windows 11 25h2

  1. Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: Enablement Package KB5054156 and ISO Media

    Microsoft’s near-final Windows 11 25H2 build has quietly begun to appear as official ISO media on Microsoft’s delivery infrastructure, with Release Preview ISOs now discoverable by enthusiasts and the enablement-package (eKB) path — KB5054156 — confirmed as the primary in-place upgrade for...
  2. Xbox Full Screen Experience on Handheld Windows PCs: Gains and Risks

    Microsoft’s new Xbox “Full Screen Experience” for handheld Windows PCs is no longer just marketing copy on a press release — enthusiasts are already running it on older hardware, and early tests show real, measurable gains and equally real caveats that matter for anyone who owns a handheld...
  3. Xbox full-screen experience on Windows handhelds arrives in 25H2 previews

    Microsoft’s new full‑screen Xbox experience for Windows handhelds—sold as a controller‑first, console‑style shell—has begun appearing on existing Windows handheld PCs ahead of the ROG Xbox Ally family’s retail debut, with enthusiasts enabling the interface via Windows 11 25H2 preview builds and...
  4. Windows 11 Handheld Xbox Full-Screen Experience Now on ROG Ally

    Microsoft's new handheld-focused, full‑screen Xbox interface for Windows 11 can already be unlocked on many in‑market Windows handhelds thanks to a Release Preview of the Windows 11 25H2 update and a handful of community-discovered switches — meaning you don't have to wait for the ROG Xbox...
  5. Windows 11 25H2: The Real Windows 12 Is an Enablement Update

    Microsoft has quietly put the “Windows 12” party on hold: the next public release from Redmond is Windows 11, version 25H2, arriving as a lightweight enablement update in the second half of 2025 rather than a ground-up OS reboot — and that decision changes what upgrade planning should look like...
  6. WSL2 vs Native Ubuntu on Windows 11 25H2: Real-World Performance

    Microsoft’s own preview of Windows 11 25H2 may ship as a tiny enablement package, but running Ubuntu under WSL2 on that same Windows build is not indistinguishable from a native Ubuntu install — Phoronix’s fresh tests show a measurable, workload-dependent performance cost that deserves close...
  7. Windows 11 25H2: Practical Enablement Update With Sudo, Wi-Fi 7, and AI Enhancements

    Microsoft’s Windows 11 25H2 arrives as a compact, operationally focused update: an enablement package that flips on capabilities already seeded into the platform, adds a handful of practical conveniences (notably a native sudo command, archive handling in File Explorer, and groundwork for Wi‑Fi...
  8. Windows 11 25H2 ISO Release: Release Preview, eKB, and Enterprise Imaging

    Microsoft has made Windows 11’s annual refresh—version 25H2—available as official ISO media to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel, completing the packaging that IT teams, OEMs and advanced users need for clean installs and image-based testing even as the bulk rollout continues to be...
  9. Windows 11 Upgrading to WIndows 11 25H2

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  10. Windows 11 25H2 Preview: Lightweight Enablement Package Explained

    Windows 11’s 2025 feature update has arrived in preview form — and if you were expecting fireworks, prepare for a shrug: version 25H2 is being shipped as a lightweight, enablement-style package that doesn’t add brand‑new features beyond what’s already available in 24H2. What Microsoft has...
  11. Windows 11 25H2 ISO Released for Release Preview — eKB Enablement & Admin Migration

    Microsoft has quietly published official ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Windows Insider Preview downloads area, completing a key piece of release scaffolding for IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts even as most devices receive the feature update as a lightweight enablement package...
  12. Rufus 4.10 Beta: Dark Mode, PCA2023 & 25H2 USB Media

    Rufus’s latest pre-release quietly delivers a handful of practical, user-facing updates — including an official dark mode and early support for the new Windows 11 25H2 boot media format — that matter more than they sound, especially for technicians still migrating fleets from Windows 10 ahead of...
  13. Rufus 4.10 Beta Adds Windows 11 25H2 ISO Support and UI Enhancements

    Rufus, the go-to utility for creating bootable USB drives, has a new pre-release floating around that Neowin reports adds explicit support for Windows 11 25H2 ISOs and several convenience and reliability features — but the details matter for IT teams and power users, and not all of the claims...
  14. Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: Lightweight eKB Enablement from 24H2 (Build 26200.5074)

    Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to testers in the Windows Insider Release Preview channel, delivering the update primarily as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that flips features already staged on 24H2 devices — while Microsoft delays broad ISO publication and...
  15. Windows 11 25H2 ISO in Release Preview: What IT Pros Need to Know

    Microsoft has quietly pushed the official ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel — a small but significant shift that gives IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts canonical installation media for clean installs and imaging while the enablement-package rollout continues...
  16. Windows 11 25H2 ISO Release: Official Media and Low-Downtime Enablement

    Microsoft has quietly made official ISO media for Windows 11 version 25H2 available to the public after a brief delay — a small but important development that moves the update from preview-only to the brink of general availability and gives IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts the canonical...
  17. Windows 11 25H2 Preview: No CPU Gains; Linux Leads Creator Benchmarks

    Microsoft’s preview of Windows 11 25H2 arrives under a familiar headline: no sweeping performance gains, and in independent creator‑workload benchmarks it still trails Linux by a noticeable margin. Background Windows 11 25H2 is positioned as an incremental, enablement‑style update rather than a...
  18. Windows 11 25H2: Enablement-Focused Update, No Major CPU Gains

    Early benchmarking and preview coverage make the headline blunt: Windows 11 version 25H2 is not delivering any measurable raw performance improvement over 24H2 — it is an enablement and stability-focused release, not a performance rework — and that outcome should surprise no one who followed...
  19. Windows 11 25H2: No Performance Gain Over 24H2; Linux Leads CPU Benchmarks

    Microsoft’s own numbers (and independent testing) make the headline simple: Windows 11 version 25H2 delivers no measurable raw performance gain over 24H2 — it’s an enablement package, not a re‑engineered OS — while modern Linux builds continue to show a meaningful edge in CPU‑bound workloads...
  20. Windows 11 25H2: No Performance Gain Over 24H2, Phoronix Benchmark

    Windows 11’s upcoming 25H2 release has arrived in preview form with a familiar headline: it’s small, largely cosmetic under the hood, and — according to early independent testing — it does not deliver measurable performance gains over 24H2 for real‑world CPU and productivity workloads. Early...