Windows 11’s 2026 Insider update is live, and it brings a fresh round of new features and changes for testers.

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories about new features for Windows 11, botched driver updates, upcoming PowerToys features, and more.

If Security Center is turned off or missing, Windows cannot correctly show your protection status in the Windows Security app. This usually means the ...

Catch up with this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap about a shakeup at the company's gaming division, some changes to the Windows 11 Canary channel, and more.

In a Hyper-V environment, failures typically occur due to a mismatch or corruption in the state of the virtual TPM (vTPM) assigned to the guest VM, not the host’s physical TPM. Common causes include ...

The series of destructive Windows 11 updates continues. The January 2026 security update for Windows 11, titled KB5074109, was meant to include routine fixes for networking and power issues, a new ...

Microsoft’s Patch Fixes Are Breaking Windows, Forcing a Second Emergency Update Your email has been sent Microsoft’s own fixes have become its biggest problem, forcing the company to issue a second ...

Windows 11 users are advised to avoid a new system update from Microsoft after some were left with computers that refused to boot. The update in question, KB5074109, is also breaking other areas of ...

The hardest hit appear to be users of Outlook Classic who rely on POP email accounts or local PST files, particularly those stored in cloud folders such as OneDrive. For these users, Outlook may hang, ...

It only affected Enterprise and IoT editions of Windows 11 23H2, and an emergency fix is already available. It only affected Enterprise and IoT editions of Windows 11 23H2, and an emergency fix is ...

Users of specific versions of Microsoft's Windows 11 can no longer properly shutdown or enter hibernation, and are instead being forced to restart unless the correct Command Prompt command is made, as ...

Windows does a decent job of updating itself, but third-party apps are another story. Browsers, utilities, and everyday tools often fall behind unless you keep checking them manually. That routine ...