Windows 11 24h2
The latest Windows 11 24h2 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
AI Meets Resilience: August Patch Tuesday Delivers Settings Agent, QMR, and Black Screen Redesign
Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday is not just another security dump. Alongside fixes for over 100 vulnerabilities, the updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 deliver an AI-powered search bar in...
Windows 11 24H2 Event ID 57 CertEnroll Errors Are False Positives, Microsoft Confirms
Error entries reading “The ‘Microsoft Pluton Cryptographic Provider’ provider was not loaded because initialization failed” have been flooding Windows 11 24H2 systems since the July 2025...
Microsoft Deploys Cloud-Powered Boot Repair and AI Settings to Windows 11 in August 2025 Update
Microsoft has dispatched one of the most consequential servicing updates in Windows 11 history, seeding the 24H2 release with a cloud-assisted self-repair engine, a redesigned crash interface, and an...
Windows 11 24H2 to Drop PowerShell 2.0 in August 2025, Shutting a Key Attack Vector
Microsoft will excise the 16-year-old Windows PowerShell 2.0 engine from shipping Windows 11 and Windows Server images beginning with the August 2025 release of Windows 11, version 24H2, and the...
June 2026 Secure Boot Expiry Looms as Microsoft Ships August Update for Windows 11 24H2
IT administrators have exactly nine months to overhaul firmware update workflows before Secure Boot certificates reach expiration in June 2026, a deadline Microsoft underscored in its August 2025...
Microsoft Kills PowerShell 2.0 in Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025: IT Must Migrate Now
The ancient PowerShell 2.0 engine, a holdover from the Windows 7 era, is vanishing from new Windows images starting this month. Microsoft has begun excising the legacy runtime from Windows 11 version...
Microsoft's KB5065501 Unlocks Advanced AI Image Processing for AMD Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft has deployed KB5065501, an under-the-radar Image Processing AI component update tailored for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2. The update, versioned 1.2507.797.0,...
Microsoft Pushes Phi Silica 1.2507.797.0 to AMD Copilot+ PCs as On-Device AI Matures
Microsoft released a new version of its on-device Phi Silica AI component—1.2507.797.0—to AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs on August 12, 2025, aiming to sharpen the local intelligence that runs directly...
KB5065503 Brings Silent Phi Silica AI Refinements to Qualcomm Copilot+ PCs
In mid-August, Microsoft seeded a low-key but important update for its youngest PC platform. KB5065503 rolled out automatically to Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2,...
Phi Silica Update 1.2507.797.0 Brings Optimized On-Device AI to Intel Copilot+ PCs
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KB5065500 Delivers Image Processing AI 1.2507.797.0 to Intel Copilot+ PCs, Paving Way for Super Resolution
Microsoft has pushed KB5065500, a targeted component update that advances the Image Processing AI stack to version 1.2507.797.0 on Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2. The...
Microsoft Sharpens On-Device AI for AMD Copilot+ PCs with KB5065505 Update
Microsoft has begun automatically deploying a new component update, KB5065505, that delivers version 1.2507.797.0 of its Phi Silica on-device AI model to AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11...