How to Enable All Features in Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2

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Microsoft has been on a roll when it comes to rolling out new updates that come with a good number of features. Recently, Microsoft rolled out the Windows 11 25H2 update, loaded with new features, and early in the year, we saw several new features introduced with the Windows 11 24H2 update.

Now, for a lot of people, these updates seem like a new update that brings in security enhancements and performance issues. However, there are a good number of features that are often overlooked by a lot of people.

But what’s important is that even with the updates pushed out to the users, not all features are enabled by default. You will have to do a little tinkering if you want to get a particular feature enabled, i.e., if you like that particular feature.

How to Enable New Features in Windows 11

While the two main feature-rich updates, Windows 11 25H2 and Windows 11 24H2, are now live, not all features get enabled right away. Certain features are hidden away for some users, while for other users, the features are enabled by default. But, if you don’t have the feature, you can forcefully enable it by making use of a third-party tool called ViveTool.

Let’s take a look at how you can get ViveTool and use it to enable new features for your Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 PCs.

Download and use ViveTool to enable features in Windows 11

Make sure that when you are downloading the ViveTool application for your Windows 11 PC that you download it from places that are safe. The best and safest place to download ViveTool for your Windows 11 PC is by heading over to the official ViveTool GitHub page. Once you have downloaded the zip file, follow these steps.

How to Enable All Features in Windows 11 25H2

Extract the content of the zip file to a folder whose location you can easily remember or navigate to.
Now, press the Windows and R keys to open the Run dialog.
Type in CMD and then press the Control+Shift+Enter keys to open Command Prompt in Administrator Mode.
Open the folder where you have extracted the content of ViveTool and make a note of the folder path.
Copy the folder path of the extracted ViveTools folder.
Go back to the Command Prompt and type in CD (paste the file path of the extracted ViveTools folder).
Now, to enable the features, simply type in vivetool /enable /id:57048226 and hit the Enter key.
In a few moments, the features will be enabled on your Windows 11 PC.

However, make sure to give your PC a restart before you test and check out the new features. His ViveTool command will enable all features that have been released with the 25H2 and the 24H2 updates. Certain features from the 24H2 update will only work with the AI PCs (i.e., the Copilot-ready PCs, PCs that have SoCs that support a lot of AI features powered by Microsoft Copilot).

All new Features with Windows 11 25H2 Update

Here is a list of all the new features that come with the recently launched Windows 11 25H2 update. If you haven’t received the update yet, give it some time, as the update is rolling out slowly and may take some time to reach your PC. Let’s now dive into the new features you can use in the Windows 11 25H2 update.

Display the Time in the Notification Center

A feature that was present in Windows 10 has finally made its way to Windows 11 via the 25H2 update. Whenever you open the Notification Center from the Taskbar on your Windows 11 PC, you can now see the time right away. Here’s how you can enable this.

Open the Settings app on your Windows 11 PC.
Click on the Time and Language option from the left side menu.
Now, click on the Date and Time option.
You will see a toggle that says Show Time in Notification Center.
Switch the toggle on to have the clock appear in the Notification Center.

New Edit App

Microsoft has introduced a new command-line style app that lets you enter text. This is a brand-new text editor, and what’s good about it is that it is a simple and no-frills text editor. Yes, it has no Microsoft Copilot or AI integrations. Just a command-line styled notepad for you to type your text without unnecessary distractions. Here’s how you can access it

Open the Start menu by pressing the Windows key.
Simply Type in Edit.
The Edit app should appear in the search results of your Start menu. Click on it to launch the app.

New AI Actions Context Menu

Well, Microsoft has added even more AI stuff into the context menu of the File Manager app. While there’s an existing Ask Copilot option in the context menu, Microsoft has added a new context menu option called AI Actions. You will see this option appear when you right-click on an image or a text file.

When you select the AI Actions options from the File Manager context menu, you will now get the following shortcuts.

Visual Search with Bing
Blur background with Photos
Erase objects with Photos
Remove background with Paint

These AI actions are currently available when you right-click on any type of image file. We could see this feature roll out for other file types, such as PDFs and maybe even text files, from programs like Notepad, MS Office, or any other text editor.

Change Position of On-screen Indicators

When you change certain elements in Windows 11, such as the brightness, volume levels, and other controls, by default, a floating indicator will appear at the bottom of the screen. With the Windows 11 25H2 update, you can change the position of these indicators. Apart from just the bottom position, you can now set it to appear at the top left or the top center of your screen. Here’s how you do this.

Open the Settings app and click on System.
Select Notifications from the System screen.
Scroll down, and you should see a new section called Indicators from keyboard Actions.
You can now choose from Bottom Center, Top Left, and Top Center.

End Tasks via the Taskbar

Previously, when a program would stop functioning or freeze or lock up completely, you would have to open the Task Manager by using the Control + Alt + Delete keys. Well, now you can easily end the task of any app or program by simply right-clicking on the open app from the Taskbar. Here’s how you can enable this feature.

Launch the Settings app and click on System.
Scroll down and select the Advanced option.
Here at the very top, you should see the End Task option.
Click on the toggle to enable the end task shortcut.
Right-click on any open program on the Taskbar.
You should see the new end task option from the context menu.

Passkey Support in Windows 11

Passkeys are a great way to sign in to apps or websites without using a password. Passkeys on Windows will now let you sign in to apps or websites by using your fingerprint, face recognition, or a basic PIN. However, for this feature to work, you will have to use a Microsoft Account to sign in to Windows 11. You can access the Passkey settings by following these steps.

Open the Settings app and click on Accounts
The Passkeys option is present at the bottom. Click on it,
Here you will see all the passkeys that are saved for various websites that you access.
You can click on the Advanced Settings option to choose if you want to save the Passkeys on your Windows PC or not.

With these features live on Windows 11 via the 25H2 update, it’s time to take a look at the features that have come out with the Windows 11 24H2 update.

All new Features with Windows 11 24H2 Update (All PCs)

Here is a list of all the new features that can be accessed and used on any Windows 11 PC that is running on the Windows 11 24H2 update.

AI Tools in Microsoft Paint

The 24H2 Windows 11 update brings up AI tools to the MS Paint app. With these AI tools in MS Paint, you can easily use Microsoft Copilot to Create Images, remove backgrounds, and also generate backgrounds by filling them in images. You can access these features by clicking on the Copilot.

New Energy Saver Mode

For those users who are using a portable or handheld Windows device and want to conserve battery and reduce background activities can enable the Energy Saver mode. Here’s how you can access this feature.

Open the Settings app and click on System.
Now, select Power and Battery.
Click on the drop-down arrow for Energy Saver.
You can choose to enable or disable energy saver by clicking on the toggle.
Choose to turn on Energy Saver automatically when your Windows device reaches a particular battery percentage.
And finally, have the option to lower the screen brightness whenever the energy saver toggle is enabled,

Use the Sudo Commands in Windows 11

The sudo commands are perfect for those users who want to run commands without having to launch the console as an administrator. The sudo command is well known by users on the Linux operating system, as well as macOS users. Here’s how you can enable the feature.

Open the Settings app and click on System.
Now click on Advanced.
Under the Terminal section, you should see the third option, Enable sudo.
Click on the toggle to enable it.

This is a feature that is useful only for those users who know what they are doing. If you don’t know what this feature does, it’s best to leave the option disabled.

All new Features with Windows 11 24H2 Update (Copilot PCs Only)

Here are a bunch of other features that were rolled out via the 24H2 update that are exclusive only to Windows 11 PCs that have a dedicated NPU. Such PCs are called Copilot+ PCs. With these PCs, Copilot would take advantage of the NPU to perform specific AI-related tasks. Check them out below.

Windows Recall

One of the most controversial features of Windows 11 in 2025/. Recall is a feature that takes screenshots of your screen on a regular abscess and stores them in an encrypted manner on your Windows PC locally. When you use Copilot, you can ask it to search for anything that you remember. It could be a particular website, a word, or even words to describe an image. Recall would display all the screenshots containing the search term imputed by the user.

Enhanced Effects During Video Calls

With Copilot PCs, the Studio Effects during video calls on a Windows 11 PC give you access to many features, such as background blurs, eye contact correction, and voice highlight/focus. These effects help you have clear video calls. Again, these features are exclusive to Windows PCs that have a dedicated NPU.

AI Upscaling for Video Games

Thanks to tech like DLSS on AMD and Nvidia GPUs, you can now upscale the video resolution of your video games with AI. These AI upscaling features give you a better visual performance without sacrificing any of the performance elements of your game.

AI-Powered Local Search

Don’t remember the exact name of the file or document you created on your PC? Well, simply use the keywords that you remember from the file or document, and Copilot will display the file or document on your screen right away.

Click To Do

Click to Do is a feature that is similar to what Android-powered smartphones have- Circle to Search. With Click to Do on Windows 11 Copilot + PCs, you simply need to press and hold the Windows key and click on the screen using your mouse. Here’s what you can do with Click to Do

Search for text on the screen.
Select any text from the images
Save any image to your device
Look for images that are similar to the image on your screen via Bing Visual Search.

This concludes everything you need to know about how you can enable the features of Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 on your Windows 11 PC.

So, what do you think about the features that have been listed here? Are these features that are useful to you? Let us know about your thoughts in the comments section below.

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