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The latest optional update for Windows 11 will place ads in the Recommended section of the Start menu. Microsoft received negative feedback about its plans but moved forward with the change.

Windows 11 Moment 5 is now available to everyone. Microsoft has released the KB5036893 update as part of its monthly update schedule, bringing the new Moment 5 features to all users, not just Windows Insiders.

It is the time of the month when Microsoft releases preview versions of the next months updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11. And for Windows 11 users, the newly launched KB5035942 update is an exciting one.

Windows 10 may be in the later stages of its life, but Microsoft has still not given up on it. With just 18 months of support left, the company has released the KB5035941 update which adds Windows Spotlight to your desktop background as well as new lockscreen widgets.

The March 2024 optional non-security update, KB5035941, is now rolling out to Windows 10 users. It adds new Lock Screen widgets, Windows Spotlight desktop wallpapers, and other changes.

Microsoft has rolled out emergency out-of-band (OOB) security updates to address a critical memory leak issue affecting select versions of Windows Server domain controllers (DCs), causing servers to freeze and restart.

Not for the first time, Microsoft has released a patch-for-a-patch after a recent update was found to cause memory leaks in Windows Server.

"Microsoft confirmed that a memory leak introduced with the March 2024 Windows Server security updates is behind a widespread issue causing Windows domain controllers to crash," BleepingComputer reported Thursday. Friday Microsoft wrote that the issue "was resolved in the out-of-band update KB503...