Microsoft's latest August 2025 security update is wreaking havoc on non-admin users across several versions of Windows 10 and 11, preventing app installations from occurring in certain cases.

As mentioned in the recent Windows Insider blog post, the latest preview version of Windows 11 for Insiders on the Dev Channel includes a new feature called “Administrator Protection,” which “aims to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, June 25, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

Editor's take: Over the past few years, Redmond has increasingly forced updates and security patches onto Windows users. Now, the company is reportedly trying to boost the number of Windows 11 ...