Windows 11

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue that is currently preventing users from opening the Start menu on some Windows 11 PCs. The company has notified that it applied the Known Issue Rollback mechanism to address the problem. For those unfamiliar, the Known Issue Rollback capability allows users to quietly roll back buggy non-security fixes delivered…

Microsoft has announced its plans to retire the built-in Windows Information Protection (WIP) feature in its client operating system. The software giant has decided to sunset the data leak prevention capability in favor of its paid subscription service, Microsoft Purview. Windows Information Protection (previously known as enterprise data protection (EDP) is a useful feature that…

Microsoft released the July 2022 Patch Tuesday updates yesterday for all supported versions of Windows. Even though you may want to lay back and relax during the summer, Microsoft fixed no less than 84 vulnerabilities this month, so you may not want to skip the company’s latest patches.   Critical Windows vulnerabilities in July Patch…

Microsoft is investigating a new Windows 11 bug that is currently preventing the Outlook desktop app from displaying recent emails in the search results. The software giant has confirmed in a support document that the problem impacts Windows 11 users with IMAP, POP as well as offline Exchange accounts. “This problem mostly affects users with…

This month, there was a lot of activity for Windows Insiders, Internet Explorer was finally retired, and could Microsoft be preparing to release another version of Windows 10 this fall? Internet Explorer retired It shouldn’t have come as a shock to anyone but after more than 25 years, Internet Explorer (IE) was officially retired on…

Do you often look for the easiest way to take a screenshot on your PC? Screenshots can be extremely helpful if you want to share what you are seeing on your screen with others, or to keep something for reference later. Here are ten easy-to-use ways to take a screenshot on your Windows devices. Windows…

Microsoft has released the KB5014668 update for Windows 11, a new optional patch that fixes the Wi-Fi hotspot feature broken by the June Patch Tuesday updates. This release also brings a new Search Highlights feature to Windows 11 PCs as well as several other bug fixes. The Search Highlights feature first made its debut on…

Microsoft is getting ready to end support for its almost 9-year-old Windows 8.1 operating system on January 10, 2023. The software giant will begin pushing end-of-support notifications to Windows 8.1 users next month, giving them plenty of time to consider other options. As a reminder, Microsoft offered Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 to help…

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 build to Insiders in the Dev channel. The build 25145 brings a couple of new features and improvements, such as the legacy Local Administrator Password Solution and OneDrive subscription management in the Settings app. The first notable change in this build is native support for the Local Administrator…

Microsoft has released out-of-band patches for Windows 11 and various versions of Windows 10. The latest updates address the sign-in issues with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Microsoft 365 services on Arm-based devices. In release notes for the out-of-band fixes, Microsoft admits the June 2022 Patch Tuesday updates broke VPN connections. The bug also…