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If you own a property in London, you have almost certainly thought about your EPC rating in the past twelve months. Mortgage lenders are paying closer attention to energy performance. Tenants are factoring running costs into rental decisions. And with the government signalling stricter minimum EPC thresholds for rented properties, a poor rating is no longer just a line on a certificate - it is a financial liability.

The functionality arrived in the Dev and Beta Windows Insider channels this week in builds 26300.7733 and 26220.7752, respectively. It allows administrators to capture system events via custom configuration files, filter for specific events, and write them to the standard Windows event log for pickup by third-party applications, including security tools.

A Microsoft zero-day vulnerability that allows an unprivileged user to crash the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service now has a free, unofficial patch - with no word as to when Redmond plans to release an official one - along with a working exploit circulating online. Researchers from 0patch, the micropatching site, uncovered the denial-of-service (DoS) bug while investigating CVE-2025-59230, a Windows RasMan privilege escalation vulnerability that Redmond fixed in October, but not before attackers found and exploited the vulnerability.

It's not the coolest phrase in the world to utter, but here goes: I love Windows. Maybe you do too. Maybe you don't, but you're forced to use it for work. Whatever the case, for all its positives, Microsoft Windows also bundles in a handful of tools that are either bafflingly archaic or simply underpowered for the demands of the modern user.

The suggeation for a hardcore mode, makes sense. Enthusiasts and engineers tend to be the most vocal users of the operating system, and are forced to wade through swathes of irrelevant user-interface components and 'helpful' suggestions. Plummer's request is for "a first-class system-wide setting that flips the operating characteristics of the OS from safe and chatty to deterministic and terse."

allow Microsoft and other manufacturers to offer sophisticated AI experiences on devices with a more affordable price point.

Loft conversion windows must comply with building regulations that focus on safety, health, and energy efficiency. Position, size, type, and opening mechanisms are all regulated.

Search for 'View Network Connections' and click to see a list of all your network adapters, showing any connected networks and their status.

For many, the problem is the transition itself. Migrating from Windows to Mac will generate challenges such as employee training, software compatibility, and the need to revisit security routines.

What is an Xbox? The answer to that has never been more confusing, but a new promo video from Microsoft teasing the future of its next-gen gaming hardware lineup gives an important clue: Windows.

The standard uninstaller leaves digital ghosts behind, so manual intervention is needed to thoroughly clean systems of remaining files and configurations.

Lyrix ransomware employs polymorphic code that continually changes, successfully evading signature-based detection used by traditional antivirus programs, thus increasing its threat to Windows users.

Longtime Verge readers might recall the unusual story of how the music video for a Janet Jackson song, 'Rhythm Nation,' could cause certain Windows laptops to crash just by being around when it's playing.