administrators, streamers, and...
  11. Fix Windows Update 0x80240069 in WSUS/SCCM Deployments (KB5063878)

    Enterprise administrators are reporting that Windows Update error 0x80240069 appears when deploying the August cumulative update KB5063878 through WSUS or SCCM, while the same package installs cleanly via Windows Update and manual downloads. The pattern points to a delivery path problem in...
  12. Windows 11 August 2025 KB5063878: AutoCAD Admin Prompts & NDI/OBS Stutter

    Microsoft has acknowledged two separate issues introduced by the August cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2 (KB5063878): an AutoCAD launch problem that triggers an unexpected administrator permission prompt, and a streaming regression that causes severe lag or stutter in NDI-based...
  13. Enable Wireless Display to Restore Connect on Windows 11 Miracast Receiver

    If the Connect app seems to have vanished on your Windows 11 PC, it hasn’t—Microsoft simply moved it behind an optional component called Wireless Display. Reinstalling it takes just a few clicks, and with the right settings and drivers, your computer can again act as a Miracast receiver for...
  14. Windows 11 KB5063878 NDI Stuttering: Fix by Changing NDI Transport

    Microsoft has confirmed that the August cumulative security update for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) is causing severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video when using NDI-based streaming flows — an issue that hits production tools such as OBS and NDI Tools and has forced...
  15. Secure Boot Certificate Rollout for Windows: 2011 to 2023 CA Transition

    Microsoft’s guidance on Secure Boot key creation and management is an urgent operational playbook for every Windows administrator: a coordinated certificate rollover is underway that replaces legacy 2011 UEFI/CA trust anchors with new 2023 CA families, and failure to prepare — especially on...
  16. Windows Secure Boot CA Rollovers: Plan Firmware-OS Updates Now

    Microsoft’s guidance on Windows Secure Boot key creation and management is a clear signal: organizations and advanced users must prepare now for a multi-year certificate rollover that touches firmware, OS variables, and update pipelines — and that preparation requires coordinated firmware...
  17. Windows 11 KB5063878 Patch Tuesday: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes

    A wave of reproducible reports and a parallel burst of misinformation have combined to create one of the more consequential Patch Tuesday headaches in recent memory: Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878) has been linked to SSDs disappearing under sustained, heavy...
  18. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrading to Windows 11 for Campus Devices

    The University of Manchester is telling staff and students to arrange their Windows 11 upgrade as soon as possible because Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025, and continuing to run an unsupported OS will expose campus machines to increased cyber risk...
  19. Windows August 2025 Updates: Recovery Failures, WSUS Errors, and SSD Issues

    Microsoft has temporarily paused the roll‑out of recent Windows updates after a cascade of high‑impact problems—including broken recovery tools, WSUS installation failures, and reports of storage devices becoming inaccessible—hit a subset of users and enterprise environments nationwide...
  20. August 2025 Windows Patch: Reset Failures and SSD Issues Trigger OOB Fixes

    Microsoft’s August patch cycle went from routine to risky in under a week: an August 12 cumulative rollup introduced a servicing regression that could cause the built‑in Reset and cloud recovery flows to fail, and community reports of SSDs becoming inaccessible under heavy write workloads added...