windows 11 updates

Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 is scheduled for June 9, bringing the usual security fixes alongside new user-facing features such as low-latency performance boosts, Shared Audio, richer NPU monitoring, setup-time user-folder naming, and Secure Boot certificate updates. The...

Microsoft released KB5086672 on March 31, 2026 for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, moving systems to OS builds 26100.8117 and 26200.8117 to fix an installer failure that caused some devices to hit error 0x80073712 during the March 2026 preview update. If you were blocked on that preview path...

Microsoft’s current Windows 11 emergency-update picture in June 2026 spans ordinary cumulative servicing, out-of-band setup and servicing updates, and special recovery-style fixes, with Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 both still receiving monthly cumulative updates such as KB5089549 on May 12, 2026...

Microsoft fixed the Windows 11 KB5089549 installation failure on May 26, 2026, by shipping KB5089573, a preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 that resolves rollbacks caused by EFI System Partitions with too little free space. The bug was not glamorous, but it exposed a...

Before the June 9, 2026 Patch Tuesday window, Windows 11 administrators and power users should do three separate jobs: validate update servicing, verify Secure Boot certificate readiness, and test visible desktop workflows. Do not collapse those into one generic “patch risk.” KB5089573 is useful...

Microsoft said on May 29, 2026, that its Build 2026 announcements next week will not include Windows 12, while the Windows account separately teased “a new era of PC” tied to coordinates in Taipei ahead of Computex. That clarification matters because the Windows rumor cycle has become a product...

Microsoft released the optional Windows 11 preview update KB5089573 on May 26, 2026, for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, moving systems to builds 26100.8524 and 26200.8524 while beginning a gradual rollout of performance changes that make core shell interactions feel faster. The headline is...

Microsoft released the optional Windows 11 KB5089573 preview update on May 26, 2026, for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 systems, bringing a phased performance change that accelerates app launch paths and shell surfaces such as Start, Search, Action Center, and related UI flyouts. The feature is not...

Microsoft released KB5089573 on May 26, 2026, as the optional non-security preview update for Windows 11 version 25H2 and 24H2, moving supported systems to OS builds 26200.8524 and 26100.8524 while also documenting a lingering installation failure tied to May’s earlier KB5089549 update. The...

Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 Copilot interface that can dock the AI assistant to the left or right edge of the desktop, resizing open apps around it, according to a May 24 report from Windows Latest based on hands-on testing. The move matters because it effectively brings Copilot back...

Microsoft’s April 14, 2026 Windows security update KB5083769 caused some BitLocker-protected PCs to ask for a 48-digit recovery key on the first reboot, and Microsoft says the Windows 11 fix arrived in the May 12, 2026 cumulative update KB5089549. The bug is narrow, but the panic it creates is...

Microsoft on May 22, 2026, released Windows 11 Insider Preview builds 26220.8491, 26300.8497, 28020.2149, and 29595.1000 across its Beta, Experimental, Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) channels, while continuing a staged migration to its redesigned Windows Insider Program...

Microsoft confirmed in mid-May 2026 that Windows 11 cumulative update KB5089549 can fail during installation on version 24H2 and 25H2 PCs when the EFI System Partition has roughly 10 MB or less free space, producing error 0x800f0922 and rolling back the security update. The company has pushed a...

Microsoft has fixed a Windows Autopatch service bug that unintentionally installed restricted or optional driver updates on a limited subset of managed Windows 11 devices in the European Union, affecting versions 25H2, 24H2, and 23H2. The fix did not arrive as a traditional patch because the...

Microsoft released KB5089549 for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 on May 12, 2026, bringing systems to OS builds 26100.8457 and 26200.8457, while early user reports now claim the update is failing to install or degrading network performance on some PCs. The evidence so far is messy, narrow, and...

Windows 11 cumulative updates have grown from a few hundred megabytes in the 21H2 era to multi-gigabyte packages in the 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1 cycle, with AI model payloads contributing on Copilot+ PCs but not explaining the entire increase. The popular shorthand — “AI made Windows updates huge” —...

Microsoft released KB5089549 on May 12, 2026, for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, moving systems to OS builds 26100.8457 and 26200.8457 while folding in security fixes, April’s optional preview improvements, and a controlled rollout of Xbox mode. The patch is being sold in consumer coverage...

Microsoft released Windows 11 cumulative updates KB5089549 and KB5087420 on May 12, 2026, moving versions 25H2 and 24H2 to builds 26200.8457 and 26100.8457, and version 23H2 to build 22631.7079, across its regular Patch Tuesday servicing channels. The headline is security, but the story is...

Microsoft released KB5089549 on May 12, 2026, as the monthly cumulative security update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, moving systems to OS builds 26200.8457 and 26100.8457 while bundling security fixes, servicing-stack changes, and selected reliability improvements. The update looks...

Microsoft has explained in May 2026 that some Windows 11 updates may take longer to finish after downloading because the operating system now performs real-time recovery work during installation when it detects that an update is struggling to complete. That is the plain answer, but it is not the...