August 2025
The latest August 2025 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 11's Market Share Rollercoaster: Why It Dipped in August and What You Should Do Before October 14
Windows 11's brief reign as the most-used desktop Windows version came to an abrupt halt in August 2025. After StatCounter data showed the new OS edging past Windows 10 in July, the latest figures...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 14: How to Prepare, Upgrade, or Extend Your PC’s Life
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing security updates for Windows 10. That means millions of PCs still running the decade-old operating system will no longer receive routine patches,...
Windows 11 KB5065426 Triggers Install Failures and SMB Sharing Outages — Here’s How to Fix Them
Microsoft’s latest cumulative update for Windows 11, KB5065426, should have been a routine Patch Tuesday instalment. Instead, it’s triggering a wave of installation failures, delivering cryptic...
Windows 10’s October 2025 Deadline Is Firm: Here Are the Only 5 Ways to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will receive its final free security patches on October 14, 2025. When that date passes, any PC still running the operating system without a paid extension or a workaround will be...
Windows 11 23H2 KB5065790: Seven Critical Reliability Fixes Hit Release Preview
Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22631.5982 to the Release Preview Channel, packing cumulative update KB5065790 with seven targeted reliability fixes for version 23H2. The...
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday Combats Office RCEs and Preview Pane Exploits with 80+ Fixes
Microsoft’s September 9, 2025 Patch Tuesday release delivers over 80 security fixes, but a cluster of critical Office remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities—some exploitable through document...
KB5065431 Update Fixes NDI and UAC Regressions as Windows 11 23H2 Nears End of Life
Windows 11 version 23H2 users just received what may be one of the last monthly security patches before their systems drop out of support. Microsoft released KB5065431 (OS build 22631.5909) on...
Microsoft’s September 2025 Patch Tuesday Delivers 80 Fixes and SMB Audit Tools as Critical Deadlines Loom
Microsoft shipped roughly 80 security fixes in its September 2025 Patch Tuesday release, tackling critical remote code execution flaws in Office, NTFS, and Hyper‑V while quietly rolling out a new...
Windows 10’s KB5065429 Update Opens the Consumer ESU Enrollment Door as End of Support Nears
Microsoft has pushed out KB5065429, the September 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2, and it arrives as more than just a standard security rollup — it’s the key that unlocks the consumer...
Windows 10 22H2 Gets Backup for Organizations, ESU Network Block, and SMB Auditing
Microsoft has begun rolling out its September 2025 cumulative updates for Windows 10 22H2, marking a significant moment for enterprises as the operating system approaches its end-of-support date in...
Windows 11 September Patch Brings Copilot Chaos to Multi-Screens and a Cosmetic OOBE Blunder for OEMs
The September 2025 Patch Tuesday cumulative release for Windows 11, reported under provisional identifiers KB5065426 and KB5065431, is triggering desktop icon disarray on multi-monitor rigs and...
Microsoft Ships September 2025 Exchange Hotfixes to Keep Hybrid Apps Running as October 31 Deadline Looms
Microsoft released a targeted set of Hotfix Updates (HUs) for Exchange Server this September, delivering a non‑security fix while ensuring the newly engineered dedicated Exchange hybrid application...