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Not long ago, Microsoft released the cumulative security update KB5058411 for Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025.

However, the size of this update is amazing, reaching an amazing 4368.9MB. In contrast, the size of the April update package KB5059087 is only 800 MB.

After investigation, it was found that the root of the problem was that Microsoft added a large number of AI-related files to the update.

Microsoft’s May update package soared to 4.3GB! Whether you need it or not, you can force your 3GB AI file.

Microsoft’s May update package soared to 4.3GB! Whether you need it or not, you can force your 3GB AI file.

According to the analysis of the user abbodi, the KB5058411 update file downloaded using 7-zip decompression will find that only about 850MB of files related to regular updates, and the remaining 3GB files are related to Microsoft’s AI application.

However, according to Microsoft, these AI functions are currently only related to Copilot+ PCs equipped with NPU, because AI functions are only planned to be installed and updated on these platforms.

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Not only that, the update package is also provided to Windows Server 2025, and the practicality of AI functions in the server environment is obviously low.

This also means that although many users may not need these AI functions, they still have to download and install these huge files.

This situation reminds people of Microsoft’s plan to optimize the volume of updates proposed in November 2021, when Microsoft said that it would phase out old updates to improve download and installation speeds and enhance security.

But now Microsoft doesn’t care about packaging AI content into updated files, which seems to be getting further and further away from the previous goal.

According to IT Home on May 22, several sources have recently reported that the Nintendo Switch 2 ported version of many Xbox games is under development, and the official may announce the relevant news soon.

According to Tom Warren, a reporter from the foreign media The Verge, yesterday, while Microsoft announced that Hellblade II: Senna’s Legend Enhanced Edition will be launched on PlayStation 5 this summer, Microsoft is also providing Nintendo Switch 2 He is developing ported versions of some Xbox games, which he expects to be released soon.

Well-known whistleblower NateTheHate also revealed similar news on X. It is expected that in the next few weeks during the “non-E3” period, players are expected to see the debut of the first batch of transplants.

IT Home Note: E3, known as Electronic Entertainment Expo, is one of the largest and most well-known interactive entertainment exhibitions in the world.

It is generally expected that Switch 2 will be a great success in the early stage of its launch. At present, it is not clear which Xbox games will land on the platform, but according to the foreign media Wccftech, there are rumors that Halo: Chief Sergeant Collection and Microsoft Flight Simulator may launch the Switch 2 version. In particular, the latter has extremely high technical requirements. If it can really run smoothly on the new model, it will be a technological breakthrough.

Fast technology news on May 19th, Microsoft has eliminated the control panel has made new progress, Microsoft has “language settings for non-Unicode programs” and “copy the current user settings to the welcome interface and system account/new user account” two language-related options from the control panel to the settings application.

Specifically, these two settings can be found in the “Language & Region” section under “Time & Language”, a change that means that they may be removed from the dashboard entirely in the future.

For now, these options are still hidden by default in Windows 11 Preview builds in the Dev and Beta channels, and Microsoft may be working on further optimizations for them.

The Language Settings for Non-Unicode Programs is used to specify the character encoding (code page) used by default for non-Unicode applications that rely on legacy culture encoding standards (such as ANSI or other legacy encoding) to display text and process data.

Setting this option correctly ensures that older applications developed before Unicode became a multilingual text encoding standard are running.

The “Copy User Settings” function synchronizes the current user’s display language, keyboard layout, and other regional settings to the welcome screen (login screen) and the newly created account to ensure that the system interface language experience is consistent.

Microsoft has been gradually migrating features from the Control Panel to the Settings app, following the keyboard’s character repetition delay and repetition rate options, as well as the mouse’s pointer tracks, pointer shadows, and customizations, from the Control Panel to the Settings app.

Microsoft announced better-than-expected results driven by its cloud business and issued strong guidance that surprised investors. On April 30, local time, Microsoft announced the results of the third fiscal quarter of 2025 ended March 31, 2025. The third fiscal quarter revenue was $70.066 billion, higher than the market expectation of $68.42 billion, an increase of 12% year-on-year; net profit rose 18% year-on-year to $25.824 billion; diluted earnings per share rose 18% year-on-year to $3.46, higher than the market expectation of $3.22. In terms of performance guidance, Microsoft expects the company’s fiscal fourth quarter revenue to reach between $73.15 billion and $74.25 billion, higher than the market expectation of $72.26 billion; Azure cloud business growth is expected to reach 34% to 35%, higher than the market expectation of 31.5%. Satya Nadella, chairperson and CEO of Microsoft, said: “To expand output, reduce costs and accelerate growth, cloud and AI are important inputs that every enterprise needs. From AI infrastructure and platforms to applications, we are innovating across the board to serve our customers.” Summary of Microsoft’s fiscal third quarter results. Source: Microsoft’s financial report Summary of Microsoft’s fiscal third quarter results. Source: On the 30th day of Microsoft’s earnings report, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) shares rose 0.31% to close at $395.26 per share, with a total market value of $2.94 trillion. After the earnings report was released, Microsoft’s stock price rose more than 9% after hours. At present, the market is closely watching the impact of US tariffs on major companies. Compared with tech giants such as Apple and Amazon, the impact of tariffs on Microsoft is relatively small, because its products and services are less dependent on trade. However, Microsoft’s enterprise customers may also be more cautious about Cloud as a Service, software and AI spending. Asked on a post-earnings call about how to deal with a potential recession, Mr. Nadella said the company would focus on helping customers: “Because of the efficiency of Cloud as a Service, the reach of the company’s business landscape and the unique technology stack-level advantages from SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications to infrastructure, we feel Microsoft can play a big role [in helping customers]… When we face any inflationary pressure or growth pressure to do more with less, software is the most malleable resource.” In a post-earnings call, Microsoft noted that its capital expenditures reached $21.40 billion in the quarter, including equipment purchased through financial leases. Previously, Microsoft said it expected capital expenditures to exceed $80 billion in fiscal 2025. In “other items”, Microsoft’s spending reached $623 million, including part of its investment in OpenAI. The figure was $2.29 billion in the previous quarter. By business, Microsoft’s most closely watched intelligent cloud unit reported revenue of $26.751 billion in the fiscal quarter, up 21% from the same period last year and up from 19% in the previous fiscal quarter. Azure cloud revenue grew 33% year-over-year, up from 31% in the previous fiscal quarter, and Microsoft said 16% of growth was driven by demand for AI, compared with 13% in the previous fiscal quarter. Amy Hood, Microsoft’s chief financial officer, said on the call that the tight supply and demand situation in Microsoft’s non-AI cloud business improved in the quarter: “It’s slightly better, we still have some work to do in terms of scaling, and we’re encouraged by the progress we’ve made.” She also noted that in the AI space, Microsoft’s infrastructure capacity has come online faster than expected. Nadella announced on the call that more than 15 million people now use GitHub Copilot, Microsoft’s developer AI assistant, a figure that is four times higher than in the same period last year. Microsoft’s productivity and business processes division saw revenue increase 10% year-on-year to $29.944 billion in the last quarter, beating market expectations of $29.57 billion. Microsoft 365 Business Products and Cloud as a Service grew 11% year-over-year, with Business Cloud as a Service revenue up 12%; Microsoft 365 Consumer Products and Cloud as a Service grew 10% year-over-year, with Consumer Cloud as a Service revenue up 10%; Business social networking site LinkedIn revenue increased 7% year-over-year; Business Application Dynamics product and Cloud as a Service revenue increased 11% year-over-year. In addition, revenue from the Personal Computing segment, including gaming, reached $13.371 billion, up 6% year-over-year. Among them, Xbox content and services revenue increased by 8% year-on-year; Windows OEM manipulation system licenses and equipment revenue for device manufacturers increased by 3% year-on-year; search and news advertising services revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs increased by 21% year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume of devices and Windows operating system licenses for device manufacturers increased by 3%. Microsoft said that its inventory levels remained high due to the uncertainty of tariffs. Nadella also pointed out that with support for the operating system Windows 10 coming to an end in October this year, the deployment of the next generation of Windows 11 among business customers increased by about 75%.