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Windows 11 25H2 ISOs released after delays
By Luke James published
Microsoft's fall update is now just a download away, but support won’t be available until general availability later this year.

Nano11 compresses Windows 11 install footprint to as little as 2.8GB
By Mark Tyson published
Nano11 Builder for Windows 11 produces the smallest Windows 11 installer ISOs and finished installation sizes yet.

Early Windows 11 25H2 benchmarks confirm the update provides no performance improvements over 24H2
By Aaron Klotz published
Phoronix tests Windows 11 25H2 against 24H2, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 24.0.3 LTS. But testing shows that 25H2 has no additional optimizations under the hood, matching 24H2 in performance.

Windows 11 August 2025 security update is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear for non-admin users
By Aaron Klotz published
Microsoft's latest Windows update for Windows 11, Windows 10 is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear in certain cases for non-admin users.

Microsoft swats down reports of SSD failures in Windows
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft says that the KB5063878 update did not cause the drive failures that have been widely reported on social media.

Windows 8.1 graphics get bit-crushed into working in 40-year-old EGA graphics mode
By Mark Tyson published
Tech enthusiast gets Windows 8.1 to install on a system restricted by the ancient (1984) EGA graphics standard.

Microsoft's Windows 95 release was 30 years ago today, the first time software was a pop culture smash
By Mark Tyson published
Microsoft’s momentous Windows 95 operating system became available to the public on this day 30 years ago.

Microsoft’s August 2025 security updates are breaking recovery tools on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs
By Kunal Khullar published
Microsoft admits its latest security updates break Windows recovery tools like "Reset this PC" and "Fix problems using Windows Update" on multiple Windows versions.
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