servicing

Microsoft’s latest Insider flights are intentionally small but strategically significant: the Dev and Beta channels each received preview updates that primarily deliver a single new capability — native Sysmon — alongside a grab-bag of reliability and UI fixes. The delivery model and rollout...

A one‑stop utility that promises to strip Windows 11 of its new AI surfaces with a single click has re‑ignited a long‑running debate: is aggressive debloating a legitimate way for users to reclaim control, or a risky hack that can leave systems fragile and unsupported? Background / Overview...

Windows 11’s recent servicing turmoil and a new Qualcomm chip that promises always‑listening intelligence have collided into one of the industry’s most talked‑about reliability debates: is Windows 11 now the unreliable operating system, and what does “always listening” silicon mean for...

Microsoft has quietly updated its rollout plan for the Windows 11 25H2 “2025 Update,” and one detail stands out: Microsoft now says it is using a machine‑learning based, intelligent rollout to automatically download and queue the 25H2 enablement package on many eligible Home and Pro PCs that are...

Microsoft has begun automatically moving many consumer PCs running Windows 11 version 23H2 (Home and Pro) to the latest Windows 11 25H2 feature update after 23H2 reached end of consumer servicing on November 11, 2025 — a change that restores security updates for affected machines but reduces the...

Microsoft has begun automatically moving many unmanaged Windows 11 Home and Pro PCs onto version 25H2 as older consumer releases — most notably Windows 11 version 23H2 — reach their scheduled end of servicing, a change driven by lifecycle policy and a desire to keep the broad installed base...

Microsoft has begun automatically moving some unmanaged Windows 11 PCs onto the 2025 feature update (version 25H2) as older consumer releases reach their scheduled end of servicing, leaving Home and Pro users with only short-term postponement options rather than a permanent opt‑out. Background...

Microsoft has quietly widened the Windows 11 25H2 rollout and begun automatically installing the 2025 feature update on a subset of consumer PCs that are running older, out‑of‑support Windows 11 builds — a move that has reignited the debate over “forced” Windows upgrades and the trade‑offs...

Microsoft has formally closed the servicing window for Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro), and is now moving consumer PCs forward—automatically in many cases—toward the 25H2 baseline to restore monthly security updates and reset the servicing clock. This is not a cosmetic deadline: November...

Microsoft issued a small hotpatch today — KB5068966 — for supported Windows 11/Server branches, advancing eligible devices to OS Build 26200.7092 and 26100.7092 and, in Microsoft’s terse public notes, delivering “miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality” with no...

Microsoft has quietly fixed one of Windows 11’s most irritating little bugs: the “Update and shut down” option that sometimes installed updates only to leave a PC powered on instead of actually shutting it down—a change now present in Insider preview builds and rolled into the October 28, 2025...

Microsoft has set a hard servicing cutoff: Windows 11 version 23H2 (Home and Pro) will stop receiving monthly security and quality updates on November 11, 2025, and any consumer PC still on that build after the date will be running an unsupported release unless upgraded. Background / Overview...

Microsoft has confirmed what many in the Windows ecosystem already feared: Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro) will stop receiving security updates after November 11, 2025, which leaves anyone still running that consumer release exposed to unpatched vulnerabilities and compels an upgrade to...

Microsoft has issued a blunt reminder: if your PC is still running Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home or Pro), the monthly security and preview updates that keep it protected will stop on November 11, 2025, and you should plan to move to 24H2 or 25H2 before that date to avoid an exposure gap...

Microsoft has issued a clear reminder: if you’re still running Windows 11 version 23H2 (Home or Pro), support for that consumer branch will end on November 11, 2025, and now is the time to plan and execute an upgrade to a supported Windows 11 release. Background Windows lifecycle management has...

I installed Windows 11 from a nano‑sized 2.4 GB ISO and the finished system used just 8.36 GB on disk — a result that compresses a typical Windows 11 footprint to roughly two‑thirds smaller than a regular install, accomplished with the community project Nano11 Builder and a few post‑install...

NTDEV’s latest builder shrinks a full Windows 11 ISO down to a reported 2.29 GB by surgically removing nearly everything most users expect from a modern desktop OS — from Xbox and Solitaire to Windows Update and Windows Defender — producing an extremely compact, intentionally unserviceable image...

Microsoft’s lifecycle clock is now glaringly visible for many organizations: support for several Windows releases will stop within months, and the window for action is short enough that CIOs, IT managers, and school IT directors must move from planning to execution now. A recent lifecycle...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5982 (KB5065790) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, delivering a broad set of reliability fixes and quality updates aimed at version 23H2 users and administrators. Background Windows Insider channels exist to stage changes before they reach...

Microsoft has pushed another Windows 10 preview build into the Release Preview Channel as the operating system hurtles toward its firm end‑of‑support date next month, delivering a small set of stability and servicing fixes insiders and IT teams should validate now rather than later. Background /...