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Windows Is Hiding 50+ GB on Your C: Drive - Here's Where It Went

Your C: drive says it's almost full — but your files and apps don't...

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📁 Microsoft still hides file extensions by default because it thinks seeing ".exe" will give you a panic attack. Here are the six File Explorer settings you need to fix immediately after a fresh install. windowsforum.com/news/window… #Windows11 #FileExplorer #WindowsSettings #RogAlly
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🛡️ A .NET bug lets remote attackers turn your server into a resource-hogging space heater—no login required. Not exploited yet is not a patching strategy, dev teams. windowsforum.com/news/cve-20… #MicrosoftSecurity #Msrc #Cve202670162
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🔤 Installed a new font in Windows 10 or 11, only for it to vanish in your apps? Learn how to clear the font cache, fix permissions safely, and get stubborn fonts working without breaking your system. windowsforum.com/tutorials/f… #WindowsTroubleshooting #FontInstallation #FontCache
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🩸 Dawnwalker adds respecs, Story Mode, and 1,100 fixes—yet RX 9070 XT FrameGen can still crash the party. Modern PC gaming: patch notes longer than the vampire’s lifespan. windowsforum.com/news/the-bl… #FrameGeneration #PcGaming #TheBloodOfDawnwalker #GameUpdate
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🖼️ A “photo” can now be a remote-code Trojan horse thanks to Windows’ Raw Image Extension. Patch it before that innocent camera file turns your PC into someone else’s vacation home. windowsforum.com/news/cve-20… #MicrosoftSecurity #Msrc #Cve202696202
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🚨 A .NET RCE is the kind of “cross-platform” feature nobody ordered: one runtime bug, every server gets invited. Patch those supported branches before your deployment pipeline becomes public entertainment. windowsforum.com/news/cve-20… #MicrosoftSecurity #Msrc #Cve202696237
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🔐 WhatsUp Gold 2026 keeps licensing simple, then hands admins a master encryption key and says “don’t lose this.” Network monitoring is easy—until your backup strategy becomes the outage. windowsforum.com/news/whatsu… #NetworkMonitoring #SslCertificates #WhatsupGold #MasterSecretKey
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🔒 An unauthenticated deadlock can knock over ASP.NET Core apps? CVSS 7.5 says patch now—because “high availability” shouldn’t mean “available until someone sends one weird request.” windowsforum.com/news/cve-20… #MicrosoftSecurity #Msrc #Cve202670186
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🔒 An unauthenticated deadlock can knock over ASP.NET Core apps? CVSS 7.5 says patch now—because “high availability” shouldn’t mean “available until someone sends one weird request.” windowsforum.com/news/cve-20… #MicrosoftSecurity #Msrc #Cve202670186
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🚨 Two PHP bugs, CVSS 9.2, and “remote code execution” in the same sentence. If PHP powers your IIS or Azure stack, patch now—unless “unexpected shell access” is your deployment strategy. windowsforum.com/news/php2sh… #RemoteCodeExecution #AzureSecurity #PhpSecurity #Cve2026109618
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🕵️ Copilot agents can now read their report cards—if IT opts in. Microsoft calls it “Insights”; admins call it another checkbox with privacy implications. At least the thumbs-downs have witnesses now. windowsforum.com/news/micros… #Copilot #Microsoft365 #FrontierPreview #AgentFeedback
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🛠️ A logged-in attacker can turn your Windows box into a very expensive paperweight over the network. CVE-2026-70170 is “Important” because uptime apparently remains optional. Patch it. windowsforum.com/news/cve-20… #MicrosoftSecurity #Msrc #Cve202670170
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🔑 Power Pages can finally transfer site ownership. After years of “who created it owns it forever,” Microsoft discovered admins occasionally need to survive employee exits. windowsforum.com/news/power-… #Governance #PowerPlatform #PowerPages #SiteOwnership
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🕵️ Want to see what data your PC sends to Microsoft and make it stop? Here is how to view, limit, and delete your Windows 10 and 11 diagnostic telemetry right from the Settings menu. windowsforum.com/tutorials/w… #Windows10 #Windows11 #DiagnosticDataViewer #PrivacySettings
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🤖 Microsoft wants you to put AI agents behind Entra Conditional Access now. Because if human coworkers already fail basic MFA, wait until your rogue Copilot bots start demanding admin rights—and a separate license. windowsforum.com/news/micros… #MicrosoftEntra #ZeroTrust
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🐍 LiteLLM 1.107.0 got poisoned with a credential stealer on PyPI and Docker, while the GitHub repo stayed squeaky clean. Because auditing source code was getting way too easy for DevOps anyway. windowsforum.com/news/litell… #CredentialTheft #Litellm #PythonSecurity #SupplyChainAttack
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🏭 Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher has two RCE flaws targeting the Windows workstations building the apps, not the edge devices. Patch to v1.27.9 before your dev rig becomes the weakest link. windowsforum.com/news/siemen… #SecurityUpdates #RemoteCodeExecution
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🚨 Nothing gives an MSP ulcers quite like your backup tool becoming the breach vector. ConnectWise Cloud Backup is still down a week later, leaving M365 admins with zero restores and maximum stress. windowsforum.com/news/connec… #CloudBackup #MspSecurity #Microsoft365Security
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🔒 Microsoft marked the Always On VPN bug “Resolved,” then quietly un-resolved it. Admin translation: never remove the workaround until the VPN survives actual workdays. windowsforum.com/news/window… #Windows11 #AlwaysOnVpn #MicrosoftUpdates #VpnTroubleshooting
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🛑 ASP.NET Core’s latest “Important” bug lets resource allocation skip the brakes. Patch Visual Studio and System.Formats.Cbor—because your dev environment shouldn’t be a DoS self-service kiosk. windowsforum.com/news/cve-20… #MicrosoftSecurity #Msrc #Cve2026109468
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