Microsoft documents in KB5127936 (preview dated October 28, 2026, builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) a [Smart cards] item under normal rollout: The update adds support for RSA-3072 keys on supported Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart cards in the Windows smart card minidriver. Attribute
Microsoft’s KB5127936 (October 28, 2026 preview; builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a gradual-rollout [Family Safety] group: New! — the update improves family safety messaging when applications are blocked because of age-restricted parental controls. Attribute only this New! bullet to the
Microsoft’s KB5127936 (October 28, 2026 preview; builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a gradual-rollout [Taskbar] group: New! — the update improves animations of app window previews when mousing across app icons in the taskbar. Documented improvement in the same Taskbar group (in the extract
Microsoft’s KB5127936 (October 28, 2026 preview; builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a normal-rollout [Windows PowerShell] item: the update adds version 5.1 to the names of Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). On existing devices, some Start menu
Microsoft’s KB5127936 (October 28, 2026 preview; builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a gradual-rollout [Unicode] item: Windows text shaping support for Unicode 17.0, helping Windows correctly display and shape newly encoded characters and scripts. Per the KB, Unicode 17.0 added 4,803 charac
Microsoft’s KB5127936 (October 28, 2026 preview; builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a gradual-rollout [Data Protection API (DPAPI)] item: a warning before prompt-based protect and unprotect operations. Per the KB, the warning explains that this prompt-based experience will be retired in Ap
Microsoft’s KB5127936 (October 28, 2026 preview; builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a gradual-rollout [File Explorer] item: it enables dark mode support in the Folder Options dialog in File Explorer. The same KB notes that Windows 11 24H2 no longer receives non-security preview updates sta
Microsoft’s KB5127936 (October 28, 2026 preview; builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a gradual-rollout [Settings] item: it improves the Privacy & security page in Windows Settings by grouping related Camera, Microphone, and Location privacy controls and elevating usage information from link
Microsoft’s KB5127936 (October 28, 2026 preview; builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a gradual-rollout [Live Captions] item: a new Include screen reader audio setting, which is off by default. With the setting off, Live Captions will not transcribe audio from screen readers such as Narrator
Microsoft’s KB5127936 preview (dated 28 October 2026, builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a [Recovery] item under gradual rollout: Windows Recovery (WinRE) can automatically reuse eligible Wi-Fi profiles already saved in Windows, including supported certificate-based networks. Per the KB, d
Microsoft’s KB5127936 preview (dated 28 October 2026, builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a Modernized AutoPlay experience under gradual rollout. Per the KB, the update modernizes the AutoPlay dialog when you connect devices such as a phone, camera, or removable drive. It supports dark mode
Microsoft’s KB5127936 preview (dated 28 October 2026, builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists an Adaptive hibernate policy improvement under gradual rollout. Per the KB, the update aims for more instant-on resumes from Modern Standby while helping preserve battery when the charge is low. Notice
Microsoft’s KB5127936 preview (dated 28 October 2026, builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists an Audio fix: HDMI and DisplayPort audio playback might fail on certain AMD graphics cards. This topic is about that AMD HDMI / DisplayPort fix, not about the still-open USB Audio Class 1.0 known issue
Microsoft’s KB5127936 preview (dated 28 October 2026, builds 26300.9818 / 26200.9818 for Windows 11 26H2 / 25H2) lists a Windows Sandbox fix: Sandbox might close unexpectedly and display error 0x80370106 while in use. This topic is about that in-use crash/close, not about being unable to enable Windows Sandbox (a diffe
Microsoft documents a Remote Desktop failure for non-admin users connecting to hosts with Administrator protection enabled: connections may fail with error 0xC000000D and the message “The token that was passed to the function is invalid.” Per Windows release health (Windows 11, version 25H2), the issue is tied to the S
File Explorer's preview pane no longer shows your downloaded PDFs, documents or HTML files, and instead says: "The file you are attempting to preview could harm your computer. If you trust the file and the source you received it from, open it to view its contents." This is neither a virus nor a bug: it is a protection
On many laptops and keyboards released since 2024, the manufacturer replaced the Right Ctrl key (or sometimes the Context Menu key) with a Copilot key. As a result, your Right Ctrl shortcuts no longer work, and a screen reader that relied on that key becomes awkward to use. In 2026, Microsoft added a Windows 11 setting
Hyper-V is the hypervisor built into Windows: it lets you create virtual machines without extra software. Microsoft states that there is no Hyper-V download: it is an optional Windows feature, which only appears if the edition and the hardware allow it. When Hyper-V is missing from the list, greyed out, or Hyper-V Mana
Recall is the Windows 11 feature that saves snapshots of your screen so you can find later what you have seen. It cannot be found, the Windows + J shortcut does nothing, or snapshot saving refuses to turn on? Recall depends on strict hardware and security requirements: most cases are explained by one of them. المشكلة R
You want to enlarge drive C: or another partition, for example after cloning Windows to a bigger SSD or shrinking another partition, but in Disk Management the Extend Volume option is greyed out. Windows only enlarges a volume under specific conditions: most of the time, the free space is simply not in the right place.