Microsoft says the October 2025 Windows security updates are causing smart card authentication and certificate issues due to a change designed to strengthen the Windows Cryptographic Services. This ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the September 2025 security updates are causing Active Directory issues on Windows Server 2025 systems. As the company explains in a Windows release health dashboard ...

In the past couple of days, reports about about a Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) bug have emerged, which renders USB devices useless. Microsoft released a patch already for this particular ...

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After installing the update previews from late September or the security updates from October in Windows, some unexpected side effects may occur. Microsoft reports failed authentication with smart ...

Due to Windows authentication issues which has to do with a user account and password, when you attempt to establish a Remote Desktop connection to a remote Windows-based machine, to remotely logon to ...

Event Viewer is a handy tool that allows you to view and analyze detailed logs of various events on your computer. It is pretty useful when your system goes through a crash and you are trying to find ...

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