Windows 11 KB5127648, KB5121003, KB5129195, KB5089549 installs fail with 0x800f0845 error

Windows 11 Patch Tuesday updates are failing to install for many months now. KB5127648, KB5121003, KB5129195, and KB5089549 ...
CNET

This Is My Favorite Microsoft 365 Replacement and It’s Free on Linux, Mac and Windows

In addition to being free and open-source, LibreOffice offers other benefits, such as greater document privacy than Microsoft ...

ImageMagick 7.1.2-34 does not fix the mogrify extension mismatch issue—I built and compared versions -31 through -34 in Docker

I built mogrify from source for ImageMagick versions 7.1.2-31 through 7.1.2-34 and measured their execution under identical ...
Tech to Geek

5 Essential Windows Apps I Install on Every New PC

Discover five essential Windows 11 apps for customizing the Start menu, uninstalling software, editing text, previewing files ...

Munich dumps proprietary for open source (again) – but no Linux desktop

Open source in the public sector doesn’t fail because of technical issues. It fails because it’s not aligned with the ...

5 apps I always install on new Windows PCs – and most are free

Finally, Microsoft’s free PowerToys earns a spot on every PC I buy and use. Available freely from the Microsoft Store and ...
Tech Times

Windows 10 Commercial Security Updates Expired, Leaving Enterprise PCs Exposed

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Year 1 expired October 13 for commercial customers, leaving enterprise PCs unpatched. Those machines now carry an average 1,903 active CVEs, nearly 3x the Windows ...
xenospectrum

Python 3.15 Makes UTF-8 the Default, Easing Windows Text Issues — but Legacy Code Needs a Check

Python 3.15's UTF-8 default reduces environment-dependent behavior when no encoding is specified. We look at what it means ...
How-To Geek

Uninstalling Windows apps in bulk is super easy with this free, open-source tool

When you're clearing out unwanted apps from your Windows PC, uninstalling one or two is easy enough. But if you have a dozen ...

xtool: Building iPhone Apps Without Opening Xcode - Terms and the 7-Day Limit You Should Know Before Using on Windows or Linux

To build an iPhone app, you use Xcode on a Mac. Challenging this common knowledge, "xtool" has become a hot topic on GitHub.
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.141 Brings Copilot, Codex Sessions Together, Tightens AI Agent Security

Microsoft's latest update expands agent management, adds cross-platform sandboxing and lets developers pick up AI conversations started in other apps.