windows 11 24h2

Microsoft’s 2025 Windows 11 feature update — version 25H2 — arrives as a careful, operationally minded release rather than a headline-grabbing rework: it’s an enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, removes a few long‑deprecated tools, and resets...

Microsoft has quietly removed two long-standing compatibility holds that kept many PCs away from the Windows 11 24H2 feature update — fixes for a face‑detection/camera regression and a Dirac audio driver problem were finally delivered in mid‑September — but the September cumulative update also...

Microsoft has quietly issued KB5068004 — an update that delivers Nvidia TensorRT RTX Execution Provider version 1.8.14.0 as a Windows component for Copilot+ RTX PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2. The bulletin is deliberately short: the package “includes improvements to the execution provider...

Microsoft has quietly shipped an out-of-band cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2 — KB5068221 (OS Build 26100.6588) — that restores stability for Microsoft Office when delivered via Microsoft Application Virtualization (App‑V) while also carrying forward September’s security rollup and...

Microsoft pushed an unscheduled, out‑of‑band cumulative update to Windows 11 version 24H2 to address a high‑impact compatibility regression affecting virtualized Office deployments — but the patch also reiterates a known SMBv1 connectivity caveat administrators must account for before broad...

Microsoft has quietly removed two of the most disruptive upgrade blocks that kept certain PCs from receiving the Windows 11 24H2 feature update: a long-standing camera/face‑detection safeguard and a widely felt audio/Bluetooth compatibility hold, meaning many devices that were previously blocked...

Microsoft has quietly widened the Windows 11, version 24H2 rollout again, removing a compatibility safeguard that had prevented a class of systems from receiving the feature update and making the upgrade available to more users — but the update remains peppered with cautionary notices and...

Microsoft has marked a months‑old audio compatibility problem that blocked a subset of devices from receiving the Windows 11, version 24H2 feature update as resolved, after a vendor driver was published via Windows Update and the compatibility safeguard (safeguard ID 54283088) was removed for...

Microsoft's September cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5065426) landed as a routine Patch Tuesday release but quickly became a headache for many users: installers fail with a slew of cryptic error codes, Microsoft Update Catalog packages sometimes abort mid‑install, and, in a number of reports...

Microsoft has lifted a months‑long compatibility hold that prevented a subset of PCs from receiving the Windows 11, version 24H2 feature update after an audio-processing component from Dirac caused devices to lose all sound; the problem was corrected with a vendor-supplied driver distributed...

Microsoft has quietly lifted a major compatibility block that prevented a subset of Windows PCs from receiving the Windows 11, version 24H2 feature update after a months‑long hold tied to a Dirac Audio driver issue, and the company says a new driver delivered through Windows Update resolves the...

A routine security update intended to tighten Windows kernel defenses has instead opened a new attack vector: a reliably exploitable information‑disclosure bug tracked as CVE‑2025‑53136 that leaks kernel addresses on Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 24H2 builds. The vulnerability—rooted in...

Most PCs built for Windows 10 can still be moved to Windows 11 without buying new hardware — but only if you understand the right workarounds, the trade‑offs, and the dates that matter. Microsoft’s official upgrade channel enforces a strict hardware policy (TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, UEFI, and a...

Microsoft and community reports confirm that the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5063878, OS build 26100.4946) experienced delivery failures when distributed through on‑premises update infrastructure—principally Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and...

Microsoft has released the September 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) — a combined Latest Cumulative Update (LCU) and Servicing Stack Update (SSU) that delivers security hardening, targeted bug fixes, AI component updates for Copilot+...

Microsoft pushed its September 2025 monthly security updates on Patch Tuesday, delivering a broad set of fixes that address dozens of vulnerabilities across Windows client, server, and Microsoft server products — including multiple emergency severity fixes for remote code execution and a...

Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday has quietly closed two disruptive Windows regressions introduced in August — one that interfered with MSI-based app installs by unexpectedly surfacing User Account Control (UAC) prompts for standard users, and another that crippled NDI-based streaming...

Microsoft released a cumulative update for Windows 11 (version 24H2) on September 9, 2025 — KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) — that bundles security fixes, servicing-stack improvements, and a slate of consumer and enterprise features while also tightening several hardening timelines that...

Microsoft released the September 9, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) — a combined security and quality rollup that both closes recent high‑priority vulnerabilities and addresses a string of functional regressions introduced earlier in the...

Microsoft’s decision to restore a simple, long-requested Windows 10 convenience—the ability to flip the mouse wheel scrolling direction from the modern Settings app—feels small, but it’s one of those pragmatic changes that quietly improves everyday usability for millions of people. Background...