Articles from September 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in September 2025
macOS Tahoe’s Liquid Glass and Windows 11’s Copilot Forge Two Radically Different Futures for the Desktop
Apple dropped a visual bombshell at WWDC 2025 with macOS Tahoe, a sweeping redesign built around a new translucent material called Liquid Glass. Microsoft, meanwhile, has been quietly turning Windows...
WSL2 vs. Native Ubuntu: Phoronix Benchmarks Expose 13% Performance Hit on Windows 11 25H2
A new Phoronix benchmark blitz reveals that running Ubuntu 24.04 inside WSL2 on Windows 11 25H2 extracts a 13% performance penalty compared to bare-metal Ubuntu on the same hardware. The gap widens...
Microsoft Expands Windows Backup for Organizations with Intune-Managed OOBE Restore for Enterprise Migrations
August 2025 security updates unlock a long-awaited enterprise capability: Windows Backup for Organizations is moving to broad availability, giving IT administrators direct Intune controls to restore...
Windows 11’s Cache Conundrum: Reclaiming Gigabytes and Boosting Performance with Built-In Tools
Most Windows 11 users are sitting on gigabytes of digital clutter they don’t even know exists—and it’s quietly dragging down their PC’s speed, stability, and update reliability. Cache files,...
Visionet's PEAK Matrix Star Performer Status Rewrites the Rules for Mid-Tier Microsoft Partners
Visionet’s leap into the Star Performer circle of Everest Group’s Microsoft Business Applications Services PEAK Matrix for 2025 isn’t just a badge on a press release. It’s a measurable...
Stop Guessing: Three Expert Methods to Pinpoint Your Windows Server's Last Reboot
Server uptime is one of the first numbers an administrator checks when troubleshooting performance, validating patching, or responding to an audit. Yet asking a simple question—"When did this...
Expose Every Listening Port on Windows Server with Netstat, PowerShell, and Resource Monitor
A misconfigured port can turn a routine deployment into a midnight emergency call. On Windows Server, every listening socket is a potential entry point for attackers—or a silent blocker that brings...
TierPoint’s Microsoft Private Cloud Badge: What It Means for Your Azure Local Strategy
TierPoint’s newly minted Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Private Cloud is more than a badge—it’s a structural signal that Microsoft’s hybrid cloud play is maturing, and that large...
LatencyMon Exposes the Hidden Kernel Interrupts Causing Windows Micro-Stutters
A free tool built for audio engineers has become the unlikely detective for system-wide Windows stutters. LatencyMon, a lightweight utility from Resplendence Software, isolates the sub-millisecond...
Nano11 Downsizes Windows 11 to a 2.29GB ISO — Here’s What You Lose
A new script called nano11 can compress a full Windows 11 installation into a 2.29GB ISO — a fraction of the original 7GB — by surgically removing everything from Xbox games and Solitaire to...
Windows 11’s Best-Kept Secrets: Hidden Tools That Supercharge Your Productivity
Buried beneath the sleek, centered taskbar and rounded corners of Windows 11 lies a collection of productivity tools so powerful, yet so obscure, that even seasoned users often overlook them. These...
Silent Copilot Push: Microsoft’s 365 AI App Auto-Installs on Windows, But You Can Block It
Microsoft plans to quietly push the Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto Windows devices starting in the fall of 2025—a move that will affect millions of business and consumer machines, but one that...