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Aujourd’hui — 25 août 2026Flux principal

Microsoft supprime définitivement WMIC de Windows 11 24H2 et 25H2

Par : malekalmorte
25 août 2026 à 09:46

Microsoft poursuit le nettoyage des anciens composants de Windows 11. À partir de la mise à jour Preview d’août 2026, WMIC disparaît de Windows 11 24H2 et 25H2.

L’ancien utilitaire wmic.exe, utilisé pendant des années pour interroger et administrer Windows depuis l’invite de commandes, ne sera plus seulement désactivé : il sera désormais supprimé du système et ne pourra plus être réinstallé comme fonctionnalité facultative.

Cette suppression concerne uniquement WMIC, l’interface historique en ligne de commande. La technologie Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), sur laquelle reposent encore de nombreux outils d’administration et scripts PowerShell, reste quant à elle pleinement prise en charge.

WMIC disparaît avec la mise à jour Preview d’août 2026

Microsoft a confirmé ce changement dans les notes de publication des builds Release Preview 26100.9267 pour Windows 11 24H2 et 26200.9267 pour Windows 11 25H2.

À compter d’août 2026, ces versions de Windows 11 n’incluent plus l’utilitaire Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC).

Le changement doit être intégré à la mise à jour facultative Preview d’août 2026, avant d’être repris dans une future mise à jour cumulative obligatoire.

Concrètement, après installation de cette évolution, cette commande :

wmic

ne fonctionnera plus.

Les scripts anciens contenant par exemple :

wmic cpu get name

ou :

wmic diskdrive get model,size

devront être adaptés.

Certaines commandes WMIC avaient déjà été désactivées dans Windows 11, vous pouvez alors rencontrer le message d’erreur suivant :

ERREUR : Description = Erreur non spécifiée

Une disparition annoncée depuis plusieurs années

La suppression de WMIC est loin d’être une surprise.

Microsoft organise son retrait depuis près de dix ans.

La chronologie est la suivante :

  • 2016 : WMIC est déclaré obsolète dans Windows Server 2012 ;
  • 2021 : Microsoft déprécie WMIC dans Windows 10 21H2 ;
  • 2022 : sous Windows 11 22H2, WMIC devient une Feature on Demand (FoD), mais reste préinstallé et activé par défaut ;
  • 2024 : WMIC est désactivé par défaut sur Windows 11 23H2 et 24H2, mais peut encore être ajouté manuellement ;
  • 2025 : lors du passage à Windows 11 25H2, WMIC est supprimé s’il était installé, tout en restant réinstallable comme fonctionnalité facultative ;
  • 2026 : Microsoft retire complètement WMIC de Windows 11. Il n’est désormais plus disponible comme Feature on Demand.

Windows 11 26H1 est également concerné par cette suppression.

Le changement prévu pour 24H2 et 25H2 constitue donc la dernière étape d’un processus commencé plusieurs années auparavant.

WMIC et WMI ne sont pas la même chose

Cette distinction est essentielle.

WMI n’est pas supprimé de Windows.

WMI, pour Windows Management Instrumentation, est une infrastructure de gestion permettant à Windows, aux applications et aux administrateurs d’interroger de nombreuses informations sur le système :

  • processeur ;
  • mémoire ;
  • disques ;
  • services ;
  • processus ;
  • matériel ;
  • système d’exploitation ;
  • réseau ;
  • événements et paramètres système.

WMIC, pour sa part, n’était qu’une interface en ligne de commande permettant d’accéder à WMI.

On peut donc représenter le fonctionnement ainsi :

WMIC.exe   ↓WMI   ↓Windows

Microsoft retire uniquement la première couche.

Les applications utilisant directement les API WMI, PowerShell ou CIM ne sont donc pas concernées par la disparition de wmic.exe.

Pourquoi Microsoft supprime WMIC ?

WMIC est un composant ancien, basé sur une méthode d’administration qui n’est plus recommandée par Microsoft.

L’utilitaire date d’une époque où l’administration Windows reposait largement sur l’invite de commandes et les scripts batch.

Depuis, Microsoft privilégie notamment :

  • Windows PowerShell ;
  • les cmdlets CIM ;
  • les API modernes de gestion Windows.

PowerShell permet notamment d’obtenir des données structurées sous forme d’objets, alors que WMIC renvoie principalement du texte qu’il faut ensuite analyser dans les scripts.

Microsoft recommande depuis plusieurs années PowerShell pour remplacer WMIC.

Comment remplacer les commandes WMIC ?

La plupart des commandes WMIC courantes possèdent un équivalent PowerShell.

Par exemple, cette ancienne commande :

wmic cpu get name

peut être remplacée par :

Get-CimInstanceWin32_Processor|Select-ObjectName

Pour obtenir les informations des disques :

wmic diskdrive get model,size

devient :

Get-CimInstanceWin32_DiskDrive|Select-ObjectModel, Size

Pour afficher le système d’exploitation :

wmic os get caption,version

on peut utiliser :

Get-CimInstanceWin32_OperatingSystem|Select-ObjectCaption, Version

Et pour obtenir le numéro de série du PC :

wmic bios get serialnumber

l’équivalent est :

Get-CimInstanceWin32_BIOS|Select-ObjectSerialNumber

Dans la majorité des cas, Get-CimInstance est le remplaçant naturel de WMIC.

Get-CimInstance plutôt que Get-WmiObject

Il existe également une ancienne cmdlet PowerShell :

Get-WmiObject

Elle permet elle aussi d’interroger WMI.

Mais pour les nouveaux scripts, il vaut mieux privilégier :

Get-CimInstance

Les cmdlets CIM utilisent une infrastructure plus récente et constituent aujourd’hui la méthode recommandée.

Un script encore basé sur Get-WmiObject n’est donc pas nécessairement cassé par la disparition de WMIC, mais sa modernisation vers les cmdlets CIM peut être pertinente.

Quels utilisateurs seront réellement concernés ?

Pour la majorité des utilisateurs de Windows 11, la disparition de WMIC sera totalement transparente.

Peu d’utilisateurs saisissent encore directement des commandes wmic.

Le principal risque concerne plutôt :

  • les anciens scripts .bat et .cmd ;
  • certains scripts d’administration ;
  • des outils de diagnostic anciens ;
  • des programmes qui exécutent directement wmic.exe ;
  • des procédures techniques publiées il y a plusieurs années.

Un logiciel qui tente de lancer :

C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe

pour récupérer des informations système pourra donc cesser de fonctionner correctement.

Les développeurs et administrateurs ont intérêt à rechercher dès maintenant les appels à wmic dans leurs scripts.

Windows 11 25H2 avait déjà commencé à retirer WMIC

Windows 11 25H2 avait constitué une étape intermédiaire.

Lors de l’installation de cette mise à jour de fonctionnalités, WMIC était désinstallé s’il était présent.
Microsoft permettait néanmoins encore de le réinstaller avec les fonctionnalités facultatives ou avec DISM.

L’entreprise déconseillait déjà cette opération, puisqu’elle annonçait une suppression définitive à venir.
Avec la modification d’août 2026, cette possibilité disparaît à son tour.

WMIC ne pourra plus être réinstallé

C’est probablement le changement le plus important par rapport aux étapes précédentes.

Jusqu’ici, lorsqu’un ancien script nécessitait WMIC, il restait possible d’ajouter le composant comme Feature on Demand.

Après son retrait complet, ce ne sera plus le cas.

Microsoft indique explicitement que WMIC n’est plus disponible sous forme de Feature on Demand.

  • Il ne faudra donc pas compter sur : Paramètres > Système > Fonctionnalités facultatives
  • ou sur DISM pour le restaurer durablement.

La solution consiste désormais à adapter les scripts et les logiciels qui en dépendent.

Une nouvelle étape dans le nettoyage des composants hérités de Windows

WMIC rejoint une liste grandissante de technologies historiques progressivement retirées de Windows.

Microsoft a notamment supprimé ou entrepris de supprimer plusieurs composants anciens, dont Windows PowerShell 2.0.

L’objectif est à la fois de réduire la surface de maintenance du système et d’encourager l’utilisation d’interfaces plus modernes et mieux prises en charge.

Dans le cas de WMIC, Microsoft a laissé une période de transition particulièrement longue : l’outil avait été officiellement déprécié dès l’époque de Windows 10.

Sa disparition définitive de Windows 11 24H2 et 25H2 marque donc surtout la fin d’une migration engagée depuis plusieurs années.

Que faut-il faire ?

Si vous n’utilisez jamais la commande wmic, vous n’avez rien à faire.

En revanche, si vous administrez des PC ou conservez d’anciens scripts, recherchez les occurrences de :

wmic.exe

et remplacez-les par des commandes PowerShell modernes, généralement basées sur :

Get-CimInstance

Il est particulièrement important de vérifier les scripts batch automatisés : ils peuvent continuer à fonctionner pendant des années sans intervention humaine et devenir subitement défaillants lorsque wmic.exe disparaît.

Conclusion

Microsoft va donc supprimer définitivement WMIC de Windows 11 24H2 et 25H2 à partir des mises à jour d’août 2026.

Cette évolution clôt un processus de dépréciation commencé plusieurs années auparavant.

Pour la plupart des utilisateurs, elle passera inaperçue. En revanche, les administrateurs, développeurs et utilisateurs de vieux scripts doivent vérifier qu’ils ne dépendent plus directement de wmic.exe.

Et surtout, cette suppression ne signifie pas la disparition de WMI : Windows Management Instrumentation reste pris en charge. Seul son ancien client en ligne de commande WMIC tire sa révérence.

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NIS 2 : pourquoi la connexion à Windows reste l’angle mort de vos accès

25 août 2026 à 08:44

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Impression et export PDF cassés sur Windows : les mises à jour .NET d’août 2026 en cause

25 août 2026 à 08:36

Microsoft confirme que les mises à jour .NET Framework d'août 2026 cassent l'impression et l'export PDF des applications WPF. Une solution temporaire existe.

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Windows 11 will soon let you control unified memory, just in time for NVIDIA RTX Spark

Windows 11 will soon let you pick how much unified memory is reserved for graphics and AI. The feature is hidden in a recent Windows Insider build (29648) and was discovered by X user @XenoPanther.

Unified memory is high-bandwidth memory that can be shared between a CPU, GPU, and other processors. Traditionally, PCs with discrete graphics cards have dedicated VRAM (video memory) that lives separately from other memory.

Unified memory is still relatively new to PCs. The upcoming NVIDIA RTX Spark lets you use up to 128GB of unified RAM. AMD's Ryzen AI Max already features unified RAM.

Apple popularized the concept of unified memory with its M-Series chips, though the technology is not exclusive to Apple.

If the unified memory feature in testing rolls out, Windows 11 will have a key differentiator from macOS.

Here is how the Unified Memory settings will appear (Under System > Advanced) https://t.co/eN8Gs0BYKs pic.twitter.com/2OpiBrWspZAugust 21, 2026

Microsoft's new feature lets Windows 11 users "reserve additional unified memory for graphics and AI intensive games and applications." The setting would help ensure smooth performance for certain types of workloads that require a lot of memory.

Normally, Windows manages shared memory dynamically, shifting resources back and forth as apps demand them. That approach works fine for general multitasking, but it runs into problems with heavy workloads like local AI inference or 3D gaming.

When memory is shared like that, background OS tasks and apps can contend for the same pool of RAM. That competition can cause latency spikes, frame drops, or total out-of-memory crashes when you're trying to run something demanding.

By letting users reserve memory, workloads with high demands for graphics and AI have uninterrupted access to high-speed memory.

The feature is not finished and has not been announced by Microsoft, so it requires some extra work to see. You can force it to appear using ViveTool.

I'd recommend waiting until the feature enters testing or even ships to general users before using it. In most cases, it's worth letting Microsoft work out any issues and polish the experience rather than use a hidden feature.

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Microsoft’s leaked Project Aion tried to replace Windows with Copilot

Par : IT News
25 août 2026 à 00:10
Microsoft’s leaked Project Aion tried to replace Windows with Copilot
Leaked Microsoft documents and video reveal Project Aion, a working Copilot-only operating system that replaced the Windows desktop with an AI-driven web shell. Designed for PCs and potentially Android-based devices, Aion abandoned the Start menu and Win32 apps in favor of task-focused conversations, while Microsoft’s current priorities suggest the project is unlikely to ship.

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Windows 11 may delete laptop GPU drivers after weeks in Eco Mode

Par : IT News
24 août 2026 à 17:26
Windows 11 may delete laptop GPU drivers after weeks in Eco Mode
Windows 11 can silently remove a laptop’s dedicated graphics driver after the GPU remains disabled in Eco Mode for long enough. The cleanup process may treat the power-gated device as disconnected, delete its driver package, and leave the system using Microsoft Basic Display Adapter when the GPU is re-enabled.

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Windows 11 26H2 is tiny for most PCs—but 26H1 users face a different upgrade

Par : IT News
24 août 2026 à 17:26
Windows 11 26H2 is tiny for most PCs—but 26H1 users face a different upgrade
Windows 11 26H2 will be nearly effortless for systems on the 24H2 or 25H2 servicing branch, using the same 174KB enablement upgrade already expected for those devices. The important exception is Windows 11 26H1: because it runs on a separate code base, devices on that release will need a substantially different upgrade path rather than the tiny activation package.

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Windows 95's redesign is still the most profound 31 years later — I take a look at what survived more than three decades of hardware evolution

Believe it or not, there was a time when people lined up outside of actual stores to buy the latest version of Windows. Such was the case on August 24, 1995, when Microsoft officially launched Windows 95.

Yes, I find it hard to believe, but it's been 31 years since Microsoft made what is arguably the biggest change ever to its operating system. I didn't line up outside of Best Buy to secure my copy, but I do remember some of the hype ahead of the launch.

Stars of the hit TV show Friends, Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, were tapped to create an hour-long Windows 95 video guide in which they answered questions and highlighted new features. It's ... quite a watch.

At the launch event, Jay Leno helped CEO/Chairman Bill Gates and company demo the software onstage as camera flashes erupted throughout the room.

And who can forget the classic Windows 95 launch sizzler featuring Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones?

Compared to the hesitant Windows launches of today — countless millions of people are still using Windows 10 today despite Windows 11 being on the market since 2021 — the launch of Windows 95 was a huge deal.

It wasn't just hype for no reason, either. The jump from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 was massive, and a lot of its appeal rested in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

Windows introduces the Start button, and PCs are never the same

Windows 3.1 Program Manager

The old Windows 3.1 Program Manager in all of its glory. (Image credit: Mauro Huculak)

For many modern Windows users, the Start button has always been a staple of the OS. But before Windows 95, everything looked a lot different. You can probably see why Start Me Up was used as a promo song.

Windows 3.1 used a full-screen Program Manager tool to keep apps sorted. It involved nested windows containing icons, and you can see some of the inspiration for the eventual Start menu here.

However, Program Manager left users without any sort of unified system control dashboard or taskbar. Those comfortable with Windows 3.1 put up with it (what else was there?), but it wasn't exactly easy for an average person to sit down and start computing.

Windows 95 modernized the UI, making it a lot easier to use in the process.

Windows 95

All hail the Windows 95 Start button, which has stuck with us for 31 years. (Image credit: Future)

The Start menu was suddenly the aptly named first place to click when you booted your Windows 95 PC. It contained quick shortcuts to installed software and stored files, a trove of settings, and a Shut Down option.

Attached to the Start button and sitting across the bottom of the screen was a taskbar, which could keep track of which apps you'd opened and made it easy to swap between them. Windows 95 received the first instance of the Recycle Bin tool, making file deletion reversible.

Windows 95 Start menu

Everything you need was easily accessible through Windows 95's Start menu. (Image credit: Mauro Huculak)

The addition of right-click context menus was massive, as users no longer had to hunt through menus. They could just right-click to pull up options.

Windows Explorer as we (mostly) know it today was also introduced in Windows 95. It replaced Windows 3.1's File Manager tool and organized files into much more comprehensive categories.

Microsoft didn't exactly invent any of these ideas, but it did group them all together into one package. The new interface proved to be a hit, and you can still see the DNA of Windows 95 every time you boot up Windows 11.

The lasting legacy of Windows 95 ... 31 years later

A person using a stylus on a HP OmniBook X Flip 14 (2025) laptop displaying a vibrant sunset over a mountain landscape with blooming pink flowers, creating a serene atmosphere.

Windows 11 looks a lot different than Windows 95, but the foundational UI aspects remain. (Image credit: Windows Central | Zachary Boddy)

Windows 95 was the first OS I really remember using in earnest, and 31 years later, Windows 11 still feels like home. There's still a Start button, there's still a taskbar, there are still right-click menus, and there's still a Recycle Bin.

Sure, the appearance of these tools might have changed many times over the years, but they've survived three decades as the hardware around them has morphed from chunky beige towers to sleek laptops and RGB-infused desktops.

I'm sitting here trying to think of other user interfaces that have proven as resilient as the changes made in Windows 95. Plenty have come and gone in the meantime, while those from Windows 95 have become a foundation.

Can you think of any good examples of UI elements that have survived for 31 years? Were you around for the launch of Windows 95? How did it go? Let me know in the comments section below!

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August .NET updates break WPF printing—and the workaround weakens security

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24 août 2026 à 17:26
August .NET updates break WPF printing—and the workaround weakens security
Microsoft has confirmed that its August 2026.NET Framework updates can break printing and PDF/XPS export in WPF applications across supported Windows client and Server releases. The immediate workaround restores compatibility by disabling a font-handling protection added in the same security update, creating a security tradeoff for administrators.

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Windows 11 is finally getting better, and the Windows Central Podcast breaks down all the improvements that have been announced and delivered since March

In this week's episode of the Windows Central Podcast, Daniel Rubino and Zac Bowden break down the latest Windows 11 insider features, focusing heavily on major overhauls coming to context menus, File Explorer polish, and options to force apps to open full-screen. They also dive into a surprising new Signal 65 processor study highlighting how Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 chips stack up against Intel and AMD, wrap up recent Windows 11 improvements from March onward, and touch on various tech ecosystem shifts.

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  • 00:00Introduction & Welcome: Daniel Rubino and Zach Bowden kick off Episode 402 of the Windows Central Podcast.
  • 03:45Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 vs. Intel & AMD: Analyzing the Signal 65 processor study results, showing how Qualcomm beats out Intel and AMD chips in recent laptop testing.
  • 10:15Windows 11 Context Menu Overhaul: Breaking down new customizable, faster context menus in Windows 11 Insider builds, including default cleanups and third-party app management.
  • 24:30File Explorer Improvements: Reviewing massive performance updates, elimination of freezing/hang delays, and better UI polish for File Explorer.
  • 42:10Forcing Apps to Open Full-Screen: Discussing the new Windows settings toggle that allows users to automatically launch apps in full-screen mode.
  • 52:00Recap of Windows 11 K2 Features & General State of the OS: A look back at the overall quality-of-life improvements rolled out to Windows 11 since March.
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Windows 11 26H2 will be a 174KB upgrade—with restore enabled by default

Par : IT News
24 août 2026 à 17:05
Windows 11 26H2 will be a 174KB upgrade—with restore enabled by default
Windows 11 26H2 is expected in late September or early October 2026, but Microsoft’s next feature update is designed to be almost invisible for PCs already running 24H2 or 25H2. The 174KB enablement package will activate code delivered through earlier cumulative updates, while Point-in-Time Restore becomes enabled by default on eligible systems.

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Windows : la signature de code passe au post-quantique, vos applis sont-elles prêtes ?

25 août 2026 à 07:51

Microsoft renforce la signature de code de Windows : nouvelle autorité en octobre 2026, RSA-3072 et SHA-384 fin 2026, puis post-quantique par défaut en 2027.

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Hier — 24 août 2026Flux principal

A faster OS and UI fixes won't save Windows 11 if Microsoft's apps remain laggy web wrappers

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Microsoft continues to improve Windows 11. Just this past week, the company began testing new context menus with Windows Insiders and revamped the ancient AutoPlay dialog box.

The Windows K2 initiative to improve the operating system is going so well that I've asked if the next big update should be Windows 12. But fixing the Windows experience is about more than context menus and a unified user interface. Even if Windows is fixed, Microsoft needs to make better apps.

If a person logs onto a PC running a beautiful and zippy version of Windows 11, they won't care about the OS if Microsoft Teams takes too long to load. Microsoft needs to lead by example by making the best Windows apps.

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Images of Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme processor, benchmarks from reference design laptops, and pictures from the announcement at the Snapdragon Summit (2025).

To give Microsoft credit, work is being done to improve some apps. Rudy Huyn, a well-known Windows developer who worked on the Microsoft Store, is putting a team together to improve Windows apps. That team is still in its infancy, so we will have to wait to see the results.

But Microsoft's app issue isn't just about having a team dedicated to in-box apps or hiring good developers. It's about the direction Microsoft pushes those developers. Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft apps have been "rebuilt from the ground up" or "refreshed with performance in mind" several times over the years. But the underlying problem still exists. Microsoft made the wrong choice by going all-in on web apps, and it needs to course correct.

Huyn's team is all about native apps, but it's not clear right now how many apps will fall under its umbrella. Will we see a new native version of Outlook? What about Microsoft Teams? If Huyn's team is just focused on in-box apps, some of the most-used apps on Windows 11 will remain laggy web apps.

Plus, several of Microsoft's biggest apps aren't even in the same part of the company as Huyn's team. If Microsoft fixes the Photos app, OneDrive, and other in-box apps, but Teams is still laggy, Microsoft is still delivering a poor user experience.

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Windows 11 brings back File Explorer previews with a safer “Preview anyway” button

Par : IT News
24 août 2026 à 12:31
Windows 11 brings back File Explorer previews with a safer “Preview anyway” button
Windows 11 is restoring File Explorer previews for internet-downloaded files, but with a new “Preview anyway” override instead of removing the security block. The change builds on recently restored previews for downloaded PDFs and other non-HTML files and should let users view trusted files without first opening Properties or running PowerShell.

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Windows 11 Smart App Control drops its clean-install barrier

Par : IT News
24 août 2026 à 12:31
Windows 11 Smart App Control drops its clean-install barrier
Microsoft has removed the clean-install prerequisite for Smart App Control, allowing supported Windows 11 users to try the security feature on existing installations. The Windows 11-exclusive protection can block unsigned or untrusted applications before they run, while potentially using fewer resources than traditional always-on scanning.

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Microsoft sets September 2026 deadline to replace Edge MDAG and WIP

Par : IT News
24 août 2026 à 12:31
Microsoft sets September 2026 deadline to replace Edge MDAG and WIP
Microsoft will complete the retirement of Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) and Windows Information Protection (WIP) support in Microsoft Edge by the end of September 2026. The deadline primarily affects organizations that still depend on these protections in Edge on Windows 10, giving administrators time to find supported replacements.

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Microsoft sets 2027 deadline for post-quantum Windows code signing

Par : IT News
24 août 2026 à 12:31
Microsoft sets 2027 deadline for post-quantum Windows code signing
Microsoft will replace the Windows Production PCA 2011 code-signing certificate before it expires on October 19, 2026, then move Windows production signing toward post-quantum cryptography in 2027. The transition described in KB5125813 could break software and deployment processes that hardcode certificate identities, algorithm names, or signature parameters.

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