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Release Date: September 26, 2025 (Commercial Preview)
Update Type: Enablement Package (eKB) for 24H2 users
Support Reset: 24 months for Home/Pro, 36 months for Enterprise/Education
Microsoft has quietly rolled out Windows 11 version 25H2, and while it’s not a headline-grabber, it’s a strategic update worth noting. Built on the same core as 24H2, this release arrives as a lightweight enablement package—meaning no full OS reinstall for those already on 24H2.
Key Features:
- Taskbar Speed Test: Right-click your network icon to launch a built-in browser-based speed test. Works with Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and cellular. (Windows 11 build 26220.6760 (Dev 25H2) and build 26120.6760 (Beta 24H2))
- Copilot Onboarding: Managed devices now get a guided intro to Microsoft 365 Copilot during setup.
- Semantic Search (Copilot+ PCs): File Explorer now supports smarter search—describe what you’re looking for, not just filenames.
- Emoji 16.0 Pulled: Microsoft removed the new emoji set from Insider builds without explanation. Expect it to return later.
Upgrade Notes:
- If you’re on 24H2, the update installs like a cumulative patch—fast and clean.
- Older versions require a full upgrade.
- Microsoft won’t force this update yet; opt-in via Windows Update by enabling “Get the latest updates…”
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Minimum Requirements for Standard PCs – Windows 11 version 25H2
Windows 11 version 25H2 uses the same minimum hardware requirements as the original release of Windows 11 (21H2) and all subsequent updates like 22H2 and 24H2. Microsoft hasn’t changed the baseline specs.
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Really?
So even my originally Win-XP computer may be updated.Liked by:You need to login in order to vote
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So even my originally Win-XP computer may be updated.Yes, with a few of your special registry changes maybe in your case
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My Windows 11 24H2 already seems to have a lot of the new Stat Menu changes.
I am currently running Windows 11 build 26100.6584 for version 24H2 which was released on September 9, 2025.
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Now I found an even simplier way to install Win11 on old not supported PCs.
Download .iso from microsoft, open it (will add a virtual DVD), open cmd and change to the new drive with the unpacked .iso (e.g. “d:” or whatever driveletter of the iso).
Then enter “setup /product server” and voila, setup starts without check for supported products.You get all updates exept new upgrade (26H2) next year, so you will have to do it every year again with the new win11 version.
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That’s really good, you have found a way to make installing Windows 11 even easier without the background hardware checks including TPM 2.0, Secure Boot
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Microsoft will continue to make it harder and harder to do this. My son’s PC was on Windows 10 and now that support for this has ended, we had to install fresh Windows 11 using TPM bypass. Microsoft, just stop doing this nonsense.
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My Dell Laptop at long last is telling me that Windows 11, version 25H2 is available and ready for download.
Might give it a few weeks before I upgrade.
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Some driver or UEFI issue probably, never had such phenomena even with unsupported Laptops or PC (none of mine is ready for Win11 but installed it on all).
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Thanks and I think you are on the correct line, issue does seem to be UEFI and my laptop was designed for Windows 10 S3 sleep and not Modern Standby (S0) used by windows 11.
I have tried the registry modification, which requires the creation of PlatformAoAcOverride registry entry, but alas this did not work.
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So as a follow up, I downloaded Intel® Driver & Support Assistant just to make sure all the Intel Drivers where upto date and it did identify that my Intel® Graphics UHD Graphics 620 Driver needed an update.
The update installed Intel® Graphics Driver 31.0.101.2115 for 6th-10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor Graphics, and related Intel Atom®, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors and also seemed to update some Audio devices.
Glad to say, this does seem to have fixed the initial Dell 7570 laptop going into sleep or hibernate mode, once awoken the laptop and especially Office aps seem to run slowly problem.
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