non persistent vdi

  1. Windows 11 Provisioning Time Regression Knocks Out Start Menu and Shell

    Microsoft has acknowledged a provisioning-time regression in Windows 11 that can leave core desktop components — the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and other XAML-dependent parts of the immersive shell — failing to initialize after recent cumulative updates, creating a high-impact outage...
  2. Windows 11 24H2 Provisioning Regression: Start Menu and Shell Failures

    Microsoft’s own support bulletin has now acknowledged what frustrated users and IT teams have been reporting for months: a servicing change that began with July 2025 cumulative updates can leave core Windows 11 shell features — Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings — non-functional...
  3. Windows 11 Provisioning Regression Breaks Start Menu and Taskbar After July 2025 Updates

    Microsoft has acknowledged a provisioning‑time regression in Windows 11 that can leave core shell features — the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and System Settings — failing to initialize after certain cumulative updates, and the admission has escalated an already noisy debate about the...
  4. Windows 11 Shell regression after July 2025 update due to XAML package registration failure

    Microsoft has quietly confirmed a troubling, widespread regression affecting the Windows 11 shell after a July 2025 cumulative update, acknowledging that XAML component registration failures can prevent Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings from initializing correctly in certain...
  5. Windows 11 Provisioning Regression: July 2025 Update Breaks Start Menu and Taskbar

    Microsoft's quiet admission that "core" Windows 11 features have been malfunctioning since July has crystallized into one of the most consequential servicing stories of the year: cumulative updates released beginning in July 2025 introduced a provisioning-time regression that can leave the Start...
  6. Windows 11 24H2 Provisioning Regression: Fixes for Start Menu and Taskbar

    Microsoft has published an advisory (KB5072911) describing a provisioning-time regression in Windows 11, version 24H2: after installing monthly cumulative updates released on or after July 2025 (the advisory calls out KB5062553 as a representative package), several shell and XAML-hosted...