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Windows Updates
Well over 100 security vulnerabilities addressed.
Win11 – May 12, 2026—KB5089549 (OS Builds 26200.8457 and 26100.8457)
Win10 ESU – May 12, 2026—KB5087544 (OS Builds 19045.7291 and 19044.7291)
Windows 11
Patch Tuesday
Windows Updates
Addresses over 160 security issues including a couple of zero days. Patches for various .NET versions available too.
Win11 – April 14, 2026—KB5083769 (OS Builds 26200.8246 and 26100.8246)
“This cumulative update for Windows 11, version 25H2 and 24H2 (KB5083769), includes the latest security fixes and improvements, along with non-security updates from last month’s optional preview release. To learn more about differences between security updates, optional non-security preview updates, out-of-band (OOB) updates, and continuous innovation, see Windows monthly updates explained.”
Win10 ESU – April 14, 2026—KB5082200 (OS Builds 19045.7184 and 19044.7184)
“This security update includes fixes and quality improvements“
Patch Tuesday
Zero-Days
50+ security issues addressed including 1/2 a dozen zero-days
Win11 – February 10, 2026—KB5077181 (OS Builds 26200.7840 and 26100.7840)
Win10 – February 10, 2026—KB5075912 (OS Builds 19045.6937 and 19044.6937)
Microsoft PowerToys v0.97.2
“fixes several important stability issues identified in v0.97.0”
Download & Info
Intel Drivers
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v24.20.0
Intel Killer Performance Suite v40.25.1125.1924
Using Wise Disk Cleaner
Using Cleanmgr+
Cleanmgr+ Home | Download
Not too much on this as Cleanmgr+ hasn’t been updated in four years and incorrectly states, “Microsoft will be soon removing the Disk Clean-up Tool (Cleanmgr.exe) from Windows 10 PCs.” But, is still a useful tool.
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Windows 11 OOB Update
Win11 – January 24, 2026—KB5078127 (OS Builds 26200.7628 and 26100.7628) Out-of-band
“This out-of-band update for Windows 11, version 25H2 and 24H2 (KB5078127) is cumulative. It includes updates from previous security and non-security releases, along with an additional fix.“
Using BleachBit
Initially created for Linux computers, this freeware disk cleaner now does Windows and macOS too. You may recall BleachBit was infamously used to wipe Hillary Clinton’s emails back in 2015. I use BleachBit on both Windows and Linux.
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Windows 11 – Cleaning WinSxS
The WinSxS Folder
The topic of the Windows Side-by-side assembly folder (aka WinSxS or Component Store) has been the source of much discussion and misinformation since it first appeared in Windows Vista.
Overly simplified, the WinSxS folder is the folder that holds the Windows Component Store. The Windows Component Store holds files that are “used to support the functions needed for the customization and updating of Windows.”
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Windows 11 Disk Cleanup
First Things First
On modern systems with SSD’s, cleaning your drives IS NOT A PERFORMANCE TWEAK unless your drive is near full. SSDs do not get fragmented and Windows not only periodically cleans system files but also automatically optimizes drives (TRIM).
You clean a drive to reduce its size resulting in quicker backup and recovery and a smaller image.
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Warning – New Tweak Making The Rounds
Background
The latest tweak making the rounds is one that allegedly increases the performance of NVMe drives in Windows 11. For now, this is done via registry modification.
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