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Microsoft Build 2025 brought bold updates in AI agents, secure development, and developer tooling across Windows, Azure, and GitHub.
I put together a detailed overview for those who missed the keynotes and announcements.
Read here: taylorarndt.substack.com/p/mic…
@microsoft@mastodon.social #Build2025 #AI #Microsoft #Windows #Azure #OpenAgenticWeb #DeveloperTools

Microsoft Build 2025: A Deep Dive into the Future of AI, Windows, and Developer Tools

Microsoft 365 Copilot Innovations
Taylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
#Windows #microsoft #AI #azure #build2025 #openagenticweb #developertools

Trying this again, since I got no answers last time, and only one confirmation that I'm not alone in seeing this behaviour:
For whatever reason, the JAWS "Check For Updates" menu option under the Help menu is always unavailable when running Windows and JFW in a virtual machine on a Qemu-KVM hypervisor.
What I'd love to know is if anyone knows if this is a bug or feature? If bug, is FS even aware of it? Any planned fixes? I tried to contact FS on this and got about as much as I expected, nothing.
If a feature, does anyone understand the rationale of making JFW automatic Updates unavailable on virtual machines?
#Accessibility #A11Y #automaticUpdates #JAWS #JFW #ScreenReader #Windows
#a11y #Accessibility #Windows #screenreader #jaws #JFW #automaticupdates

#Windows #dino #problem #Frage #hilfe #desktop @Friendica Support @Dino

If you have managed to delete your C:\inetpub folder following the recent #Windows security #patch for #cve202521204 then you can re-create it using the following PowerShell script:

github.com/mmotti/Reset-inetpu…

This script recreates this empty folder with the correct TrustedInstaller and SYSTEM privilages.

It does nothing to prevent the creation of HardLinks to this folder of course.

You could remove the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege (via secpol.msc for example) from a user account to prohibit creation of SymLinks but you would need to check in a test envoiroment to see what effects might have that have and what might break 🤔🤷‍♂️


GitHub - mmotti/Reset-inetpub: Restore the integrity of the parent 'inetpub' folder following security implications highlighted by CVE-2025-2120.

Restore the integrity of the parent 'inetpub' folder following security implications highlighted by CVE-2025-2120. - mmotti/Reset-inetpub
GitHub
#Windows #patch #cve202521204

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#Windows #smartphone #pc

This is the kind of thing that should be banned. It is time to realize that indiscriminate data collection and profiling is harming our society.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perp…

#Vivaldi #Browser #Spyware #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux


Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch

Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.
Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
#linux #browser #Windows #AI #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance #MACOS #vivaldi #spyware

Does anyone know a way to configure a shortcut to select all in WSL command line? I can copy/paste with control+shift+C/V, but not select all with control+A. #WSL #Windows
#Windows #wsl

END OF 10

"Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025.

Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer.

But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

If you bought your computer after 2010, there's most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date GNU/Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come.

Installing an OS may sound difficult, but you don't have to go it alone! With any luck, there are people in your area ready to help!"

endof10.org/

#Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Linux #FOSS

Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?
If you bought your computer after 2010, there's most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date GNU/Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come. Installing an OS may sound difficult, but you don't have to go it alone! With any luck, there are people in your area ready to help!

End of 10

endof10.org
#linux #foss #Windows #Windows11 #microsoft #windows10

#opensource #Windows @NV Access

LibreOffice Writer seems to struggle on Windows since the couple of few weeks. Whenever I hover on menus or content navigator in Writer, the screen goes black for a few seconds. No other application has this issue. Anyone else noticing this? Wondering if it's a Windows bug, a LibreOffice bug or AMD graphics bug... @libreoffice #LibreOffice #windows #amd
#Windows #libreoffice #amd @LibreOffice

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#Windows #microsoft #skype #Microsoft365 #teams

@rootcz to tu (zatím) nesdílí, tak to nasdílím já. Kdo ještě neodešel od #Windows, tak tohle je dost zásadní důvod, proč to udělat. Abyste se dostali do vlastního počítače, musíte se ověřovat někde v tramtárii. A když si #Microsoft usmyslí, tak vám ten účet zablokuje.

Jo, i dřív byl tlak na to, aby se místo lokálního účtu použil ten microsoftí. Ale postupně ubývají možnosti, jak zůstat u lokálního účtu. Mimochodem, i s lokálním účtem a s vypnutím všech volitelných šmírovátek se do Redmondu pořád odesílá docela dost informací.

„Odstraňujeme skript bypassnro.cmd, abychom vylepšili zabezpečení a uživatelský komfort systému Windows 11. Tato změna zajišťuje, že všichni uživatelé ukončí instalaci s připojením k internetu a účtem Microsoft.“

root.cz/zpravicky/windows-11-z…

#fail #bigbrother #Windows11


Windows 11 zakáže bypassnro.cmd, který slouží k použití lokálního účtu při instalaci

Windows 11 při instalaci požaduje vytvoření účtu Microsoft. Dříve bylo možné použít skript bypassnro.cmd, který vytvoření účtu Microsoft přeskočil a byl…
Jan Fikar (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
#Windows #Windows11 #microsoft #BigBrother #fail @Root.cz

#linux #Windows #gnome #gnome48

#Evolution for #windows .... is that an actual thing?
Would like to have an alternative to #outlook that can handle #owa with #exchange right out of the box.
#Thunderbird cannot handle Exchange, you need a (paid) plugin 4 this.
Any tips?
#Windows #thunderbird #evolution #outlook #exchange #owa

There's a lot of #art on the #fediverse.
As a blind person who doesn't need this stuff I need #advice.

my daughter will need to use #Adobe #Photoshop from September.
Is an #ARM #Surface a good idea? I'm wanting a balance of battery life and functionality. #Windows is probably essential given other concerns.

#fediverse #Windows #art #arm #Adobe #advice #surface #photoshop

why is there no #Windows #application that, when I am in it, can #emulate a #bluetooth keyboard for my #iPhone?
it seems silly that I spend a lot of time moving my hands when I could just alt+tab into my phone controller. Both devices have the hardware, the computer has the keyboard I want, and the phone works with so many cheap keyboards because of the Bluetooth standards it already supports ...
#Windows #iphone #bluetooth #emulate #application

Reboost ♻️ plz: In light of increased uncertainty on the reliability on the US, European democracies should strengthen their strategic autonomy: this also includes autonomy from #Microsoft #Windows in the public and private sector.

eu-os.gitlab.io proposes to develop together a Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a free/libre replacement of Windows. Follow us on Mastodon and join the Matrix chat at matrix.to/#/#eu-os:kde.org to receive updates and help.

/cc @EC_OSPO
#Linux #Trump #Endof10


EU OS

Proof-of-Concept OS for the EU
EU OS Proof-of-Concept
#linux #Trump #Windows #microsoft #endof10 @Open Source Programme Office

So this evening, #Windows update installed the wrong #AMD video driver update for my Framework 16. Using #narrator, I was able to boot into recovery mode, enter my bitlocker key to decrypt the effected drive, find my system restore point, and restore it to just before the bad update. The entire process was fully #accessible: all of my sound devices worked, my external keyboard worked, the screen reader read every screen, etc. The only thing that wouldn't work was my Braille display.
#accessible #Windows #amd #narrator

First, they shut down the Basic HTML site, forcing many of us to switch to clients such as Thunderbird. Now, they're using qr codes which are not only inaccessible to the blind but also to those who don't use smartphones! This is ridiculous! Yes, they do still have the option to click whether it's you trying to sign in or not (which still requires a smartphone and a carrier, which they claim to be concerned about), but how long before they remove that, too?

pcmag.com/news/google-is-repla…

#accessibility #Android #authentication #blind #Google #GMail #IOS #Narrator #NVDA #sms #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #Windows

#Accessibility #android #google #blind #technology #Windows #ios #talkback #sms #GMail #nvda #voiceover #authentication #narrator

@maple #ArcaneChat is an android client for #DeltaChat, and Delta Chat is available for #iOS, #Windows, #Linux etc.

and now that you talk about young people, in several places people are not even allowed to get a SIM card at all until certain age, so apps like Signal that depend on phone numbers are a non-go, while I have seen several people using DeltaChat with their children, ex:

mastodon.ie/@davidbenque/11403…

@bert_hubert

David Benqué (@davidbenque@mastodon.ie)

Onboarded my 12yo niece to @delta@chaos.social yesterday. They were looking for a solution to chat with her peer group split between iOS and Android, many of whom don't have sim cards in their devices (+ parents rightly resistant to use big social ap…
mastodon.ie
#linux #Windows #ios #deltachat #arcanechat @bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @maple

#linux #Windows #MACOS #vivaldi

Spent the last 6 hours trying to get a hello world equivalent gui window with a button on rust under windows.

This task which one might think is simple ended up taking literal hours and still hasn't been achieved because: the tutorials for gtk on windows and rust suggest putting msys2 bin directory on the path. This causes rust to fail to build correctly because it uses the wrong gcc and linkers.
Afterwards I managed it by using the appropriate environment variables.
But then I found out the dynamically linked libarries weren't found. I tried getting a way to copy them but it turned out to be too much work so I just moved the executable to the same dir.
Only to find out that gtk4 has no accessibility on Windows. Not bad accessibility, not accessibility that needs to be turned on. No. Accessibility. At all.
So then I decided to try Qt, which wants me to create an account to get an installer. Absolute no.
Got the 1.5gb sources and trying now to get an off-line installer out of it.

To get a fucking window with a button in it.

I don't think it's unreasonable for me to say this state of affairs is complete bullshit, and that most people with a normal level of motivation would have found plenty of opportunities to have given up. I still might.

(Not using NWG because tying the data to the GUI elements is non-trivial, it seems to require copying a lot and using twice the memory.)

#a11y #rust #gui #windows

#a11y #Windows #rust #gui

I use #LibreOffice as my standard ofimatics suite in my personal computer, and like to install it in whatever #windows running computer I can :birthdaymsn:
#Windows #libreoffice

Calling all #Blind #Windows users! 🖥️👥 I briefly tried #Beeper after seeing another blind person recommend it, but it didn't seem the most accessible with the #JAWS #ScreenReader. Do you use any all-in-one social media apps like Shift, Franz, Ferdium, or Beeper on Windows? I'd love to hear about your experiences with #accessibility and usability. Please share your thoughts! #AssistiveTech
#tech
@mastoblind @main
#Accessibility #blind #Windows #screenreader #tech #jaws #beeper #assistivetech @mastoblind group @Blind Main

#Windows #curl

#linux #Windows

Code Factory und Acapela, alternative Sprachausgaben für NVDA
Wer sich den kostenlosen Screenreader NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) installiert, wird mit der freien Sprachausgabe eSpeak oder den Windows-stimmen leben müssen. Diese sind brauchbar, für längeres Arbeiten allerdings eher weniger geeignet. Sie sind zwar tief in Windows integriert...
merkst.de/code-factory-acapela…
#Android #Apple #Computer #Google #JAWS #Lautsprecher #Microsoft #NVDA #Screenreader #Test #VoiceOver #Windows

Code Factory und Acapela, alternative Sprachausgaben für NVDA

merkst.de
#android #apple #google #Windows #test #screenreader #microsoft #computer #nvda #jaws #voiceover #lautsprecher

Disabling #Windows #AI features organization-wide using #GroupPolicy.

This will turn off #Recall (the periodic screenshot service) and #Copilot (the AI assistant service).

1. Download and install the Windows 11 24H2 administrative template files: microsoft.com/en-us/download/d…

2. Add the files from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Group Policy\Windows 11 Sep 2024 Update (24H2)\PolicyDefinitions to C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain\Policies\PolicyDefinitions on the domain controller.

3. Start Group Policy Management on the domain controller.

4. Create a group policy object with these values:

User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows AI > Turn off Saving Snapshots for Windows = enabled

User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot > Turn off Windows Copilot = enabled

5. Link the group policy object in at an appropriate level in your domain.

Screenshot of Group Policy Management editor showing the policy settings to turn on, as described in the body of the toot.
#Windows #AI #copilot #recall #grouppolicy

#blind #Windows #screenreader #nvdasr #braille #lowvision #blindmasto #blindmastodon #BlindFedi @mastoblind group

#Windows #endeavourOS

No, this is no a new CAPTCHA, this is a new malware vector which tricks users to open #Windows command line and paste a command to download some harmful stuff.

Just reported by Mohamed Aruham on Twitter.

Windows screenshot showing a pop-up pretending to be a CAPTCHA ("verify if you're human") and instructions to click Win+R, Ctrl-V and Enter
#Windows

#Windows #xalapa

Did you know you can press WIN + Shift + R to start a screen recording in #Windows 11? 👀
A screenshot of a finished screen recording (with snipping tool up and you can play the video. The video itself showing a just a recording of me moving my mouse around my monitor, which happens to have a message in the bottle wallpaper)
#Windows

#Windows #microsoft #Guide #msi

#privacy #Windows #gdpr #recall #windoze #datamining

#Windows #curl

relax, #windows users are used to it. I use #emacs with the #magit #git porcelain all day, and each operation is like that: unnoticeable delay on #linux, several seconds on Windows.
#linux #emacs #Windows #git #magit

turns out #Windows is slow to fail connect attempts to non-listening ports entirely on purpose because it waits and resends the SYN several times, contrary to how other TCP stacks behave.

mskb.pkisolutions.com/kb/17552…

#Windows

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