Microsoft has launched Home windows 11 KB5068861 and KB5068865 cumulative updates for variations 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to repair safety vulnerabilities, bugs, and add new options.
As we speak’s updates are necessary as they comprise the November 2025 Patch Tuesday safety patches for vulnerabilities found in earlier months.
You can set up at present’s replace by going to Begin > Settings > Home windows Replace and clicking on ‘Test for Updates.’
You too can manually obtain and set up the replace from the Microsoft Replace Catalog.
That is the second ‘Patch Tuesday’ launch for model 25H2, however because it’s based mostly on model 24H2, there aren’t any unique or particular modifications. You may get the identical fixes throughout the 2 variations of Home windows 11.
What’s new within the November 2025 Patch Tuesday replace
After putting in at present’s safety updates, Home windows 11 25H2 (KB5066835) may have its construct quantity modified to Construct 26200.7019 (or 26100.7019 in case of 24H2), and 23H2 (KB5068865) can be modified to 226×1.6050.
The largest spotlight of the replace is the new Begin menu UI, which helps you to take away Really helpful feed and have a clear UI.
On the similar time, the brand new Begin UI may really feel cluttered due to a number of icons displaying up by default now, however you possibly can all the time swap to the Classes mode that teams apps collectively.
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[Lock screen] New! The brand new battery icons, which embrace colour indicators and battery proportion, now seem within the lower-right nook of the lock display. This function makes it simpler to test your system’s charging standing and battery degree at a look. To study extra in regards to the battery icon function, see Taskbar.
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[Microsoft 365 Copilot] New! A brand new Microsoft 365 Copilot web page has been added to the Get Began expertise for business gadgets with an energetic Microsoft 365 subscription. This web page helps you find out about Microsoft 365 Copilot options and start utilizing them extra simply.
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[Settings] New! The “Electronic mail & accounts” part is now referred to as “Your accounts.” You handle all of your accounts below Settings > Accounts.
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[Taskbar]
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New! The battery icons have been up to date to make it simpler to test your PC’s standing at a look. Coloration indicators present charging and battery ranges: inexperienced signifies the PC is charging and in good situation, yellow reveals that battery saver mode is on at 20% or under, and crimson indicators a critically low battery. Simplified overlays maintain the progress bar seen, and the icons seem within the system tray, Fast Settings, and Settings, with Lock display assist coming quickly. To point out the battery proportion subsequent to the icon, go to Settings > System > Energy & battery, then activate Battery Proportion. You’ll be able to nonetheless view detailed battery info by hovering over the battery icon or opening the Energy & battery settings.
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Mounted: In case you hover over an app icon on the taskbar, after which choose the window preview, the preview may dismiss and never deliver the window to the foreground.
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[Administrator Protection Preview] New! Administrator safety goals to guard free floating admin rights for directors. It permits customers to carry out administrative duties utilizing just-in-time privileges. This function is turned off by default and will be enabled utilizing OMA-URI in Microsoft Intune or by means of Group Coverage.
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[Post-Quantum Cryptography] New! Constructing on post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms in SymCrypt, this replace provides API assist for NIST post-quantum cryptography algorithms ML-KEM and ML-DSA in accordance with FIPS 203 and FIPS 204 requirements. These algorithms can be utilized for key alternate, signing, and decryption through Cryptography: Subsequent Technology (CNG) and .NET.
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[Display and Graphics]
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Mounted: Apps and browsers may show partially unresponsive onscreen content material when different maximized or full-screen apps are updating within the background. This concern is very noticeable when scrolling, as solely components of the window content material may replace.
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Mounted: After you put in KB5064081, some movies and video games could be unexpectedly crimson.
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Mounted: If the Linked Units Platform Service is disabled, Settings may cease responding or shut unexpectedly whenever you attempt to open Settings > System > Show, together with when launched from the desktop context menu.
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[File Explorer]
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Mounted: The File Explorer context menu may unexpectedly swap backwards and forwards between the traditional view and Present Extra Choices on every proper click on.
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Mounted: When opening a folder from one other app (for instance, opening the Downloads folder from a browser), your customized view — together with sorting information by title, altering the icon dimension, or eradicating grouping — unexpectedly resets again to default.
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Mounted: The physique of the File explorer window may now not reply to mouse clicks after invoking the context menu.
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Mounted: Extracting very massive archive folders (1.5gb+) may fail with a “Catastrophic Error” (error code 0x8000FFFF).
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Mounted: File Explorer may change into unresponsive when opening Residence.
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[Input] Mounted: A difficulty with microsoft.ink.dll and associated APIs may trigger pen and handwriting enter to cease responding in apps or result in apps closing unexpectedly on account of thrown exceptions.
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[Narrator] Mounted: Narrator fails when attempting to launch it whereas establishing Home windows utilizing an ISO.
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[Open and Save Dialog] Mounted: Sure apps may change into unresponsive when launching the Open or Save Dialog.
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[Remote Credential Guard] Mounted: Distant Credential Guard eventualities between the newest Home windows 11 builds and Home windows Server 2022 or earlier may unexpectedly fail.
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[Sign in to your PC]: Improved: Made underlying modifications to enhance the efficiency of loading the taskbar after unlocking your PC from sleep. This additionally helps in instances the place the password area and different sign-in display contents didn’t render when transitioning from the lock display to the sign-in display after sleep.
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[Task Manager] Mounted: Some apps may unexpectedly not be grouped with their processes.
All these options are rolling out regularly, so it will be some time earlier than they present up in your PC.
In the intervening time, Microsoft will not be conscious of latest points with this month’s Patch Tuesday.
It’s value noting that that is the final replace for Home windows 11 23H2 because the working system’s assist ends at present.
Microsoft additionally confirmed that it’ll not be releasing optionally available updates in December, as a lot of the engineers can be away for the vacations. Nonetheless, Patch Tuesday updates will proceed as scheduled.
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