Wait on the Windows upgrade

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I like to wait a few months after Windows does major annual upgrades before installing them. Usually they fix some bugs that appear. I recommend using GRC's InControl Freeware to postpone the Windows 11 25H2 upgrade for a few months.

Microsoft has begun releasing its Windows 11 25H2 update. They are slowly rolling it out. This is its 2025 upgrade to Windows 11. Microsoft describes it as an accumulation of prior updates with no significant new user-facing features, making it a low-risk upgrade for most users.

On the other hand, it also offers no particularly good reason to upgrade. There isn't some great feature or clear security improvement. So, as with all voluntary Windows feature upgrades, I recommend doing it after 3 or 4 months when most of the little bugs and problems are resolved. If they make a fairly big change, wait and let others find the problems.

My recommendation is to use Steve Gibson's InControl program. It is a tiny free program that makes the registry entries for you. When you run it, it checks the Windows settings and reports them to you. If you press the Take Control button, it will tell Microsoft to leave Windows at the current version. In a few months when you want to upgrade to the new version, you run it again and press the Release Control button. That's it.

I wrote an article about it in March when I was suggesting that people wait a bit before upgrading to version 24H2. Just download the program and right-click on it and select Run as Administrator. Then Take Control.

Move the program to your Maintenance folder so you'll be able to find it when you want to update Windows. Nothing installs. It just presents a menu and lets you control the Windows version settings.

Date: November 2025

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Home Forms About Current Newsletter subscribe Search All Articles Browse by Category Security Internet Mobile Business Hardware Fun		Wait on the Windows upgrade Preview: I like to wait a few months after Windows does major annual upgrades before installing them. Usually they fix some bugs that appear. I recommend using GRC's InControl Freeware to postpone the Windows 11 25H2 upgrade for a few months. Microsoft has begun releasing its Windows 11 25H2 update. They are slowly rolling it out. This is its 2025 upgrade to Windows 11. Microsoft describes it as an accumulation of prior updates with no significant new user-facing features, making it a low-risk upgrade for most users. On the other hand, it also offers no particularly good reason to upgrade. There isn't some great feature or clear security improvement. So, as with all voluntary Windows feature upgrades, I recommend doing it after 3 or 4 months when most of the little bugs and problems are resolved. If they make a fairly big change, wait and let others find the problems. My recommendation is to use Steve Gibson's InControl program. It is a tiny free program that makes the registry entries for you. When you run it, it checks the Windows settings and reports them to you. If you press the Take Control button, it will tell Microsoft to leave Windows at the current version. In a few months when you want to upgrade to the new version, you run it again and press the Release Control button. That's it. I wrote an article about it in March when I was suggesting that people wait a bit before upgrading to version 24H2. Just download the program and right-click on it and select Run as Administrator. Then Take Control. Move the program to your Maintenance folder so you'll be able to find it when you want to update Windows. Nothing installs. It just presents a menu and lets you control the Windows version settings. Date: November 2025 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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