Neowin News Feed for: Fixes

Linus Torvalds releases Linux 6.17-rc3, says it's a normal release

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 01:00:01 +0000

Linus Torvalds has published the third release candidate of Linux 6.17, calling it a fairly normal release. If things keep on like this, Linux 6.17 will be out in about one month from now. Read more...

Linux 6.17-rc2 is one of the smallest releases lately

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:26:01 +0000

Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 6.17-rc2. The founder was pleased this week as everything was without drama, but suspects a busier next week. Read more...

Linux 6.16-rc7 arrives: A quiet week ends with a slew of tiny fixes

Paul Hill — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 06:16:01 +0000

Linus Torvalds has released the seventh release candidate of Linux 6.16. It's most likely going to be the last version before the stable release. Read more...

Microsoft fixes force feedback for some steering wheels in new Xbox Alpha Skip-Ahead update

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:08:02 +0000

Microsoft has released a new update for Xbox Insiders on the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It comes with various fixes, including a feedback fix for some steering wheel controllers used in racing games. Read more...

Halo Infinite developer reverses patch to bring back gravity-defying skill jumps

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 16 May 2022 10:54:02 +0000

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries is rolling out some major updates to the game and will roll back fixes that addressed skill jumps. The developers are basically reintroducing glitches. Read more...

Kodi 19 “Matrix” Alpha 2 launches with new fixes

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:34:01 +0000

Kodi has announced the availability of Kodi 19 "Matrix" Alpha 2. The new release is still an early version so it's not intended to be used as a daily driver. It includes many fixes boosting stability. Read more...

Apple pushes iOS 11.0.3 update with sundry fixes

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 02:52:01 +0000

Apple is quickly pushing out updates to iOS 11 in order to fix some of the bugs contained in the latest release. This week's update brings fixes for haptic feedback and unresponsive displays. Read more...

Windows 10 Insider Preview build 16251: Fixes and known issues in the latest PC preview

Andy Weir — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:22:52 +0000

The latest Windows 10 Insider Preview for PCs in the Fast ring has arrived, bringing some new features to the OS, along with various improvements and fixes... and some known issues to be aware of. Read more...

Windows 10 Insider Preview build 16215 for PCs: What's been fixed... and what hasn't

Andy Weir — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:47:26 +0000

Microsoft released its latest Windows 10 Insider Preview today for PCs in the Fast ring. Build 16215 brings a range of fixes to the OS, but there are a few known issues to be aware of. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview build 15213 to the Fast ring

Andy Weir — Thu, 11 May 2017 18:00:39 +0000

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview, build 15213, to the Fast ring, bringing a range of fixes for various issues, and a couple of known issues to be aware of. Read more...

Windows 10 Mobile build 15007: What's been fixed... and what hasn't

Andy Weir — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:48:43 +0000

The Fast ring's first Windows 10 Mobile build for six weeks is now rolling out, and includes all sorts of new features - but while it brings numerous fixes, there are plenty of known issues too. Read more...

Windows 10 Insider Preview build 15007: Fixes and known issues for PCs

Andy Weir — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:36:02 +0000

Microsoft's second Insider Preview build for PCs in the Fast ring this week brings numerous fixes and improvements - but there's a long list of known issues you should be aware of before installation. Read more...

Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview build 14959: What's been fixed, and what hasn't

Andy Weir — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 17:26:38 +0000

If you're in the Fast ring, you can now grab the latest Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview for your handset. But before you do, be sure to read through the list of fixes and known issues for phones. Read more...

Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14959: Fixes and known issues for PCs

Andy Weir — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 17:15:45 +0000

Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14959 is now available to PCs (and phones) in the Fast ring - and as always, it brings a range of fixes, along with some known issues to be aware of before installing. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 build 10586.122 for PCs, bringing huge range of improvements

Andy Weir — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:42:26 +0000

The latest cumulative update to Windows 10 brings improvements across the board, including to Cortana, Edge, File Explorer, startup, shutdown, Windows Store, device support, fonts, printing, and more. Read more...

These are the known issues and stuff that's been fixed in Windows 10 build 10565

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:39:10 +0000

Microsoft launched a new build of Windows 10 for those participating in the Windows Insider program. With the new release, Microsoft also detailed the known issues and bug fixes. Read more...

Microsoft says its latest Windows 10 Mobile preview includes over 2,000 fixes

Andy Weir — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:14:01 +0000

Windows 10 Mobile build 10512 rolled out yesterday with various known issues - this is preview software after all - but Microsoft says it's made over 2,000 fixes in the new build, compared with 10166. Read more...

Windows 10 Insider Preview build 10130 is now available for the Slow ring

Andy Weir — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 17:30:13 +0000

Microsoft is rolling out its latest Windows 10 Insider Preview, build 10130, to users on the Slow ring - but some users may be unable to upgrade their existing installations via Windows Update. Read more...

Review: System Mechanic - robust PC fixing tools [Update] Giveaway results!

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:32:51 +0000

System Mechanic is one of many applications that allow you to perform a variety of maintenance tasks on your Windows PC to keep it running healthily and as fast as possible. Currently at version 10.5... Read more...

80+ bug fixes in store for Mac OS X 10.5.7

Sam Symons — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:13:23 +0000

Although Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system is in the pipeline, and coming up for a release sometime this year, work it still being continued on their current operating system, Leopard. As AppleInsider reports, on... Read more...

Microsoft's XP SP3 Patch Fixes Anti-Virus Glitch

Steven Parker — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:03:16 +0000

Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. The problem was first discovered just over a... Read more...

Patch Tuesday Fixes for Windows XP/Vista & Server

Steven Parker — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:36:14 +0000

Patch Tuesday brought several fixes to Windows yesterday, and thanks to Neowin user fr33k we have them listed below. Windows XP users are urged to fire up Windows Update and install these if you don't... Read more...

Microsoft "Patch Tuesday" Fixes 10 Vulnerabilities

Steven Parker — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:25:20 +0000

As expected, yesterday Microsoft rolled out five "critical" and three "important" patches for Windows Server 2008, Vista, Office, Internet Explorer and other software as part of its regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday release. The eight-patch rollout... Read more...

Microsoft: 12 fixes to come on Patch Tuesday; 7 Critical

Steven Parker — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:57:25 +0000

Microsoft is gearing up to release 12 security bulletins Tuesday that will include patches for critical vulnerabilities in Office, Windows, Internet Explorer, VBScript, JScript and Visual Basic. The updates, which will come in Microsoft's monthly... Read more...

Google Fixes Gmail IMAP Problem on Windows Mobile

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:41:03 +0000

Google said it has fixed a problem that was causing Windows Mobile phone users to receive blank Gmail messages. In October, Google began supporting IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) for Gmail. That means messages that... Read more...

Patch Tuesday: MS Fixes Glitches in IE, Multimedia, Vista

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:16:49 +0000

Microsoft released seven security bulletins that addressed 11 vulnerabilities on its Dec. 11 Patch Tuesday. Of those, three bulletins containing seven client-side vulnerabilities are rated as critical and affect nearly all major Microsoft operating systems:... Read more...

Microsoft Fixes Bug in Windows Live File-Sharing Service

Steven Parker — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:05:53 +0000

Microsoft confirmed it has fixed a bug in its online file storage and sharing service Windows Live FolderShare after users reported problems that the service was deleting files without user authorization. Microsoft sent an e-mail... Read more...

Dell: Turnaround Plan Not About Quick Fixes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:51:41 +0000

Dell directors met with shareholders for the first time since uncovering a major accounting scandal at the company, announced a $10 billion stock buyback and said they believe their turnaround strategy is a long-term play.... Read more...

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Brings Two Fixes

Steven Parker — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:25:37 +0000

Compared with previous Patch Tuesdays, November's version was quite small with Microsoft releasing only two patches for the Windows operating system: one rated critical and the other important. The critical patch addresses an issue with... Read more...

Apple releases seven QuickTime fixes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:09:16 +0000

Apple has patched seven vulnerabilities in the latest version of QuickTime affecting the Windows and MacOS X versions of the media player software. Each of the vulnerabilities affects users of MacOS 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and 10.5... Read more...

Mozilla fixes Firefox regressions, releases version 2.0.0.9

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:18:40 +0000

Mozilla Corporation has released Firefox 2.0.0.9 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, an update the company promised last week after it announced five bugs had been introduced by the previous version of the browser.... Read more...

Microsoft Fixes Excel Calculation Bug

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:22:07 +0000

Microsoft says it has fixed a much publicized Excel 2007 bug which caused the spreadsheet program to display erroneous calculation results. The Excel team explained the issue this way: of the countless different floating point... Read more...

iPod Touch firmware update fixes LCD issues

Steven Parker — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:57:40 +0000

While many considered the LCD issues plaguing some iPod Touch units a hardware issue, Apple just released a firmware update for the device that appears to fix the problem. That's the issue many Touch owners... Read more...

Google's Blogger fixes bug, adds video uploading

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:11:58 +0000

Google's Blogger team solved a technical problem Wednesday with the blog publishing and hosting service that affected an undetermined number of Blogger publishers with editing and posting operations on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, Blogger... Read more...

Could this be what fixes Vista for a lot of us?

Steven Parker — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:59:04 +0000

Microsoft has apparently decided to release some updates for Windows Vista x86 and x64 versions to the testers. Updates are: Windows6.0-KB938194-x64.msu @ 3.65mbWindows6.0-KB938194-x86.msu @ 2.13 mbWindows6.0-KB938979-x64.msu @ 14.15mbWindows6.0-KB938979-x86.msu @ 9.86mb 938979 Vista Performance and... Read more...

Microsoft Fixes Windows Mobile Sync

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:37:46 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has fixed a problem that made it difficult for users of the most recent Windows Mobile devices to synch with PCs running Vista. Tuesday night, Microsoft launched Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1, an... Read more...

Apple fixes serious QuickTime bug

Wed, 30 May 2007 01:36:33 +0000

Apple has released a security update for QuickTime 7.1.6, fixing two issues in the way the media player works on the Java platform. The most serious of these problems could give criminals a way of... Read more...

Apple fixes 17 Mac OS X flaws

Fri, 25 May 2007 19:29:42 +0000

Apple has released the year's fifth major security update for Mac OS X to patch 17 vulnerabilities, the first time this year that an OS security update from Apple did not patch a vulnerability disclosed... Read more...

Microsoft fixes nasty DNS server, Exchange flaws

Tue, 08 May 2007 20:12:23 +0000

Microsoft has released its May set of security patches, fixing critical bugs in Word, Excel, Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Exchange and the CAPICOM cryptography technology used by BizTalk Server. Microsoft rates all seven groups of... Read more...

New System Finds, Fixes Java, C++ Bugs

Wed, 02 May 2007 20:20:26 +0000

Coverity Incorporated has announced the availability of its Coverity Prevent Software Quality System, an automated solution that identifies and resolves vulnerabilities in C, C++ and Java source code. A technology (patent pending) the company calls... Read more...