A few days ago Microsoft released the December 2025 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 (KB5072033, KB5071417) and Windows 10 (KB5071546, KB5071544, KB5071543). Following that, the company also announced that it was beginning to roll out Windows 11 25H2 to all supported user PCs and such they can in-place upgrade to the latest Windows version from previous ones including from Windows 10. Microsoft explained how this could be done by switching a toggle.
If you however want to run a clean install using a USB flash drive or other such bootable media then the Media Creation Tool (MCT) is now offering the Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 December Patch Tuesday updates. Some features still require a clean installation to enable.
Most of you probably already are very familiar with what it is and how it helps, but for those who may not, it is essentially Microsoft"s official bootable ISO media creation utility. It downloads Windows 11/10, and currently the company"s Windows Update servers are delivering the KB5072033 Patch via it.
If you do proceed to upgrade to the Windows 11 2025 Update, note that AMD recently published a new chipset driver while Intel posted new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth driver with support for the new Windows version.
Interestingly, Microsoft has not updated the MCT version as it remains at 10.0.26100.7019 (spotted by Deskmodder). After the Windows 11 25H2 feature update release, the MCT got quite a bit buggy as both Windows 11 and 10 were experiencing bugs and issues. The timing of that was a bit ironic on Windows 10 considering the OS just ran out of support and Microsoft was encouraging users to update to Windows 11, and the Media Creation Tool was probably one of the first things people were trying to use.
If you are worried about those, you need not be. That is because the new version of the MCT app contains fixes for Windows 11, and though the latest ESU Windows 10 patch is not available via it, the issues there have been fixed too.
To download it, head to Microsoft"s official website at the following links: Windows 11 | Windows 10, and navigate down the page to the "Create Windows 11/Windows 10 Installation Media" section.