Windows 11’s 25H2 rollout landed with a familiar and unwelcome companion: early, narrowly scoped but consequential regressions that are already disrupting media playback workflows and manual update installs for a subset of users and organizations.
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Windows 11, version 25H2...
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 version 25H2 is shipping with two narrow but consequential known issues — one that can block DRM‑protected playback in certain Blu‑ray/DVD and digital‑TV applications, and another that can disrupt manual .msu installations from network shares — and...
Microsoft has published KB5054156 — a tiny enablement package (eKB) that flips on Windows 11, version 25H2 for devices already running the fully patched 24H2 servicing baseline, turning a months‑worth of staged feature binaries into an active release with minimal downtime and a single restart in...
Microsoft has begun the staged rollout of Windows 11 version 25H2, delivering the update as a lightweight enablement package to devices already on the 24H2 servicing branch, but launch day has been accompanied by several regressions that—while narrow in scope—are serious for affected users and...
Microsoft has confirmed that the August and September 2025 servicing updates for Windows 11 introduced a regression that can block playback of DRM‑protected video in certain Blu‑ray, DVD and digital‑TV applications, and Microsoft is rolling a targeted fix through the Release Preview channel...