Items tagged with windows 11
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a new variant of the ClickFix malware campaign we covered last year, and it's been dubbed "TerminalFix." The fundamental nature of the attack is similar in the sense that it also relies on false...
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There's plenty of news regarding Microsoft and Windows 11 this week, both good and bad, but two new issues have cropped up that have been getting a lot of attention. Namely, an issue where Windows erroneously reports that "Microsoft...
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Windows 11 version 26H2 is now available via the Release Preview channel for Windows Insiders. Users of existing Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 both qualify for the upgrade, and in fact some of the features available in this update are...
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Despite the ongoing drive to polish and stabilize Windows 11, Microsoft's efforts are occasionally detoured by severe bugs. The latest known issue to stall Microsoft's progress is a problem where certain games become unresponsive, close...
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Microsoft nemesis Nightmare-Eclipse is at it again, this time with a bypass exploit for his original RoguePlanet Windows Defender privilege escalation exploit. The new exploit, dubbed ShieldBreak, also allows for elevation of privilege...
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In line with pledges made to improve Windows 11, Microsoft is unleashing some cool new features in the latest Insider Experimental Preview build. The headline feature of Windows 11 Experimental Preview Build 26340.9212 is its newly...
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According to the Taiwan-based United Daily News (UDN,) OEMs are reporting an unusually high surge in annual Windows license pricing, which scales even higher for PCs with higher-end CPUs. This...
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Microsoft is quietly rewriting its hardware guidance for Windows 11. Not long ago, the company made headlines for calling 32GB the "no worries" sweet spot for gaming on Windows. Now that recommendation has vanished into thin air as...
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Like it or not, the AI-driven memory crunch is not only driving up prices on consumer electronics, even including Apple's budget-focused MacBook Neo, it's also resulting in models shipping with lower specs in key areas, particularly memory...
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Windows 11 has been plagued by many complaints of bloat and poor performance, but Microsoft seems to have been taking the recent clean-up and optimization effort seriously. Next on the agenda, the company will be converting more Windows...
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Just days ago, we reported on a controversy that had emerged surrounding LG monitors and smart TVs that turned out to contain egregious bloatware and tracking functionality. Per WindowsLatest, Microsoft has at least taken action against...
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Another new vulnerability for Microsoft SharePoint, tracked as CVE-2026-50522, is now being actively exploited in the wild, Microsoft warns. Security team watchTowr found evidence of exploits in use, and noted that attacks started the same...
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Microsoft's drive to improve Windows security with AI-driven vulnerability discovery has led to another record-breaking Patch Tuesday. This time around, there's a whopping 570 security fixes for Windows 11, which is more than double the...
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Windows 11 users have long voiced their frustrations regarding the cluttered and confusing nature of the operating system's search function. For years, pressing the Windows key and typing a query often resulted in a messy screen filled...
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Microsoft's ongoing efforts to improve Windows 11 don't always go to plan. One major cause behind Windows 11 performance issues was increased use of web apps (including webview, PWA, etc.) rather than native applications, and the latest...
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A recently-discovered Windows 11 bug is devouring up to 500 GB of storage, but how do you check to see if you're affected and how do you fix it if you are? It can be a rather expensive glitch in this day an dage, after all. Fortunately...
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Valve has uploaded a set of four drivers for the Steam Machine (GPU, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and SD card reader) to its official support site, for users that may want to install Windows on their systems. But there are many pros and cons to consider.
For select games that are unsupported by...
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A Windows PC that refuses to boot has a way of ruining an entire day. The standard fix involves digging up a spare USB flash drive, borrowing a working computer, downloading Microsoft's Media Creation Tool, and hoping the dead machine does...
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Microsoft dropped a fresh pair of Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on June 26th, one each for the Experimental and Beta channels. While neither one is a major departure from previous builds, both carry meaningful refinements for different...
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Cybersecurity researcher and current Microsoft nemesis, Nightmare-Eclipse, has released a new pair of zero-day Windows exploits following this week's Patch Tuesday, which had patched the last of Eclipse's initial six zero-days.
The new...
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Another month, another Patch Tuesday for Windows users. This one's a bit bigger than usual, though: Microsoft has released a record-breaking Windows 11 patch addressing a whopping 206 vulnerabilities. The former record-holder was this past...
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Windows Search has been a sore spot for users going on years, and the frustration is easy to explain. At some point, Microsoft decided that searching for a local app or a buried folder was also a great opportunity to serve up Bing...
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