enablement package

Microsoft has quietly published official installation media for Windows 11, version 25H2 — both x64 and Arm64 ISOs — while continuing to distribute the update to most up‑to‑date devices as a small enablement package (eKB), a move that completes the packaging IT teams, OEMs and power users need...

Microsoft has quietly removed the compatibility block that kept a slice of PCs from receiving Windows 11 version 24H2 after fixing a nearly year‑old camera/Windows Hello interaction that could freeze apps and block facial sign‑in. Background Windows 11 24H2 shipped in October 2024 with a set of...

Microsoft’s 2025 Windows 11 feature update — version 25H2 — arrives as a careful, operationally minded release rather than a headline-grabbing rework: it’s an enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, removes a few long‑deprecated tools, and resets...

The moment macOS Tahoe and Windows 11 version 25H2 reached the public eye in 2025, one thing became impossible to ignore: Apple shipped a visibly ambitious, conversation-starting update while Microsoft rolled out an annual Windows release that—by design and by Microsoft’s own messaging—adds...

Windows 11’s next annual refresh is officially on the doorstep: Microsoft’s 25H2 update has reached final pre-release builds and is being distributed to partners and insiders, but the real headline for many users may be the overhauled Start menu — a change already living, dormant, in Windows 11...

Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Windows Insider Release Preview channel, and you can now download and install the update either as a quick “seeker” update via Windows Update or by grabbing an official ISO from Microsoft’s Insider download page for testing and...

Microsoft’s official installation media for Windows 11 version 25H2 has started appearing ahead of a formal public rollout, with Release Preview ISOs and related artifacts now accessible to Windows Insiders and sighted on Microsoft delivery servers — but downloading from unofficial links or...

Microsoft is preparing to flip the switch on Windows 11 version 25H2, but the update arriving in the coming weeks is not a horsepower‑hungry revamp — it’s an enablement package that mostly activates features already staged on devices, trims legacy baggage, and adds a handful of targeted...

Microsoft has quietly made the full installation ISOs and the enablement package (eKB) for Windows 11, version 25H2 available to testers and administrators — a move that signals the update is in its final validation window and is likely to begin broader distribution soon. Background Microsoft...

Microsoft’s servers are now carrying the near‑final artifacts for Windows 11, version 25H2, and public rollout appears imminent — but this is an incremental, enablement‑package style update that most users and IT teams should treat as a managed, low‑risk operational change rather than a...

Microsoft’s near-final Windows 11 25H2 build has quietly begun to appear as official ISO media on Microsoft’s delivery infrastructure, with Release Preview ISOs now discoverable by enthusiasts and the enablement-package (eKB) path — KB5054156 — confirmed as the primary in-place upgrade for...

Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel received a small but meaningful preview build today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.6690 (KB5065786), delivered to devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 as a Beta Channel enablement package and focused largely on controlled feature rollouts, bug...

Microsoft has quietly shipped two companion Release Preview builds — Build 26100.6718 (24H2) and Build 26200.6718 (25H2) — as part of the small cumulative package KB5065789, addressing a set of high‑impact regressions (notably the persistent 0x80070002 update failure and DRM playback breakage...

Microsoft has quietly shipped small but important updates to the Windows 11 Release Preview channel — Build 26100.6718 for Windows 11 version 24H2 and Build 26200.6718 for 25H2 — rolling several stability fixes and clarifications into the pre-release stream while delaying one headline feature...

Microsoft’s continued migration of legacy Control Panel features into the modern Settings app has taken another step forward: recent Windows 11 Insider preview builds contain hidden, in-progress pages that surface longstanding keyboard controls and a redesigned haptic touchpad panel inside...

Microsoft’s own preview of Windows 11 25H2 may ship as a tiny enablement package, but running Ubuntu under WSL2 on that same Windows build is not indistinguishable from a native Ubuntu install — Phoronix’s fresh tests show a measurable, workload-dependent performance cost that deserves close...

Microsoft has finally quieted a persistent Windows 11 24H2 audio outage that left some machines literally mute by coordinating a vendor driver update and lifting a long‑standing compatibility safeguard that had blocked affected devices from receiving the 24H2 feature update via Windows Update...

Microsoft has marked a months‑old audio compatibility problem that blocked a subset of devices from receiving the Windows 11, version 24H2 feature update as resolved, after a vendor driver was published via Windows Update and the compatibility safeguard (safeguard ID 54283088) was removed for...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 25H2 arrives as a compact, operationally focused update: an enablement package that flips on capabilities already seeded into the platform, adds a handful of practical conveniences (notably a native sudo command, archive handling in File Explorer, and groundwork for Wi‑Fi...

Microsoft has begun seeding KB5065789 to the Release Preview Channel, delivering targeted accessibility and productivity upgrades to Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 — notably an improved Narrator with a new Braille Viewer and more natural table/list reading, and an expanded Click to Do that...