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The latest Windows Update coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 11 just updated AMD’s AI engine — here’s what that means for you
Microsoft quietly rolled out an automatic update last week that changes how AI software runs on AMD-powered Windows 11 PCs. KB5096141, delivered through Windows Update, upgrades the AMD MIGraphX...
Microsoft Just Updated the Local AI Model on Your AMD Copilot+ PC—Here’s What You Need to Know
Microsoft has quietly released KB5096570, a fresh servicing update that bumps the Phi Silica AI component to version 1.2604.515.0 for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1. The...
Microsoft Finally Lets Windows 11 Insiders Remap the Copilot Key
Microsoft’s week was a series of about-faces. The company walked back a controversial Copilot key limitation in Windows 11, rushed to patch pernicious update failures, and confirmed the sunsetting...
KB5089549 Fixes Windows 11 Explorer Freeze After Sign-In
Microsoft has released KB5089549, a cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, fixing a maddening bug that caused explorer.exe to freeze or crash immediately after sign-in, leaving the...
Secure Boot Certificate Upgrade: 2011 Keys Expire 2026—Act Now
Every Windows PC that relies on Secure Boot faces a hard deadline in the summer of 2026. On July 1, 2026, the root certificate that has authenticated the Windows boot process since the days of...
Microsoft Acknowledges Windows Update Error 0x80010002 in Restricted Networks After January 2026 Previews
Microsoft has officially acknowledged a Windows Update failure that is plaguing systems in network-restricted environments after installing the January 2026 optional preview updates. The issue...
Windows 11 KB5089549 Update Error 0x800f0922: EFI Partitions Under 10MB Block Installation
Microsoft acknowledged on May 15, 2026, that a recent Windows 11 security update is tripping up a surprising number of devices—not because of code bugs, but because of a storage allocation decision...
KB5089549 Fails on Windows 11 24H2/25H2 as 0x800f0922 Blocks Zero-Day Fix
Microsoft’s May 12, 2026 Patch Tuesday security update KB5089549 is repeatedly failing to install on a growing number of Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 devices, with affected systems rolling back the...
0x80010002 bug locks Windows 11 out of March–May 2026 updates after February install
Microsoft has confirmed a new known issue in Windows 11 where the Settings app fails to download updates released after February 2026, throwing error code 0x80010002. The bug, added to the...
Windows 11 Driver Quality Initiative Adds Power, Thermal Scoring and Cloud Rollback
Microsoft used the WinHEC 2026 conference in mid-May to unveil an ambitious Windows Driver Quality Initiative for Windows 11 that fundamentally reshapes how the operating system evaluates and manages...
May 2026 Windows Update preps Secure Boot for critical certificate rotation
Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5031000) has begun rolling out the most significant Secure Boot certificate transition since the UEFI CA rotation in 2023. With the current Secure Boot...
Microsoft WinHEC 2026: New Driver Quality System Targets Silent Performance Degradation
Microsoft revealed a sweeping new approach to driver quality at WinHEC 2026 in Taipei this week, pushing evaluation far beyond the crash-centric metrics of the past. The Driver Quality Initiative,...