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fromTheregister
23 hours agoWSL9x hacks Linux into ancient Windows 9x systems
The VxD driver does a lot of the heavy lifting and is responsible for initializing WSL9x as well as handling userspace events that have to be relayed to the kernel (i.e., page faults and syscalls), which it does in a rather interesting way due to limitations in the Win9x architecture.
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fromTheregister
1 month agoWindows 11 tops market share as 10 faces extended farewell
I don't think any organization wants to pay for ESU licenses. Many organizations will migrate, but a non-trivial subset will rely on ESU as a safety net because their constraints are less about 'deciding to upgrade' and more about validating dependencies and coordinating operational downtime.
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fromZDNET
2 months agoMicrosoft's latest update patches six zero-days and two critical flaws - but is it another buggy mess?
February Patch Tuesday refreshes Secure Boot certificates and fixes Windows 11/10 feature and security bugs such as full‑screen gaming, WPA3 connectivity, fonts, GPUs, and File Explorer.
fromTheregister
2 months agoMicrosoft stays quiet while emergency Windows fixes ramp up
But are things getting worse? According to Register readers, and the company's own release health dashboard, the answer has to be yes. It isn't just you. The frequency of emergency out-of-band releases for the company's operating systems has been rapidly increasing to the point where, for every Patch Tuesday update, there'll likely be at least one out-of-band patch to fix whatever got broken.
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fromTechRepublic
1 month agoMicrosoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug Crippling PCs, Blocking Access to Core Drive
A Windows 11 bug from the February 2026 security update locks users out of their C: drive, primarily affecting Samsung computers, preventing access to files and launching applications.
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fromTechRepublic
1 month agoMicrosoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical Windows 11 RRAS Vulnerabilities
Microsoft released an out-of-band security update for Windows 11 addressing three critical vulnerabilities in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service that enable remote code execution through malicious server connections.
fromTechzine Global
1 month agoSupport for Windows Server 2016 is coming to an end
Microsoft is warning organizations about the impending end of support for several Windows products from 2016. These include Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB, and Windows IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016. According to Microsoft, these products are approaching the final stage of their lifecycle, which has direct consequences for organizations that still depend on this software. The lifecycle documentation on Microsoft Learn shows that Windows Server 2016 has not received regular support since January 2022 and is now fully in the extended support phase.
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fromSecurityWeek
2 months agoMicrosoft to Enable 'Windows Baseline Security' With New Runtime Integrity Safeguards
Windows Baseline Security Mode will enable runtime integrity safeguards by default, allowing only properly signed apps, drivers, and services to run while permitting administrator overrides.
fromTheregister
2 months agoOld Windows quirks help punch through new admin defenses
The issue focuses on how Windows handles these directories for specific user sessions. Because the kernel creates a DOS device object directory on demand, rather than at login, it cannot check whether the user is an admin during the creation process. Unlike UAC, Administrator Protection uses a hidden shadow admin account whose token handle can be returned by the system when calling the NtQueryInformationToken API function.
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