Wednesday, October 1st 2025
Microsoft Releases Windows 11 25H2... With Zero New Features?
Microsoft has officially released Windows 11 version 25H2 after months of testing and previews. Delivered as a lightweight enablement package (eKB), 25H2 update is not a complete OS replacement but a light switch that turns on feature code already present on machines running 24H2. Microsoft stages new features inside regular cumulative updates in a disabled state. When the eKB is installed, it flips those flags, and a single restart activates the features, upgrading the device to 25H2 with minimal downtime. Because 24H2 and 25H2 share a servicing branch, they utilize the same codebase and servicing pipeline, which provides annual feature updates with the same efficiency and reliability as monthly updates. That helps reduce package size and installation time, making the transition from 24H2 to 25H2 about as easy as rebooting. The only difference between 25H2 and 24H2 is the support duration. For example, 25H2 Enterprise and Education Windows 11 versions move to a 36-month cycle, while Pro editions follow a 24-month cycle, typical for all Windows 11 24H2 builds.
With the 25H2 update, Microsoft is not focusing on significant under-the-hood changes or a visual overhaul, which were common in previous updates. Instead, the emphasis is primarily on security improvements. For instance, Microsoft is removing features like PowerShell 2.0 and Windows Management Instrumentation command-line (WMIC) during installation. These features were previously deprecated due to vulnerabilities to security exploits. Additionally, IT administrators now have the ability to remove pre-installed Microsoft default apps using Group Policy/MDM CSP on Enterprise and EDU devices.
If you want 25H2 right away, flip on "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available" in Windows Update to move your PC earlier in the staged rollout, but keep in mind Microsoft can delay the update for devices with detected issues (like driver or app incompatibilities) until those are fixed, so it still might not show up immediately. If you'd rather upgrade straight from 24H2 to 25H2, download the enablement package that matches your system architecture from Microsoft's website.
Source:
Windows Blog
With the 25H2 update, Microsoft is not focusing on significant under-the-hood changes or a visual overhaul, which were common in previous updates. Instead, the emphasis is primarily on security improvements. For instance, Microsoft is removing features like PowerShell 2.0 and Windows Management Instrumentation command-line (WMIC) during installation. These features were previously deprecated due to vulnerabilities to security exploits. Additionally, IT administrators now have the ability to remove pre-installed Microsoft default apps using Group Policy/MDM CSP on Enterprise and EDU devices.
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 25H2
Installed on 9/5/2025
OS build 26220.6760
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.260.0
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well here is the hard and ugly truth of windows 11 25H2, its a big bunch of Nothing, and as far as the las 18 months of "updates" its been an unmitigated DISASTER for microsoft.
Its been 20 months of updates since Spring of 2024 and 18 monthly updates that broke something major EVERY month, I kept waiting for them to have a month that was just updates without breaking stuff.
Nope, one month after the last it was more of the same, update released, about 3-7 days later an announcement that there were some problems created with the update and that MS was "working" on a fix.
So we are now at 18 updates and 18 broken functions issues, so if you go on straight progress, we have had almost NO new features and tons of one step forward one step back.
its like we have been standing in place for nearly 2 years now.
Windows 12 was delayed, not be 6 months but by nearly 2 years.
Microsoft has been pushing SO many resources into the Co-pilot stuff and AI in general that they no longer have the resources to actually make anything new or innovative.
its not that they cant, they wont.
Windows 10 was going to be the last version of windows we ever got.
Then it wasn't, windows 11 came along roughly 2.5 years ago, guess what, its been a frozen product for 2 years and it still sucks. For every new major security flaw, the fix comes with broken functions that are 10+ years old.
This last month, they broke media playback, not to mention the dozen or so times they have broken VPN and every other core feature that windows has.
Microsoft, for the love of god, please dedicate some resources to fixing this steaming pile of crap.
Quality product and proper testing, NOT one of them.
The pc of a colleague, a Thinkstation P900, received a update, as usual. The problem was this: every time she tried to print something, the pc would BSOD. I tried uninstalling the print driver, starting with the Canon plotter, and after that didn't work, with the Utax photocopier. Nothing. I had to burn my brain to find a solution. Then i found out this was the problem.
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nstallationenablement those products will be disabled. It seems they'll still be available during OS installations. I'd have to do a fresh install to verify.Also, the user has been the 'feature' and the product for some time.
1. client build with 13600KF, 32 GB DDR5 and 5070Ti, sata ssd (kingston datacenter grade)
2. my laptop i7-11800H, 32 GB DDR4-3200 and 3050 laptop gpu, M2 ssd
Both machines feels pretty fast, no issues so far on few days of usage. Updates made and disabled for five weeks for heaven's sake lol