Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. “Reset and recovery operations on some Windows versions might fail,” ...

Windows 11 Enterprise and IoT get an update disrupting shutdown and hibernation functionality, but a more manual shutdown is ...

Windows Server is under attack, act now. Updated October 26 with more technical information regarding the latest Microsoft Windows emergency security update addressing CVE-2025-59287, a critical ...

Microsoft has confirmed a new known issue causing delivery delays for June 2025 Windows security updates due to an incorrect metadata timestamp. As Redmond explains in recent advisory updates, this ...

Microsoft’s first Windows 11 security update of 2026 broke shutdowns and some Remote Desktop sign-ins. Microsoft has released ...

Microsoft has shipped its first Patch Tuesday update of 2026 for Windows 11, delivering cumulative update KB5074109 to ...

Microsoft has released the KB5062660 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with twenty-nine new features or changes, with many gradually rolling out, such as the new Black Screen of Death and ...

Microsoft’s fifth major iteration of Windows 11 is nearing its release to the general public—the Windows Insider team announced today that Windows 11 25H2 was being put into its Release Preview ...

An October 2025 Microsoft Windows security update is wreaking havoc on enterprises, impacting multiple systems with bugs ranging from annoying to showstopper. The update in KB5066835 was intended to ...

A critical October patch has disrupted many development environments in Windows 11, forcing companies to roll back updates and causing them to question Microsoft’s QA process. Just as Windows 10 has ...

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday security update for October weighed in at a hefty 175 CVEs, including two that attackers are already exploiting, three that were previously disclosed, and more than a dozen ...

Firstly, the good news: If you have Windows 10 installed on your PC, you can upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 (the latest version of Windows 11) free of charge. This makes sense, as support for Windows 10 ...