Items tagged with windows 11
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Chris Harper - Thu, Jul 23, 2026
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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Chris Harper - Thu, Jul 23, 2026
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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Chris Harper - Thu, Jul 16, 2026
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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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Jul 14, 2026
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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Chris Harper - Mon, Jul 13, 2026
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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Chris Harper - Tue, Jul 07, 2026
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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Chris Harper - Tue, Jul 07, 2026
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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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Jul 07, 2026
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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Tim Sweezy - Sun, Jun 28, 2026
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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Chris Harper - Fri, Jun 12, 2026
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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Chris Harper - Wed, Jun 10, 2026
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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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Jun 08, 2026
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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Chris Harper - Mon, Jun 01, 2026
Microsoft has been trying to optimize Windows as of late, offering performance improvements and introducing suggested feature additions, but things are still a work in progress. Case in point, Microsoft has confirmed that some users are...
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Chris Harper - Sat, May 30, 2026
Windows 11 has been hit by a series of zero-day exploits recently, which were brought to light by aggrieved cybersecurity researcher Nightmare-Eclipse. In response, Microsoft published a blog post threatening legal action against the...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, May 28, 2026
Let’s face it, despite years of updates and patches, Windows 11 can still feel a bit sluggish. Even on high-end hardware, triggering basic OS interface elements like the Start menu, Search bar, or Action Center can occasionally reward you...
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Chris Harper - Tue, May 26, 2026
Secure Boot, a feature first launched in 2011 with Windows 8, included an initial wave of certificates that are set to expire starting on June 24th. We've covered this before, but Microsoft is renewing its warning with the deadline now...
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Chris Harper - Thu, May 21, 2026
A few week back, aggrieved cybersecurity researcher Nightmare-Eclipse released a pair of Windows exploits dubbed YellowKey and GreenPlasma, following his reveal of three Windows Defender-related zero-days last month. GreenPlasma relates to...
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Chris Harper - Sat, May 16, 2026
It only took the better part of five years, but Microsoft is finally listening to Windows users and restoring desired Taskbar functionality to Windows 11 and addition some customization options to the Start menu too. The Taskbar used to...
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Chris Harper - Fri, May 15, 2026
Microsoft's initiative to improve Windows 11 is in full swing and the company just announced an overhaul to how system drivers are handled. In Taipei at WinHEC 2026, Microsoft announced the Driver Quality Initiative (DQI), which is...
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Chris Harper - Thu, May 14, 2026
Update 5/21: Since this article was released, recommend mitigations for YellowKey and other attacks have been released, as well as a full patch for BlueHammer.
Nightmare-Eclipse, a cybersecurity researcher previously known for...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, May 11, 2026
Apple is actively disrupting the mainstream laptop market with the launch of the MacBook Neo starting at $599 (or $499 if you qualify for an education discount), but you are much better off buying a Windows 11 laptop instead. If you don't...
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Zak Killian - Fri, May 08, 2026
If you have a PC performance issue, there are really only two potential paths around it: you can either optimize your software or you can make the hardware faster. Microsoft is choosing the latter path with its upcoming "Low Latency...
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