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  • Microsoft Forces Automatic Windows 11 24H2 Update on Pro and Home PCs

    06/03/2025 1:53:11 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 70 replies
    www.techpowerup.com ^ | May 6, 2025 | AleksandarK
    Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 11 version 24H2 update is now in its final rollout phase and will soon be delivered automatically to millions of Home and Pro users around the world. As of May 2, 2025, any unmanaged device running Windows 11 versions 21H2, 22H2, or 23H2—or even Windows 10—will see the 2024 Update download in the background. After the download completes, users can choose when to install the update or postpone it by going to Settings, then Windows Update.SNIPTo avoid disruptions, Windows Update offers a four‑week postponement option. Should you need more time, you can use command‑line...
  • Vanity - How do I get the popup window at the bottom right to show notifications again?

    06/02/2025 4:05:51 PM PDT · by bgill · 56 replies
    6/2/2025 | self
    Can someone help with getting the notification popup window at the bottom right of the screen to show the notifications again? For instance, I used to get the popup window notification to show immediately when a Youtube video was downloaded. Not getting the window anymore. Now, up at the top right on the Youtube page there is a bell that will show the number of new videos since the last time I checked but if I don't constantly check, I never know. Not to mention the bell has when the videos were loaded all messed up - 1 hour ago,...
  • Microsoft Fixes Windows Update That Broke GRUB in Dual-Boot Systems

    05/18/2025 8:31:57 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 20 replies
    linuxiac.com ^ | May 16, 2025 | Bobby Borisov
    Long story short – the problem began after Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch updates, which included a mitigation for a known GRUB2 vulnerability (CVE-2022-2601). The flaw allowed malicious actors to bypass UEFI Secure Boot protections using a compromised GRUB2 bootloader.To address this, Microsoft deployed a Secure Boot Advanced Targeting (SBAT) update (KB5041571) to block vulnerable bootloaders. Unfortunately, this had unintended consequences.While it was supposed to detect and exempt dual-boot configurations from being affected, this detection failed in several scenarios. As a result, many dual-boot users with Windows and Linux on the same machine suddenly found themselves unable to get into their...
  • Microsoft’s Free Windows Upgrade—Stop 60% Of Attacks On Your PC [provocative post]

    05/10/2025 5:44:59 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 15 replies
    .forbes.com ^ | April 25, 2025 | Zak Doffman
    We’re talking Windows 10, of course, which will soon retire from service. “On October 14, 2025,” Microsoft has just confirmed, again, “Windows 10 PCs will no longer receive feature or security updates, increasing security risks and operational challenges.” Microsoft is taking this opportunity to push Copilot+ PCs, complete with a raft of new AI tools including its controversial Recall. But the primary benefit is the upgrade to Windows 11, which combines with a compatible PCs security module to better protect against all those threats targeting the world of Windows.Those using Windows 11, Microsoft says, “have reported a 62% drop in...
  • "End of 10" Project's aim is to help Windows 10 users keep their PCs running for years

    05/06/2025 7:01:15 AM PDT · by Openurmind · 74 replies
    Ghacks ^ | May 6, 2025 | Martin Brinkmann
    With Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 in October 2025, millions of Windows 10 users will be left behind by the company. Upgrades to Windows 11 may be out of the question, due to stricter system requirements. While these can be bypassed, many Windows 10 users may lack the expertise to do so. This leaves Microsoft's recommendation to buy a new Windows 11 PC or subscribe to one year of extended security updates as the only options that Microsoft highlights in its recommendations. There are at least two additional options available to users, but Microsoft makes no mention of them....
  • Windows 11 update creates mysterious inetpub folder

    04/12/2025 2:05:24 PM PDT · by Openurmind · 67 replies
    Ghacks Net ^ | Apr 10, 2025 | Martin Brinkmann
    Microsoft released security updates for Windows 11 and other company products earlier this week. If you have installed the security update on a Windows 11 PC, you may have noticed something peculiar after the mandatory restart. After opening the root of drive C in File Explorer, you may have stumbled upon the inetpub folder, a newly created folder. The creation date and time of the folder aligns with the installation of the update. When you open it, you will notice that it is empty. Update: Microsoft says here that the folder is created intentionally and that it should not be...
  • Microsoft looks to be making a big change to how you install and log in to Windows 11

    03/31/2025 7:33:18 PM PDT · by fireman15 · 124 replies
    Tech Radar ^ | 03-31-2025 | Darren Allan
    Never mind blocking workarounds to sign in with a local account, just give us a straightforward choice in the installation process. Microsoft just blocked a popular workaround to install Windows 11 with a local account Some people like to avoid having a Microsoft account linked to the OS due to privacy (or other) concerns While alternative workarounds remain, it’s likely they could be cut off too – and Microsoft is very much going down the wrong path here Microsoft appears to be moving to block Windows 11 users who want to install the operating system using a local account, meaning...
  • Windows 10 has a year (8 months) left to live – but are users prepared to upgrade to Windows 11?

    02/23/2025 9:59:57 AM PST · by fireman15 · 175 replies
    Tech Radar ^ | October 15, 2024 | Rosario Blue
    It’s official: after 10 years of noble service, Windows 10 will reach its end on October 14, 2025, and what a great decade it’s been. For many users, Microsoft redeemed itself after a run of disappointing operating systems – the mere mention of Windows 8 still sends some people into a rage – but Windows 10 got it right. That’s why the announcement of Windows 11 came as a shock. It felt too soon, too rushed – and unnecessary. Many believed that Windows 10 deserved more time to marinate. At least until it finally managed to migrate the whole Control...
  • Windows 10's demise nears, but Linux is forever

    01/28/2025 10:52:19 AM PST · by ShadowAce · 196 replies
    The Register ^ | 28 January 2025 | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
    Come October 14, 2025, Windows 10 support dies. Despite that, more users than ever are using Windows 10 rather than moving to Windows 11. I can't say that I blame them. Windows 11 sucks almost as much as Vista – remember that stinker? In addition, Windows 11 is less of a desktop operating system than it is a remote Microsoft client equipped with AI-powered Recall, telemetry, and data collection. You may see these as features. I see them as spyware. All this and more is why I use Linux for my primary desktop.True, I've been using Linux as my desktop...
  • Complete List of Windows 11 Run Commands

    12/24/2024 11:51:29 AM PST · by daniel1212 · 40 replies
    Framed Media | May 15, 2023 | Pete Mitchell
    Run Dialog box is something that is one of the favorite utilities for an avid Windows user. Its been around since Windows 95 and became an important part of Windows User Experience over the years. While its only duty is to quickly open apps and other tools, many power users like us at TechCult, love the handy nature of the Run dialog box. Since it can access any tool, setting, or app as long as you know the command for it, we decided to give you the cheat sheet to help you breeze through Windows like a pro...pressing Windows +...
  • Windows 11 market share falls despite Microsoft ad blitz

    12/12/2024 11:14:49 AM PST · by dayglored · 97 replies
    The Register ^ | Dec 2, 2024 | Richard Speed
    Despite Microsoft's push to get customers onto Windows 11, growth in the market share of the software giant's latest operating system has stalled, while Windows 10 has made modest gains, according to fresh figures from Statcounter. This is not the news Microsoft wanted to hear. After half a year of growth, the line for Windows 11 global desktop market share has taken a slight downturn, according to the website usage monitor, going from 35.6 percent in October to 34.9 percent in November. Windows 10, on the other hand, managed to grow its share of that market by just under a...
  • Windows 10 given an extra year of supported life, for $30

    10/31/2024 6:20:04 PM PDT · by dayglored · 118 replies
    The Register ^ | Oct 31, 2024 | iain Tomson
    Microsoft has thrown a lifeline to Windows 10 users ahead of the OS going end-of-life, by offering an extra year of patches for $30. Support for Windows 10 ends in October 2025 and Redmond is pushing people to upgrade to Windows 11, with mixed success to date – as of last month, Windows 10 had 62.75 percent of Redmond's OS market share, compared to 33.42 percent for the newer version ago. Perhaps that’s why the software behemoth has decided to offer Extended Security Updates - previously only available for business, education, and government users - to anyone who wants them....
  • Improving YOUR Online Security [Windows 10 & 11, Randomize your WiFi address]

    09/05/2024 3:00:40 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 40 replies
    market-ticker.or ^ | 8/22/2024 | Karl Denninger
    Its a small difference, but a real one.Go into your operating system and for all WiFi connections set MAC address randomization.For Windows 11 it is under Network & Internet -> WiFi right at the bottom -- "Random hardware addresses."For Android it is on by default for WiFi connections -- check all of them you use, and it should be on.I suspect IOS on Macs has a similar feature.Unfortunately for most systems there is no similar setting for hardware connections (e.g. cabled.)This didn't used to matter much in the world of IPv4 because MAC addresses do not travel beyond the local...
  • Elon Musk urges millions to switch-off controversial Windows 11 feature that takes screenshots on your PC

    09/04/2024 1:37:06 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 94 replies
    gbnews.com ^ | May 25, 2024 | Aaron Brown
    Tesla CEO compared incoming Recall feature to an episode of Black MirrorNew Recall feature will be coming to Copilot+ PCs from JuneIt takes screenshots of everything you do on-screenSnapshots are analysed by AI on-device so they can be searchedElon Musk has announced plans to disable the feature on his PCPrivacy campaigners have also flagged concernsUK privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into RecallElon Musk has criticised a controversial new AI feature coming to Windows 11 devices this summer. Known as Recall, it takes screenshots of everything on-screen so you can scroll back in time and resume work on anything from...
  • VANITY:

    07/31/2024 12:46:35 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 64 replies
    July 31, 2024 | E. Pluribus Unum
    My wife's Windows 11 laptop is in an infinite loop trying to install an update that fails to install then immediately tries to install it again. This slows the laptop of so much that it is unusable. Below is a screenshot of the update screen displaying the offending optional update. I have searched and searched the Interwebs to find out how to make an update stop trying to install but have had no luck. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
  • "Satya Nadella says Windows PCs will have a photographic memory feature called Recall that will remember and understand everything you do on your computer by taking constant screenshots"

    05/20/2024 8:34:03 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 54 replies
    X ^ | 5/20/2024 | @Tsarnick; Satya Nadella CEO, Microsoft; WSJ’s Joanna Stern
    ransomnote: Transcript below.Click to view the 1 minute video on X (watermarked @tsarnick)May 20, 2024 TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~~~~~~~~Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft): How do we introduce memory,right?Photographic memory into what you do on the PCAnd now we have it. So it's called Recall.It's not keyword search.It's semantic search over all your history.And it's not just about any document, we can recreate moments from the past essentially.WSJ’s Joanna Stern (interviewer, provides demonstration): Here's how it works.Windows constantly takes screen shots of what's on your screen, then uses a generative AI model right on the device along with the NPU to process all...
  • When Windows 10 support runs out, you have 5 options but only 2 are worth considering

    05/19/2024 11:57:09 AM PDT · by fireman15 · 182 replies
    ZDnet ^ | April 22, 2024 | Ed Bott
    Microsoft will officially end support for its most popular operating system in October 2025. Here's what you should do with your Windows 10 PCs before that day arrives. In less than two years, Microsoft will draw the final curtain on Windows 10 after a successful 10-year run. That news shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. The end date is right there on the Microsoft Support document that lists "products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2025." The schedule is defined by Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Policy: "Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The...
  • Most Popular Computer Operating Systems 1985 - 2024

    04/27/2024 3:10:42 PM PDT · by Signalman · 112 replies
    YT ^ | March, 2024 | Captain Gizmo
    These are the most popular computer operating systems from 1985 to 2024, based on market share. The latest numbers from 2003 on are readily available from Wikipedia and Statcounter. The first half of the video required a bit more research, which entailed finding and converting sales figures into market share. These numbers may be different based on what OSes are included in the stats, this is why different videos have slightly different numbers.
  • The next Windows 11 version will refuse to boot on unsupported CPUs

    02/14/2024 5:19:59 PM PST · by fireman15 · 93 replies
    Xda Developers ^ | 2/12/2014 | RAHUL NASKAR
    Your PC without this CPU feature won’t boot Windows 11 24H2 KEY TAKEAWAYS Windows 11 24H2 update requires the POPCNT CPU feature, making it impossible to run on super-old PCs. Modern CPUs support POPCNT, so if you recently bought a new PC, you won't have any issues. PCs older than fifteen years will be affected by this change and won't be able to boot Windows 11 without POPCNT support. Windows 11 24H2 is the next big update that Microsoft will roll out later this year, and it might finally put an end to the practice of running Windows unofficially on...
  • Weird PC problem: Bluetooth works with Edge, not Brave or Chrome

    01/17/2024 1:54:02 PM PST · by Paul R. · 22 replies
    Me | 1/17/2024 | Paul R.
    Can a computer problem get any weirder? I'm running a fast Dell laptop with Win 11 Pro. If I play audio from YouTube while browsing with Brave (or Chrome), System sounds, test tones from Windows' troubleshooter, etc., play over a bluetooth speaker just fine, but the audio on the YouTube vid plays only over the tiny laptop speakers. (Nothing is connected to the headphone jack.) I've been all through Windows troubleshooting, and even a session with a MS tech support rep, to no avail, other than doing a Shift + Shutdown now results with (after booting back up and returning...