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Microsoft has confirmed that its recent July security update has broken printing and scanning on systems when using smart card authentication. The problem is related to certain changes it made.

Microsoft today announced during a Tech Community AMA that an LTSC release based on Windows 11 will ship a few years after the one based on Windows 10 version 21H2 ships this year.

Microsoft has acknowledged the new HiveVulnerability flaw found recently in Windows 10 and 11 builds. The company is yet to patch the problem but has released a workaround for the vulnerability today.

Microsoft has highlighted numerous limitations in the design of the context menu in Windows 10 and detailed the enhancements it is making to its counterpart in Windows 11 to improve usability.

Microsoft has started rolling out the Windows 10 21H2 feature update to users on the Release Preview channel. It brings WPA3 H2E support, GPU compute support for WSL and EFLOW deployments and more.

Microsoft announced that it is redesigning over 1,800 emojis in Windows, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services. The new emoji feature a 3D design and will roll out to Windows this holiday.

Microsoft has released Windows Terminal Preview 1.10 that adds a few new features. These include the addition of a command palette button to the dropdown menu, support for bold text, and more.

Microsoft today officially announced Windows 365 and Cloud PC, a cloud-powered virtualization service that lets businesses deploy, manage, and run Windows 10 and Windows 11 via the cloud.

Microsoft is releasing updates to all supported Windows versions today as part of its Patch Tuesday updates. These bring fixes to issues with Zebra printers, and other improvements.

This past week has seen PrintNightmare patches come out (and be contested), the arrival of new Insider builds, additional Game Pass games, and more. Be sure to catch up via our handy overview.

Microsoft is working to refresh the Edge UI to bring it in line with Windows 11's design. Some of those visual updates can be tried out by enabling a hidden flag in Canary builds, even on Windows 10.

Microsoft has confirmed that its update KB5004945 breaks Zebra printers preventing them from working properly. The company will release a new patch within the next few days that will fix the problem.

Despite claims to the contrary, Microsoft says that its PrintNightmare patch works as intended. It states that security researchers who are calling it ineffective are using insecure configurations.

Security researchers are reporting that Microsoft's fix for the PrintNightmare vulnerability that rolled out to most Windows versions is ineffective, and can let attackers completely bypass it.

Microsoft has begun rolling out a mandatory update for the most recent Windows 10 versions - 2004, 20H2, and 21H1 - to patch the recently acknowledged PrintNightmare critical vulnerability.

Microsoft has begun rolling out the new Office UI containing rounded window and ribbon corners to users running Beta channel Office Insider builds. The update is heading out in a staggered manner.

Microsoft has offered some further mitigations against the highly dangerous PrintNightmare exploit. The company has also given it a CVSS rating of 8.8/10, which almost awards it "critical" severity.

An exploit called "PrintNightmare" is being investigated by Microsoft. It potentially affects all versions of Windows. U.S. CISA has marked it as "critical" as it can lead to remote code execution.

If you are not happy with Windows 11 or if you are facing issues on Windows 11 then there is a straightforward way to roll back to the stable version of Windows 10 without formatting your boot drive.

Microsoft has released a cumulative update version KB5004760 that fixes PDF problems where it wouldn't open on Internet Explorer 11 or similar apps, and would only render gray backgrounds in Acrobat.

As expected, Microsoft has recommended that organizations start preparing for their eventual transition to Windows 11. It has outlined a series of steps to follow for a seamless transition.

Microsoft is refreshing the UI of its Office suite of apps, bringing them in line with Windows 11. These are rolling out to Windows 10 and Windows 11 users running Beta Channel Office Insider builds.

Google's Project Zero team has disclosed yet another elevation of privilege exploit present in Windows given Microsoft's inability to properly fix it in the given 90 days time frame.

Microsoft has confirmed that it will be releasing Windows 10 version 21H2 later this year. While it adds that there will be "new updates to current features", there isn't much information yet.

Microsoft has introduced new minimum hardware requirements with the release of Windows 11, meaning that your Windows 10 device may not even be eligible. There's a way around it though.

Microsoft has released optional Windows 10 updates for versions 21H1, 20H2, and 2004, bringing fixes for News and Interests' blurry text, gaming performance improvements, and more.