Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2, into the Release Preview channel — a near‑final, enablement package release that IT teams and enthusiasts can validate now ahead of a broader public rollout later this year, with Microsoft identifying the preview as Build 26200.5074 and explicitly...
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Microsoft has quietly published two targeted Windows 11 dynamic updates — KB5065378 (a Setup Dynamic Update) and KB5064097 (a Safe OS / WinRE Dynamic Update) — to refresh the setup binaries and the Windows Recovery Environment used during feature updates, media-based installs, and recovery...
Microsoft quietly published two targeted Dynamic Update packages for Windows 11, version 24H2 (and Windows Server 2025) — KB5065378 (a Setup Dynamic Update) and KB5064097 (a Safe OS / WinRE Dynamic Update) — on August 29, 2025, delivering refreshed setup binaries and a new Windows Recovery...
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 (build 26200.5074) into the Release Preview channel, making a near‑final enablement package available to Insiders, IT pilots and commercial customers for validation ahead of a broader rollout later this year.
Background / Overview
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Microsoft has quietly pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) into the Release Preview channel — and unlike many headline OS releases, this one arrives as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that flips features already staged on devices rather than replacing the whole...
Microsoft has opened the gates for early access to the next Windows 11 annual update: Windows 11, version 25H2 is now available to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel and is being delivered as a small enablement package (eKB) that activates pre‑staged features already present on the...
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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel while publicly denying any link between August’s cumulative updates and a rash of user-reported SSD failures — a week that illustrated both Microsoft’s increasingly disciplined servicing model and the fragility of...
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Microsoft and a major controller vendor now say the August 2025 Windows 11 security update is not the smoking gun behind the bursts of SSD disappearances and alleged “bricking” reports that circulated through enthusiast forums — but the incident remains an important warning about fragile...
Microsoft has quietly pushed this year’s Windows 11 annual feature update — version 25H2 — into the Release Preview channel, and for most up-to-date PCs the actual work is already done: Microsoft shipped the bulk of the code over the last several months and the public upgrade is simply an...
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Microsoft has begun distributing Windows 11 version 25H2 to Insiders in the Release Preview channel, a move that signals the annual feature update is production‑adjacent and ready for targeted validation ahead of a broader public rollout later this year.
Background / Overview
Windows 11 25H2...
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Microsoft’s patch for the long‑standing .NET Framework issue that broke apps using Active Directory Forest Trust information has surfaced again in reporting, but the story is more nuanced than a three‑year “finally fixed” narrative — the .NET/System.DirectoryServices regression was identified in...
Microsoft has moved Windows 11, version 25H2, into the Release Preview Channel, signalling that the company considers this year’s annual feature update production‑adjacent and ready for validation by Insiders, IT teams and commercial customers ahead of a broader public rollout later this year...
Microsoft has pushed new Windows 11 builds into all four Windows Insider Preview channels at once, a rare simultaneous flight that puts a near‑final, enablement‑package version of Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview ring while carrying parallel cumulative updates to the Dev and...
Windows 11’s next annual feature update, version 25H2, has moved into the Release Preview channel and is now available to Insiders and IT pilots as a lightweight enablement package — a signal that the bulk of the update’s code is already on most up‑to‑date PCs and that the public rollout is...
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Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now on the cusp of broad testing — but this year Microsoft shipped something that tidies and trims more than it innovates.
Background / Overview
Microsoft has moved Windows 11 version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel, signalling that the update is...
Microsoft published a new Setup Dynamic Update package, KB5065378, for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 on August 29, 2025 — a narrowly scoped but important backstage update that refreshes the setup binaries and SafeOS components used during feature updates and installations. The...
Microsoft published KB5064097 on August 29, 2025 — a Safe OS Dynamic Update that refreshes the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025, delivering a new WinRE image (WinRE version 10.0.26100.5059), updated Safe‑OS binaries and drivers, and...
Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...
Releasing Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Release Preview Channel — what you need to know (for Insiders, IT pros, and forum readers)
Today (August 29, 2025) the Windows Insider team made this year’s annual feature update — Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) — available in the Release...
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A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...