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In this episode of Microsoft Weekly, we look at the CrowdStrike outage fallout, a lot of new Windows 11 preview builds, fresh non-security updates for Windows 10 and 11, some keyboard and GPU reviews, plenty of gaming news, and more.

Explorer Patcher, a popular UI-tweaking app for Windows 11, received a new pre-release update. It delivers two important changes: a new Windows 10 taskbar implementation with new features and ARM64 support so that you can use Explorer Patcher on the latest Copilot+ PCs, such as the Surface Pro 11 or the Surface Laptop 7.

Microsoft has added a feature to Windows 11 that allows you to end tasks directly from the taskbar, but it's turned off by default.

On July 23, Mozilla released a small bug-fixing update for Firefox 128, which is currently the latest Firefox version in the Release channel. Now, just a few days later, developers shipped another release. Version 128.0.3 brings three bug fixes to resolve problems with websites not loading when connecting via HTTP/2, collapsed table rows, and the on-screen keyboard on Windows.

Oracle is working on a big update for VirtualBox, a popular virtualization software that is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Version 7.1 is currently in beta, and the first release is now available for everyone to try.

An upcoming update will add the ability to change the behavior of your mouse scroll wheel in Windows Settings.

Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 11, version 24H2 , for members of the Windows Insider Program in the Release Preview channel. The new build number is 26100.1297, under KB5040529. There are a ton of new features in this build that have been included in earlier Beta, Dev, and Canary preview builds. Some of the features will be rolled out normally while others will be released gradually

Microsoft has published a new Windows 11 update today under KB5040527 (builds 22621.3958 and 22631.3958). This is the C release or the non-security preview update for July 2024 for versions 22H2 and 23H2. The new update brings several new features including the drag and drop of pinned apps from the Start menu to the Taskbar, File Explorer Tab duplication, and more.

The Linux Mint team has just announced the availability of Linux Mint 22 "Wilma", alongside the official release notes. While it has just been announced, some users downloaded it a few days early while it was still propagating out to Linux Mint's extensive list of mirrors.

The next version of Windows comes with some much-needed quality of life improvements. Here are the best ones.

Mozilla has released the first bug-fixing update for Firefox 128, which arrived in the Release channel a couple of weeks ago. In today's update, Mozilla resolved various bugs, such as visual glitches on Windows on ARM devices, problems with certain ad-blocking extensions, audio issues during calls on macOS, bugs when taking screenshots, and more.

It has been nearly three years since Windows 11 became generally available, and despite this, Microsoft has not been able to win the hearts of most users and convince them about its new OS. It is estimated that Windows 11's market share is less than a third according to Statcounter data.
 
Modifying and debloating the OS is something that has become somewhat of a common practice among enthusiasts, though at times, these are done just for the sake of it, like running Windows 11 on an iPhone 15 Pro.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' tops the chart, followed by 'Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1'. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

In this episode of Microsoft Weekly, we look at a security update knocking out almost 9 million Windows PCs, Windows Update changes, Windows 11 version 23H2's broad availability, butt-shaped Xbox controllers, gaming news, and more.

A former Microsoft employee narrates how he wrote the Windows 95 Start menu.

Gamers Nexus (2.23M subscribers)
 
July 19, 2024
 
Video length: 26m 33s
 
00:00 - AMD Zen 5 Announcements
01:49 - 9950X, 9900X, 9700X, 9600X Specs
05:15 - AMD Redesigning Zen
09:38 - Performance Claims
12:38 - AMD Engineering Discussion Panel
21:18 - Chipset Comparison (X870E vs. X870, B850, & B840)

Microsoft Edge has received a small update in the Stable Channel. Version 126.0.2592.113 is now available for download with a bunch of important fixes. The update resolves a renderer crash when turning on certain accessibility features and a bug with the new tab page news feed showing up and ignoring the policy that should block the feed. Also, there are nine patches for high-severity Chromium vulnerabilities.

Check out these five effective ways to repair most Windows 11 problems without spending a lot of time troubleshooting.

On Windows 11, if you're experiencing unwanted problems with the current setup, you have multiple ways to restore the system's health, and in this guide, I will show you five ways to complete this task.

Windows 11 version 23H2, which is the newest Windows 11 version to date (if you do not count version 24H2 on Copilot+ PCs), is finally available to everyone. Microsoft announced that the operating system is finally broadly available, meaning every customer with eligible devices can update to version 23H2 without waiting.

Kaspersky is due to close its US-based division very soon and lay off its staff who work there, according to a Zero Day report. The outlet said that Kaspersky had confirmed it would start winding down operating in the US beginning on July 20, including laying off employees.

During its monthly "Let's Go!" stream, Playground Games announced a new content update for Forza Horizon 5. Called "Cars & Coffee," it brings some new exclusive cars, a new premium car pack, fresh props, a new Coffee Shop location, and other changes to the game.

AMD Ryzen 9000 series of desktop CPUs based on Zen 5 architecture are going to release on 31st of July.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' tops the chart, followed by 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'. ‘The Garfield movie'' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

In this episode of Microsoft Weekly, we look at Patch Tuesday updates, big new features for the Start menu and taskbar, a bunch of interesting reviews, Game Pass price changes, new Windows 11 preview builds, some fixed and newly confirmed bugs, and a lot more.

Microsoft has again quietly updated its Validation OS ISOs. In case you are not familiar with it, Validation OS is an official lightweight variant of Windows and it is designed for hardware vendors to test, validate and repair hardware defects.