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Microsoft Ships Windows 10 Build 19045.6388 to Release Preview — Pilot Checklist for IT
Microsoft shipped Windows 10 Build 19045.6388 (KB5066198) to the Release Preview Channel on September 11, 2025, delivering what the company calls a “small set of general improvements and fixes”...
Microsoft’s Final Windows 10 Insider Build 19045.6388 Drops with Stealth Fixes
Microsoft quietly pushed out what will likely be remembered as one of the final Windows 10 Insider builds before the operating system’s scheduled retirement. On September 11, 2025, the Windows...
Microsoft Engineers to Field Windows 11, Zero-Trust Questions in Sept 18 Live Q&A
Microsoft’s Windows engineering team is opening its (virtual) doors for a live, chat-based Office Hours session on September 18, 2025, where IT pros can quiz product experts on everything from...
Windows 11 25H2 Cuts PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC: An IT Migration Blueprint
Microsoft has quietly excised two decades-old administration tools—Windows PowerShell 2.0 and the WMIC command-line utility—from new Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 images starting with the...
Windows 10 End of Support: 60% of Corporate Devices Still Unready as October Deadline Hits
October 14, 2025, marks the definitive end of free security updates, feature patches, and technical support for Windows 10—but with barely months to go, up to 60% of corporate devices and 53% of...
Windows 11 25H2 Hits Release Preview: eKB Upgrade from 24H2, but Official ISOs Still Missing
Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) has landed in the Windows Insider Release Preview channel, but the rollout isn't the typical feature update download for many. Instead, Microsoft is...
Windows 11 KB5065426 Restores Full Taskbar Clock, Ships 4GB AI Models
Microsoft has dropped a September 2025 Patch Tuesday update that weighs as much as a small operating system. KB5065426—a mandatory cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2—pushes build numbers to...
High-Severity Cdpsvc DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21207) Threatens Windows Networks: Patch Deployment Urged
Microsoft’s January 2025 Patch Tuesday brought a critical security update for the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (Cdpsvc) after security researchers discovered a remotely exploitable...
Why Windows 11 Power Users Still Rely on a 15-Year-Old 'God Mode' Trick
Windows 11’s settings experience remains a tale of two interfaces, and for power users weary of hunting for advanced options, a community trick called God Mode is the most practical shortcut to...
Microsoft's Canary Channel Debuts AI Editing and Visual Search in File Explorer Context Menus
Microsoft has started rolling out AI-powered contextual actions directly within File Explorer's right-click menu, offering image editing and web search capabilities without leaving the file browser....
Windows 11 Market Share Dips Below 50%: What the Numbers Really Mean for the Windows 10 End-of-Support Crunch
StatCounter's August 2025 snapshot delivered a jarring headline: Windows 11 slipped below the 50% mark, falling to 49.02% of desktop Windows installations, while Windows 10 clawed back to 45.65%....
Windows 11 25H2: The Update That’s More About Subtraction Than Addition
Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows 11 version 25H2 to Insiders in the Release Preview channel, and it’s unlike any feature update in recent memory. Instead of a splashy list of new...