Microsoft has begun removing the long‑standing Windows Management Instrumentation Command‑line (WMIC) tool from Windows images — WMIC will be absent by default on new installs and removed for systems upgraded to Windows 11, version 25H2 — and administrators must treat this as a scheduled change...
Microsoft has made Windows 11’s annual refresh—version 25H2—available as official ISO media to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel, completing the packaging that IT teams, OEMs and advanced users need for clean installs and image-based testing even as the bulk rollout continues to be...
Microsoft’s quiet September update is doing something few users expected: it’s starting to excise two long‑running legacy administration tools from Windows 11 images — Windows PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC (Windows Management Instrumentation Command‑Line) — as part of the preparation for the 25H2...
Microsoft’s September servicing quietly removes two long‑standing administration tools — the legacy Windows PowerShell 2.0 engine and the WMIC (Windows Management Instrumentation Command‑line) tool — from certain Windows 11 images, a deliberate security‑first move that closes well‑documented...
Microsoft has quietly published official ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Windows Insider Preview downloads area, completing a key piece of release scaffolding for IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts even as most devices receive the feature update as a lightweight enablement package...
Microsoft has quietly made the official x64 ISO for Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) available to Release Preview Insiders, completing a key piece of release scaffolding that IT teams, OEMs and imaging specialists have been waiting for even as Microsoft continues to deploy the update...
Microsoft quietly pulled back the promised ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 this week, updating its Release Preview announcement to say the ISOs are “delayed and coming soon” even as the update itself lands in the Release Preview channel as an enablement-package style release.
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Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...