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"We're aware," Microsoft on Windows 11 KB5120998 breaking the mouse cursor
2+ week, 1+ day ago (706+ words) On Thursday, Microsoft rolled out Windows 11’s biggest update of the year with a resizable Start menu, a movable Taskbar, and Windows Search without Bing/bloat. Unfortunately, Windows Latest found that it breaks the mouse cursor, resets the wallpaper, causes…...
Windows 11 is getting a major privacy upgrade, blocks apps spying on your camera and mic with new controls
3+ week, 4+ day ago (722+ words) Windows 11 is finally giving desktop apps individual privacy controls. In the latest Experimental build, you can go into Settings > Privacy & security and individually allow or deny apps like Chrome and Steam access to your microphone, camera, and location, something traditional…...
Microsoft extended Windows 10, but Nvidia just made the extension meaningless for gamers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (456+ words) Windows 10 is fully supported until October 2027 as part of Extended Security Updates (ESU), which makes sense given that 3 in 10 PCs still run the “retired” OS. But it’ll eventually become difficult to keep using it, specifically for gaming, as Nvidia is…...
Microsoft confirms it accidentally disabled Copilot in Outlook Classic, and we wish it wasn't a mistake
4+ week, 1+ day ago (490+ words) from Outlook Classic entirely. It’s not exactly bad news, but it could be for those who actually paid for...
Microsoft blocked every Windows 11 account bypass except the most boring link on its own page
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (626+ words) local username and continue. You will be prompted to type a password, confirm it, and you will also need to...
Windows 11 is fully removing a legacy tool that malware and ransomware have abused for years, meet WMIC
4+ week, 23+ min ago (634+ words) available as a Feature on Demand (FoD).” It’s good news for everyone because WMIC has been abused to attack...
Windows 11's August update is breaking games, and Microsoft is investigating after a studio blamed the update
3+ week, 3+ day ago (417+ words) I told you that the Windows 11 August 2026 update could break certain games, reboot your PC out of nowhere, and cause other performance issues, including lower-than-usual frame rates. A gaming studio later flagged Windows 11 KB5121003 as the root cause, and Microsoft is…...
"More interruptions than necessary," Microsoft on Windows 11's forced reboots for updates, rolls out a fix
1+ week, 5+ day ago (745+ words) Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 will now bundle driver updates,.NET, and firmware updates together with the monthly security update, so your PC restarts only once instead of multiple times a month. First spotted by Windows Latest, the change applies…...
Don't panic if Windows 11 reboots multiple times for security updates, here's why it's happening
4+ week, 1+ day ago (820+ words) Windows PCs are now rebooting multiple times to install monthly cumulative updates, and it seems to be affecting some users almost every month since April. As we previously noted, it’s mostly tied to Secure Boot certificate updates and other changes,…...
Windows 11 just dropped the tool ransomware abused, Microsoft says don't restore WMIC
3+ day, 47+ min ago (631+ words) This week’s mandatory Windows 11 update has finally removed WMIC, one of the tools that ransomware abused. You might have never heard of WMIC if you never worked in an enterprise environment, but the risk wasn’t limited to businesses. Regular consumers…...