windows provisioning

If you’ve ever wished Windows handled app installs and updates the way Linux does — predictable, scriptable, and fast — you already have the tool you need built into modern Windows: the Windows Package Manager, aka WinGet. This command-line utility removes the repetitive clicking and guesswork...

Microsoft has given the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) an abrupt and final farewell: the veteran, free toolkit that generations of Windows administrators relied on for building and automating OS images has been officially retired with immediate effect, leaving existing deployments to limp on...

Microsoft’s engineering gamble — to use AI to rewrite millions of lines of legacy C and C++ into Rust by 2030 — landed squarely in the spotlight this winter after a months‑long string of Windows 11 malfunctions and a formal Microsoft support advisory that traced the outages to XAML registration...

FlyOOBE’s latest publicized build — the release labeled 2.3.833 in community listings — doubles down on what the project has become: a compact, technician-friendly Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit that automates installer routing, first‑boot personalization, debloat profiles, and a GUI...

Microsoft has acknowledged a provisioning-time regression in Windows 11 that can leave core desktop components — the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and other XAML-dependent parts of the immersive shell — failing to initialize after recent cumulative updates, creating a high-impact outage...

Microsoft has quietly confirmed a provisioning regression in Windows 11 that can leave core shell components — the Taskbar, Start menu, File Explorer, System Settings and other XAML‑dependent UI pieces — failing to load or crashing on some enterprise and managed devices after installing monthly...

Microsoft has published an advisory acknowledging a provisioning regression in Windows 11 that can leave the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer, System Settings, and other XAML-dependent components unusable on a limited set of enterprise and non-persistent/virtualized environments, and Microsoft...

Microsoft has confirmed a provisioning‑time regression that can leave core Windows 11 shell features — Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and other XAML‑dependent surfaces — failing or crashing after cumulative updates applied during image provisioning or on first user sign‑in, and has published...

Microsoft has confirmed a provisioning‑time bug in Windows 11 that can leave core desktop features — the Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings — unstable or non‑functional after installing monthly cumulative updates released on or after the July 8, 2025 rollup (commonly tracked as...

FlyOOBE’s latest incremental release lands as a compact but consequential update for anyone provisioning or rescuing PCs that Microsoft’s Windows 11 installer would normally block: the toolkit refines the original Flyby11 upgrade engine, tightens Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) controls, and...

Microsoft’s own support bulletin has now acknowledged what frustrated users and IT teams have been reporting for months: a servicing change that began with July 2025 cumulative updates can leave core Windows 11 shell features — Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings — non-functional...

Microsoft has quietly acknowledged a provisioning-time regression in Windows 11 that can leave core shell features — the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings — failing to initialize after recent cumulative updates, forcing administrators into manual workarounds while third-party...

Microsoft has acknowledged a provisioning‑time regression in Windows 11 that can leave core shell features — the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and System Settings — failing to initialize after certain cumulative updates, and the admission has escalated an already noisy debate about the...

Microsoft’s engineering teams have acknowledged a troubling chain of failures: a July servicing change in Windows 11 has introduced a provisioning-time regression that can leave Start, Taskbar, Explorer, and Settings broken, while cascading outages and emergency vendor fixes have amplified...

Microsoft’s own support pages now confirm what many administrators, IT teams and power users have been reporting for months: a servicing regression that began with mid‑2025 cumulative updates can leave core Windows 11 shell components — the Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings —...

Microsoft’s admission that a servicing regression broke core Windows 11 shell functionality in certain provisioning scenarios crystallizes a slow‑burn crisis for the operating system: a July 2025 cumulative update (represented in Microsoft’s advisory by KB5062553) introduced a timing‑dependent...

Microsoft's quiet admission that "core" Windows 11 features have been malfunctioning since July has crystallized into one of the most consequential servicing stories of the year: cumulative updates released beginning in July 2025 introduced a provisioning-time regression that can leave the Start...

Microsoft released a targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) update identified as KB5071892 for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2 on November 20, 2025, and the package is explicitly scoped to the installer‑time setup flow rather than the running OS. The bulletin summary provided with the package...

FlyOOBE’s latest public build tightens the project’s role as a compact technician toolkit for installing and customizing Windows on machines that Microsoft’s official installer might otherwise block, and the 2.1.790 wave continues that theme: clearer OOBE automation, expanded extension controls...

Microsoft has quietly added a checkbox to the Microsoft Store web experience that changes a routine part of Windows setup: you can now select multiple apps in your browser, click a single “Install selected” button, download a tiny launcher .exe, run it, and have the Microsoft Store app on the...