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Windows 11 25H2 is the version designation for the 2025 feature update to Windows 11, with build numbers around 26200. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover installation media updates from Microsoft's Media Creation Tool, which now includes cumulative updates like KB5094126 and KB5089549 for cleaner installs. Users report issues such as sudden shutdowns without warning, boot loops after KB5083769, and problems with Microsoft Edge on this version. Insider builds like 26220.8575 introduce extended update pause controls. Third-party tools like NTLite v2026.04.10936 allow removal of Copilot and Recall from 25H2 ISOs before deployment, reflecting user preferences for a leaner OS.
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    Windows 11 Possível Problema Com Microsoft Edge

    Tenho o Microsoft Edge na versão: Version 149.0.4022.69 (Official build) (64-bit) Tenho o Windows Home na versão: Edition Windows 11 Home Version 25H2 Installed on ‎12/‎10/‎2024 OS build 26200.8655 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.315.0 O que está a...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 11 Media Creation Tool Updated June 2026: 25H2 Build 26200.8655

    Microsoft has refreshed the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool download path so that, as of June 2026, new installation media pulls the KB5094126 release for Windows 11 version 25H2, producing build 26200.8655 images with the latest Patch Tuesday fixes baked in. That sounds like routine...
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    • iso installation media kb5094126 media creation tool patch tuesday secure boot windows 11 windows 11 25h2
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 Win 11 25H2 sudden shutdown - no warning

    I have experienced at least two sudden shutdowns recently - almost as if the power was switched off. Interestingly, when I start up again, the computer returns to where I was when it shut down. When I shut down the computer normally, I get a "going into standby mode" although I haven't set it...
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    Windows 11 Insider 26220.8575 Lets You Extend Update Pauses Repeatedly

    Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.8575 to the Beta Channel on June 8, 2026, adding the ability for testers to extend Windows Update pauses repeatedly instead of being forced back onto Microsoft’s update schedule after a fixed pause window expires. The change looks small...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 USB Media Now Includes KB5089549 (May 2026)

    Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool is now serving Windows 11 installation media that includes the May 12, 2026 cumulative update KB5089549, letting users create USB installers for Windows 11 25H2 build 26200.8457 and 24H2 build 26100.8457 without first installing an older image and then patching...
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    • clean install kb5089549 media creation tool windows 11 25h2
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    NTLite v2026.04.10936 Removes Copilot and Recall from Windows 11 25H2 ISOs

    NTLite’s v2026.04.10936 release adds controls for removing Microsoft’s Copilot, Recall, and related Windows AI components from Windows 11 25H2 installation images before deployment, giving administrators and enthusiasts a cleaner operating system image rather than a post-installation cleanup...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    NTLite 2026 Adds Pre-Install Removal of Copilot and Recall in Windows 11 25H2

    NTLite version 2026.04.10936, reported by gHacks on May 4, 2026, adds support for removing Copilot, Windows Recall, and other Windows 11 25H2 AI components from installation images before the operating system is deployed. The update is not just another checkbox in a tweaking utility; it is a...
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    KB5083769 Windows 11 Boot Loop Reports: Pixelated Screen & Recovery Failures

    It’s too early to call this a confirmed Microsoft-caused “death loop,” but the early pattern around KB5083769 is uncomfortable for Windows 11 users and IT admins alike. In the first days after April’s Patch Tuesday, multiple Microsoft Learn Q&A posts described boot loops, pixelated crash...
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    • boot loop bootloop issues kb5083769 patch tuesday windows 11 windows 11 24h2 windows 11 25h2 windows update
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Remove Microsoft Copilot App on Windows 11 25H2 with New Policy Update

    Microsoft has quietly given Windows administrators a new way to reverse one of its most contentious AI deployment decisions: the Microsoft Copilot app can now be removed from managed Windows 11 devices through policy. The new Remove Microsoft Copilot App setting arrives with the April 2026...
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    Windows Update “More Control” Explained: Calendar Pauses, Setup Skips, Clear Restarts

    When Microsoft says it is giving Windows users “more control” over updates, it is touching one of the oldest fault lines in the Windows ecosystem. The company’s latest Insider changes add a calendar-based pause system, make it possible to skip updates during first-run setup, and separate simple...
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    • insider builds insider preview insider program update control update pause update scheduling windows 11 windows 11 25h2 windows update
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Best Open Source Tools to Fix Windows 11 25H2 Start Menu (Open-Shell, ExplorerPatcher, Windhawk)

    Windows 11’s 25H2 Start menu may be the clearest example yet of Microsoft solving a problem users did not ask to have, then shipping the fix in a way that still feels a little too opinionated. The result is familiar to anyone on a 1080p laptop: a bigger pinned area, a scrollable app list, and a...
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    • open source tools start menu customization windhawk mods windows 11 25h2
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    NTLite Latest Update: Faster Windows 11 25H2 Extraction & AI Component Control

    The latest NTLite releases are a reminder that Windows customization is moving from a niche hobby into a more serious, architecture-aware discipline. What looks at first like a simple speed bump — faster update extraction — is actually part of a larger shift: Windows 11 is becoming more modular...
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    • ai component management ntlite windows 11 25h2 windows image customization
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    NTLite Updates for Windows 11 25H2: Faster Extracts, AI Components, Safer Drivers

    The latest NTLite updates are a reminder that the Windows customization market is increasingly being shaped by two opposing forces: Microsoft’s growing reliance on componentized servicing, and power users’ desire to strip, tune, and streamline Windows installations. According to the current...
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    • ai component management ntlite windows 11 25h2 windows image customization
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 25H2 Rollout: Not Forced—Automatic Upgrade Tied to Support Dates

    Microsoft’s Windows 11 upgrade machine is moving again, and this time the spotlight is on version 25H2. The important correction to the viral framing, however, is that Microsoft’s move is not a sudden, one-off “forced upgrade” so much as the predictable next step in Windows’ modern servicing...
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    • device upgrade update servicing windows 11 25h2 windows update
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows Insider Gets Feature Flags in Settings to Replace ViveTool

    Microsoft is moving to make the Windows Insider Program less opaque, and that is a bigger shift than it may first appear. The company’s plan to let testers enable newly announced Windows 11 features from inside Settings, rather than hunting for feature IDs in ViVeTool, speaks to a long-running...
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    • controlled feature rollout feature flags windows 11 25h2 windows insider
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 in 2026: Inside Microsoft's Most Ambitious Course Correction Since Launch

    Microsoft is not just patching Windows 11 this April — it is attempting to rebuild the trust it has spent four years quietly eroding. The April 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday release (KB5086672) delivers a focused set of quality-of-life improvements across Smart App Control, Narrator, Settings, File...
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    • Forum: Windows News
  17. Windows 11 in 2026: Everything Microsoft Is Changing — April Update & Full Roadmap

    Windows 11 in 2026: Everything Microsoft Is Changing — April Update & Full Roadmap

    Microsoft admitted Windows 11 went off track — now they're fixing it. Here's everything coming in the April 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5086672) and the full 2026 roadmap.
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  18. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 25H2 Push: Updates, Taskbar Control, SaRA Removal, and What’s Next

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 push is turning into a familiar kind of story: one part modernization, one part user frustration, and one part course correction. With Windows 11 version 25H2 now being promoted broadly to eligible non-managed PCs, the company is again using servicing and feature...
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    • support tooling taskbar changes windows 11 25h2 windows update
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    Windows 11 25H2 Lands as Default: Xbox Showcase, Secure Boot, and New Updates

    Microsoft’s Windows roadmap spent this week looking unusually confident, and that confidence came with a sharper edge than many users may welcome. The company is now pushing Windows 11 version 25H2 to eligible, non-managed devices, effectively making the next release the default destination for...
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    • secure boot windows 11 25h2 windows update xbox games showcase
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 24H2 to 25H2: Why Microsoft is shifting PCs before Oct 2026

    Microsoft’s move to steer consumer PCs from Windows 11 version 24H2 to 25H2 is less a dramatic new policy than a familiar Windows servicing playbook executed with more restraint. The company’s logic is straightforward: 24H2 reaches end of support on October 13, 2026, while 25H2 extends the...
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    • enablement package windows 11 25h2 windows servicing
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    • Forum: Windows News
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