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Following a guide about Windows passkeys on how to enable, save and manage them, the company has now published a guide on how to enable Enhanced Sign-in Security for protecting biometrics.

Microsoft recently announced an interesting WIndows 11 24H2 feature that's both cool and controversial. Called Recall it is currently only officially supported on Qualcomm Snapdragon X.

This post guides through decompiling Hyper-V Manager to rebuild it from source, aiming to assess its value for potential open-sourcing. It explores manual and automated decompilation processes, including troubleshooting and enhancing the tool, advocating for community-led improvements to this widely-used but neglected software.

Andy Young, an ex-Microsoft senior software engineer, posted a message on X/Twitter bemoaning that even with his $1,600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM, Windows...

A killer new Windows 11 feature could be coming later this year, the ability to receive a security update without having to reboot your PC.

We've all experienced the annoyace of a forced restart after a Windows update, but Microsoft is working on removing this completely.

Microsoft is introducing "hot patching" with the Windows 11 24H2 update, allowing for seamless installation of security patches without restarting your PC.

A reboot is required after the installation of many updates for Windows. This is definitely the case for the monthly cumulative security updates, but also for other updates. Windows 11 displays popups to the user when a restart is required, which can be disruptive.

Cumulative updates might not require a reboot later this year (with caveats)

Microsoft is releasing two small servicing channels to members of the Windows Insider Program who are a part of the Dev Channel. Neither of these new builds contain any new features.