Articles from July 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in July 2026
Nvidia Urgently Fixes Halo and Path of Exile 2 Crashes with Secret Hotfix Driver
Nvidia has quietly issued a hotfix driver—version 610.82—specifically aimed at a pair of game-breaking bugs for owners of its newest GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards. Released July 22, 2026,...
Get Ready: Microsoft's KMS Hosts Will Soon Require TPM Hardware Attestation
System administrators will soon see new hardware security alerts when they manage Windows Server 2025’s activation service. Starting in August 2026, Microsoft is rolling out readiness checks that...
A Freelancer’s Windows 11 Setup Shouldn’t Start with Office 2024 Home—Here’s the Right Way
If you follow a new Windows Central guide to building a freelance home office, you might buy Microsoft Office 2024 Home for $127 and call it done. That would be a mistake. Office 2024 Home includes...
LockDown Browser Not Working? The Fix Sequence That Actually Solves Exam Blockers
A blank screen, a spinning webcam check, or a launch button that does nothing — LockDown Browser failures have a knack for striking just as the exam timer starts ticking. But the fix is rarely an...
Copilot in Edge on Mac: The Features That Finally Beat Safari (and the Privacy Settings You Should Check)
A MakeUseOf writer who spent years using Safari on a MacBook Air has made a permanent switch to Microsoft Edge—and it’s not about speed, bookmarks, or battery drain. The reason, detailed in a...
Azure AI Jumpstart: 14-Week Virtual Program Opens in Nigeria, Preps for AI-103 Certification
A new, intensive virtual training program promises to equip African learners with practical Azure AI skills and a shot at Microsoft's AI-103 certification, as Nigerian firm Saidu B. Samaila & Co....
Microsoft Copilot Gains Real-Time AR Data Access via Billtrust: What Finance Teams Must Know
Billtrust on July 21, 2026 launched an MCP Server that plugs live accounts receivable data directly into Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic Claude. The initial release gives finance teams read-only...
FluentTweaker 26.06.02: Open-Source Tool Takes the Guesswork Out of Windows Registry Tweaks
A new free tool is bringing transparency to the often nerve-wracking process of customizing Windows via the registry. FluentTweaker version 26.06.02, released on June 6, 2026, replaces the...
Build 26220.8925 Brings Auto-Unit File Sizes and Tab Middle-Clicks to Windows 11 File Explorer
Microsoft shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.8925 to the Beta Channel on July 20, 2026, and with it came a trio of File Explorer tweaks that chip away at long-standing papercuts. The most...
Snapdragon X2 Lands in Surface Pro 13: 53% Faster Graphics, Starting at $1,499
Microsoft's newest Surface Pro is now on sale in the U.S., and the headline feature isn't a radical redesign — it's Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 processor bringing a serious graphics upgrade to the...
AWS Security Hub Can Now Monitor Azure and Detect AI Cost Harvesting: A Practical Guide
AWS Security Hub just absorbed two of the biggest blind spots in modern cloud defense: Microsoft Azure resources and production AI workloads. On July 22, the cloud giant unveiled a suite of new...
SageThumbs 2K Update Cuts Thumbnail Wait Times for Big Design Files, Fixes Windows 11 Menu Glitch
SageThumbs 2K version 1.3.1 landed on July 22, 2026, and while the version number suggests a minor bump, the changes target some of the most persistent annoyances for Windows users who rely on File...