Articles from July 19, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 19, 2026
AWS CloudFront VPC Origins Global Outage Exposes Single-Ingress Risk: Canvas, Blackboard, Hugging Face Hit
At 3:45 a.m. ET on July 16, 2026, a capacity limit in a single AWS Frankfurt data center triggered a global outage of CloudFront’s VPC Origins feature. The failure lasted over three and a half...
Windows 11 26H2: Why the 2026 update needs just one reboot and what it means for your PC
Microsoft is set to ship Windows 11 version 26H2 later this year, and for most PCs already on 24H2 or 25H2, the upgrade will look like a routine monthly patch—download, restart once, and get back...
Microsoft Targets File Explorer's Biggest Pain Point: This PC Search Gets a 'Dramatic' Speed Overhaul
File Explorer’s This PC search—long the slowest and most frustrating way to find a file on a Windows 11 machine—is finally getting a dramatic speed upgrade, Microsoft has confirmed. In a reply...
Windows 11 KB5079473 Fixes Multi-Drive Search – But Speed Is Still Your Call
Microsoft shipped a targeted reliability update on March 10, 2026, that directly tackles a stubborn Windows 11 File Explorer flaw: searching across multiple drives from “This PC” often returned...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Metrics Coming for Unlicensed Users — Admin Action Required
Microsoft is quietly adding a new layer of analytics to its Copilot Dashboard: adoption metrics for employees who use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat without a paid license. The feature, slated for...
Windows 11’s Win+V Isn’t Just Paste: How to Unlock Clipboard History, Sync, and PowerShell Hacks
Most Windows users have two keyboard shortcuts seared into muscle memory: Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste. Far fewer know that pressing Win+V opens a panel of recent clips, a built-in clipboard...
You Can Now Try Windows 11’s Cleaned-Up Search—with New Controls and a Warning
Microsoft began rolling out an overhauled Windows Search experience to Insiders on July 13, 2026. The changes—delivered through Experimental build 26300.8772 for Windows 11 version 26H2—cut...
Apple's AI Server Setbacks Trigger Uncharacteristic Interest in Big-Ticket Chip Deals
Apple has been talking to bankers and semiconductor startups about potential acquisitions as it scrambles to build AI server chips powerful enough to handle next-generation workloads, including a...
Windows 11 Feature Updates Can Cut Off Wired Enterprise Networks—Here’s How to Stop It
Windows 11 feature updates are leaving some enterprise devices without wired network connectivity, according to mounting community reports. Systems that rely on certificate-based 802.1X...
VLCM Is Now Read-Only: How to Move Your Microsoft Volume Licensing Workflows Before It's Too Late
Microsoft’s Volume Licensing Contract Management portal stopped accepting new agreements, renewals, and extensions on July 10, 2026. That cutover means partners still relying on eAgreements for...
Microsoft Sets Hard Deadline: SMS MFA Retires in Entra ID by 2027, Passkeys Take Over
Microsoft has drawn a line in the sand: after February 1, 2027, its Entra ID identity platform will no longer provide SMS or voice call verification for multi-factor authentication. Organizations...
Windows 11's Two-Part Search Fix: Duplicate Indexing Eliminated, But the Big Overhaul Is Still Experimental
If Windows 11's File Explorer search has felt sluggish, a recent Insider build shows Microsoft finally found one culprit: duplicate indexing operations that forced the system to process the same...