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  1. Flyoobe 1.7: Lean Windows 11 OOBE with Copilot Disable and Debloat Profiles

    Flyoobe 1.7 arrives as a decisive answer for users who want a lean, no‑AI Windows 11 from first boot: the update introduces an OOBE page that hunts down and disables Copilot and related AI integrations during setup, ships expanded debloat presets (including GitHub‑loadable profiles), improves...
  2. Flyoobe 1.7/1.7.284: OOBE AI Disable & Debloat for Windows 11

    Flyoobe’s latest update widens the tool’s ambitions from a niche installer bypass into a full-blown Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) surgeon’s kit: starting with version 1.7 (hotfixed to 1.7.284), the popular Flyby11 / Flyoobe project now ships an OOBE page that searches for and disables Copilot and...
  3. Autopilot TOU Hang in OOBE: Triage, Recovery, and Mitigations

    Windows Autopilot rollouts are stalling in a new, surprising place: immediately after end users accept the Terms of Use (TOU) during OOBE, devices freeze with a non‑descriptive error and the provisioning flow never resumes — a breaking issue first highlighted in community reporting and...
  4. Granular Windows Quality Update Management in Intune: Per-Update Approvals

    Microsoft has quietly put a new tool on the 2026 roadmap that promises to change how IT teams manage quality updates for Windows on corporate PCs: Windows Quality Update management policies in Microsoft Intune will let administrators approve and roll out individual quality updates — including...
  5. Policy-Driven Windows 11 Update Management for Enterprises (Intune/OOBE)

    Microsoft is rolling out a string of changes to how Windows 11 handles update downloads and installations for managed office PCs — moving from a largely opaque, user-driven experience toward a more controllable, policy-driven model that lets IT teams decide when devices should download and...
  6. Windows 11 24H2 updates: faster installs, OOBE tweaks, Tiny11 caveats, and PowerToys

    Microsoft’s latest round-up of terse but important tech items — the kind of “what you need to know today” briefing that often gets missed between longer features — points to a clear theme: Windows and the ecosystem around it are maturing toward faster updates, smaller downloads, and more...
  7. Windows 11 25H2 Enablement Package: Stability, Manageability, On-Device AI

    Microsoft’s next Windows 11 annual update, version 25H2, is not a headline-grabbing reinvention of the desktop — it’s a deliberate, operationally focused release that prioritizes stability, manageability, and measured AI integration over bold new consumer-facing flourishes. This update arrives...
  8. Windows 11 OOBE Quality Updates: KB5065813, KB5065847, KB5065848 Explained

    Microsoft has pushed targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) updates for Windows 11 in late August 2025—delivering KB5065813, KB5065847 and KB5065848—to change how new and freshly imaged devices handle day‑one servicing and enrollment during initial setup. Background Microsoft has been reworking...
  9. Flyoobe 1.6: A polished OOBE toolkit with Ventoy, debloat, and multi-ISO support

    Flyoobe — the successor to the community-built Flyby11 tool — just took a decisive step away from a one‑trick “requirements bypass” utility toward a polished, Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit with the release of version 1.6, adding a refreshed home view, Ventoy support for USB media, a...
  10. Flyoobe 1.6: Polished OOBE Installer & Debloat Toolkit for Windows 11

    Flyoobe’s latest update tightens the shift from a simple Windows 11 requirements bypass into a polished, OOBE-centric installer and debloat toolkit — delivering smarter app removal, refreshed views for first-run setup, and performance tweaks while also raising fresh support and security...
  11. Windows 11 OOBE Toolkit: Bypass, Debloat, and First-Boot Customization

    The small open‑source utility ecosystem that helps people install or upgrade to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware has taken another evolutionary step: a popular requirements‑bypass project has become a fuller Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit, adding a smarter debloat/removal option and...
  12. Windows OOBE Now Applies Quality Updates at Day One (KB5065847)

    Microsoft’s August 29, 2025 OOBE update (KB5065847) marks a deliberate pivot in how Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 handle day‑one security and servicing: managed devices that meet the eligibility rules can now check for and install Windows quality updates during the final...
  13. KB5065848: Windows 11 24H2 OOBE Enrollment & ESP Update

    Microsoft released KB5065848 on August 29, 2025 — a targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 — that changes how device provisioning and enrollment behave during first‑time setup and supplies updated management/enrollment components used...
  14. KB5065083: AppVersion +1 in Windows 11 MDM Enrollment

    Title: What the Microsoft KB (KB5065083) means for MDM / Intune enrollment — why “ApplicationVersion +1” happens, the risk, and what admins & MDM vendors should do Summary (one sentence) Microsoft confirmed that for certain older Windows 11 devices the enrollment request’s ApplicationVersion...
  15. Windows 11 OOBE Quality Updates for Enterprise Provisioning (Sep 2025)

    Starting in September 2025, Microsoft will change how Windows 11 devices are provisioned for enterprise and education customers by installing the latest Windows quality updates during the final page of the out‑of‑box experience (OOBE)—a move that promises stronger security and fewer...
  16. Windows 11 OOBE Applies Quality Updates via ESP with Intune

    Microsoft is moving routine Windows 11 quality updates into the initial setup flow so that eligible Entra-joined devices can download and install the latest cumulative fixes during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), making day‑one systems more secure—and forcing IT teams to rethink provisioning...
  17. Windows 11 OOBE Installs Quality Updates During Provisioning with Intune ESP

    Microsoft is rolling a change that will alter the first minutes of life for new Windows 11 devices in many organizations: starting with the September 2025 security update, eligible enterprise and education PCs will check for and install the latest Windows quality updates during the Out‑Of‑Box...
  18. Windows Backup for Organizations: Intune-Integrated Enterprise Settings Restore

    Microsoft’s new Windows Backup for Organizations lands in the enterprise as a tightly scoped, Intune-integrated way to preserve Windows settings and Microsoft Store app lists in the cloud — but it is not a replacement for disk imaging, file-level backups, or full disaster recovery...
  19. Windows Backup for Organizations: Tenant-Scoped Restore with Intune

    Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows Backup for Organizations, a tenant‑scoped, Intune‑integrated backup and restore capability designed to capture user preferences and Microsoft Store app lists so IT can restore a familiar Windows experience on Microsoft Entra‑joined devices during...
  20. Windows Backup for Organizations: Release Preview Adds Tenant‑Gated Restore

    Microsoft’s August preview updates quietly deliver a major new enterprise capability: Windows Backup for Organizations has been promoted into Release Preview and is being positioned as the supported, tenant‑gated path for backing up and restoring user settings and Microsoft Store app lists in...