When updating a piece of software as large and complex and old as Windows, you’re inevitably going to break something every once in a while. Microsoft tracks known issues here—generally they affect ...

A few weeks ago, Microsoft released its usual monthly patch update on Tuesday, fixing 100 security flaws and a vulnerability already exploited in the wild. However, there have been widespread ...

Microsoft is rolling out "Secure Boot Allowed Key Exchange Key (KEK) Update," which requires a system reboot to finish ...

A Microsoft support document has confirmed that, for users of Windows 11 version 24H2, the Scan for Updates function might not be working. “This Windows configuration update addresses an issue in ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. When Windows decides that it isn't interested in completing an upgrade, it can be maddeningly unhelpful ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Microsoft’s mandatory security update this month has been described ...

Windows 11 KB5079473 is now rolling out as part of Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday, and it has up to nine new features, including Emoji 16, Internet Speed Test, Extract all options in Explorer, ...

If you see the You’re not up to date message on the Windows Update page in WIndows 11/10 Settings but no update is available, restart your system and try again. If this does not help, use these fixes: ...

Microsoft has tacitly confirmed that the mandatory Windows 11 24H2 updates from past months negatively impacted the operating system’s stability, which is bad timing for the company who recently ...

1. Check for missing updates, especially firmware I've heard from several readers who encountered issues with upgrading that were resolved after they tracked down some crucial driver and firmware/BIOS ...

Windows 10 has officially reached the end of its support lifecycle, leaving users to transition to Windows 11. However, the latest update to Windows 11, version 25H2, is already causing significant ...