Windows 11 24h2
The latest Windows 11 24h2 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Dual Retirement: Windows 11 24H2 and Office 2021 Both Exit Support on October 13, 2026 — What You Must Do Now
Microsoft has marked October 13, 2026, as the day when two of its most widely used products — Windows 11 version 24H2 Home and Pro editions, and Office LTSC 2021 — will simultaneously reach the...
Microsoft Drops June 2026 Preview Fix KB5095093 for Windows 11 Shell Crashes on Provisioned PCs
Microsoft released an out-of-band preview update on June 23, 2026, that addresses a cascade of shell failures—Start, Search, Settings, Taskbar, and File Explorer—on Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2...
Mesa 26.2 Brings First GPU-Accelerated AV1 Encoding to WSL via DirectX 12 Prototype
A new prototype merged into Mesa 26.2 on July 6, 2026 gives Windows Subsystem for Linux users their first taste of hardware-accelerated AV1 video encoding. The work, led by Microsoft engineers,...
Windows 11 24H2’s Secret Toolkit Exposed: What PCMag’s New Guide Found
In late August 2024, PCMag published an extensively updated guide cataloging 35 built-in or Microsoft-adjacent tools in Windows 11 version 24H2 that most users never encounter. The roundup, credited...
Windows 11 24H2 Transforms Microsoft Store Into the Operating System’s Silent App Command Center
The Microsoft Store in Windows 11 version 24H2 has quietly become the operating system’s central nervous system for application management — a shift documented in exacting detail by Paul...
Rufus 4.15 Final Release Fixes ARM64 Boot Crashes and Adds RISC-V 64 Support
Rufus, the indispensable bootable USB creation tool for Windows users, rolled out its final update on June 30, 2026. Version 4.15 arrives as a swan song from developer Pete Batard, packing critical...
Microsoft Taps Intel OpenVINO to Supercharge Windows 11 AI With KB5103225
Microsoft has quietly deployed KB5103225, an automatic Windows Update package that upgrades the Windows ML Runtime Intel OpenVINO component to version 2.2606.1.0 on devices running Windows 11 version...
Microsoft Turbocharges Windows 11 Start Menu and Explorer with New Low Latency Profile in KB5094126
Microsoft dropped a cumulative update on June 9, 2026, that might just be the most impactful under-the-hood tweak Windows 11 has received in years. KB5094126, rolling out to both Windows 11 24H2 and...
WUSA Network Share Bug Squashed in June 2026 Patch Tuesday Update
Microsoft has finally resolved a persistent Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA) bug that prevented IT administrators from installing .msu update packages from network shares on Windows 11...
Registry Key to the Rescue: Microsoft’s KB5105752 Tackles JScript Globals Breakdown
Microsoft dropped KB5105752 on June 18, 2026, warning that JScript’s global variables, polyfills, and execution context may fail to persist when multiple scripts are loaded, breaking workflows on...
Windows 11 2024 Update Cleans Up OOBE, Start Menu Clutter, and a Nagging Cursor Glitch
Microsoft’s latest feature update for Windows 11, version 24H2—known officially as the Windows 11 2024 Update—arrived this month with a clear mission: erase the friction from the first moments...
Windows 11 KB5094126 Update Triggers Boot Failures and BitLocker Lockouts Across Orgs
The June 2026 Patch Tuesday rollout has turned into a firefight for IT administrators as Windows 11 updates KB5094126 and KB5093998 cause blue screens of death, system freezes, and BitLocker recovery...