Corrine Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst Staff member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Posts 12,091 Location Upstate, NY Apr 19, 2024 #101 Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3500 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [Start menu] This update starts the roll out of the new account manager on Start menu. When you sign in with a Microsoft account, the new design gives you a quick glanceable view of your account benefits and makes it easy to manage account settings. [Windows Share] If your Microsoft account uses a Gmail address, you can now send email to yourself from Windows share window and receive it in your Gmail account. [Settings] To ensure you don’t lose access to your Microsoft account, we’re beginning to roll out a new banner with a “Add now” button under Settings > Account for adding a recovery email address if you haven’t added one for your Microsoft account yet. This will only show if you are signed in with a Microsoft account. We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 and if you’re signed into Windows with your Microsoft account. New features rolling out for everyone in the Beta Channel Widgets Board Improvements We are introducing a new navigation bar on the left allowing you to switch between a dedicated widgets dashboard and other integrated dashboards like Discover. As part of this change, we are introducing the ability for developers to send notifications to the taskbar button with their custom dashboards for the Widgets board. Developers can check out this documentation on how to implement this capability with their Widgets dashboards. To manage notifications from multiple dashboards, Widgets is also providing more granular control over what content shows on the Widgets button on the taskbar. You can go to Widgets Settings > Notifications and enable or disable taskbar notifications from individual dashboards. NOTE: These changes are only initially available to Windows Insiders in the European Economic Area (EEA). FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > Widgets. Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to everyone in the Beta Channel [Widgets] We are making some improvements to the Widgets button on the taskbar so that the icons on the taskbar are clearer and we are rolling out a larger set of animated icons too.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3500 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [Start menu] This update starts the roll out of the new account manager on Start menu. When you sign in with a Microsoft account, the new design gives you a quick glanceable view of your account benefits and makes it easy to manage account settings. [Windows Share] If your Microsoft account uses a Gmail address, you can now send email to yourself from Windows share window and receive it in your Gmail account. [Settings] To ensure you don’t lose access to your Microsoft account, we’re beginning to roll out a new banner with a “Add now” button under Settings > Account for adding a recovery email address if you haven’t added one for your Microsoft account yet. This will only show if you are signed in with a Microsoft account. We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 and if you’re signed into Windows with your Microsoft account. New features rolling out for everyone in the Beta Channel Widgets Board Improvements We are introducing a new navigation bar on the left allowing you to switch between a dedicated widgets dashboard and other integrated dashboards like Discover. As part of this change, we are introducing the ability for developers to send notifications to the taskbar button with their custom dashboards for the Widgets board. Developers can check out this documentation on how to implement this capability with their Widgets dashboards. To manage notifications from multiple dashboards, Widgets is also providing more granular control over what content shows on the Widgets button on the taskbar. You can go to Widgets Settings > Notifications and enable or disable taskbar notifications from individual dashboards. NOTE: These changes are only initially available to Windows Insiders in the European Economic Area (EEA). FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > Widgets. Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to everyone in the Beta Channel [Widgets] We are making some improvements to the Widgets button on the taskbar so that the icons on the taskbar are clearer and we are rolling out a larger set of animated icons too.
Corrine Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst Staff member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Posts 12,091 Location Upstate, NY Apr 26, 2024 #102 Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3566 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on [Taskbar & System Tray] In response to feedback, we are now showing the “show desktop” button by default and users can still manage this by right-clicking on the taskbar and choosing “Taskbar settings” (which opens Settings > Personalization > Taskbar directly). [File Explorer] Dragging-and-dropping files with your mouse between breadcrumbs in the File Explorer Address Bar that began rolling out with Build 22635.3420 is now available to all Insiders in the Beta Channel. Fixes and Improvements for everyone in the Beta Channel New! This update improves the Widgets icons on the taskbar. They are no longer pixelated or fuzzy. This update also starts the rollout of a larger set of animated icons. New! This update affects Widgets on the lock screen. They are more reliable and have improved quality. This update also supports more visuals and a more customized experience for you. This update fixes an issue which was causing Settings to crash when copying out text in the last few flights. This update addresses an issue that affects universal printers. The system creates duplicate print queues for them. This update adds support for Arm64 .msi files using a Group Policy Object (GPO). You can now use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to add Arm64 .msi files. You can also use a GPO to install these files on Arm64 machines. This update affects hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI). It accepts drivers that are now compatible. This update addresses an issue that occurs when you elevate from a normal user to an Administrator to run an application. When you use a PIN to sign in, the app will not run. This update affects Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2). Intermittent name resolution fails in a split DNS setup. This update addresses an issue that affects the netstat -c It fails to perform effective port exhaustion troubleshooting. This update addresses an issue that affects a low latency network. The speed of data on the network degrades significantly. This occurs when you turn on timestamps for a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection. This update addresses an issue that affects the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC). A memory leak occurs when it retrieves mappings. This update includes quarterly changes to the Windows Kernel Vulnerable Driver Blocklist file, p7b. It adds to the list of drivers that are at risk for Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks. This update affects the touch keyboard. It makes the Japanese 106 keyboard layout appear as expected when you sign in. This update adds a new mobile device management (MDM) policy called “AllowScreenRecorder.” It affects the Snipping Tool. IT admins can use this policy to turn off screen recording in the app. This update addresses an issue that affects Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) hardware offload. A stop error occurs on PCs that support it. This update addresses a memory allocation issue in the Host Networking Service (HNS). The issue causes high memory consumption. It also affects service and pod deployment and scaling. This update addresses an issue that affects the container networking Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). It returns the wrong Virtual Subnet ID (VSID) for external ports. This update affects media allocations. It improves their memory granularity for some hardware setups. This lowers overcommitment. Also, performance is more efficient. This update addresses an issue that affects an accelerator backing store management path. A memory leak occurs that affects some devices. This update addresses an issue that affects Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). Its Post Authentication Actions (PAA) do not occur at the end of the grace period. Instead, they occur at restart. This update addresses a race condition that might stop a machine from starting up. This occurs when you set up a bootloader to start up multiple OSes. This update makes Country and Operator Settings Asset (COSA) profiles up to date for some mobile operators. This update addresses an issue that affects the Resilient File System (ReFS). A high load might make the system unresponsive. Also, signing in might be slow. This update addresses an issue that affects Settings. It stops responding when you dismiss a flyout menu. This update addresses an issue that affects Protected Process Light (PPL) protections. You can bypass them.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3566 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on [Taskbar & System Tray] In response to feedback, we are now showing the “show desktop” button by default and users can still manage this by right-clicking on the taskbar and choosing “Taskbar settings” (which opens Settings > Personalization > Taskbar directly). [File Explorer] Dragging-and-dropping files with your mouse between breadcrumbs in the File Explorer Address Bar that began rolling out with Build 22635.3420 is now available to all Insiders in the Beta Channel. Fixes and Improvements for everyone in the Beta Channel New! This update improves the Widgets icons on the taskbar. They are no longer pixelated or fuzzy. This update also starts the rollout of a larger set of animated icons. New! This update affects Widgets on the lock screen. They are more reliable and have improved quality. This update also supports more visuals and a more customized experience for you. This update fixes an issue which was causing Settings to crash when copying out text in the last few flights. This update addresses an issue that affects universal printers. The system creates duplicate print queues for them. This update adds support for Arm64 .msi files using a Group Policy Object (GPO). You can now use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to add Arm64 .msi files. You can also use a GPO to install these files on Arm64 machines. This update affects hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI). It accepts drivers that are now compatible. This update addresses an issue that occurs when you elevate from a normal user to an Administrator to run an application. When you use a PIN to sign in, the app will not run. This update affects Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2). Intermittent name resolution fails in a split DNS setup. This update addresses an issue that affects the netstat -c It fails to perform effective port exhaustion troubleshooting. This update addresses an issue that affects a low latency network. The speed of data on the network degrades significantly. This occurs when you turn on timestamps for a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection. This update addresses an issue that affects the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC). A memory leak occurs when it retrieves mappings. This update includes quarterly changes to the Windows Kernel Vulnerable Driver Blocklist file, p7b. It adds to the list of drivers that are at risk for Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks. This update affects the touch keyboard. It makes the Japanese 106 keyboard layout appear as expected when you sign in. This update adds a new mobile device management (MDM) policy called “AllowScreenRecorder.” It affects the Snipping Tool. IT admins can use this policy to turn off screen recording in the app. This update addresses an issue that affects Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) hardware offload. A stop error occurs on PCs that support it. This update addresses a memory allocation issue in the Host Networking Service (HNS). The issue causes high memory consumption. It also affects service and pod deployment and scaling. This update addresses an issue that affects the container networking Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). It returns the wrong Virtual Subnet ID (VSID) for external ports. This update affects media allocations. It improves their memory granularity for some hardware setups. This lowers overcommitment. Also, performance is more efficient. This update addresses an issue that affects an accelerator backing store management path. A memory leak occurs that affects some devices. This update addresses an issue that affects Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). Its Post Authentication Actions (PAA) do not occur at the end of the grace period. Instead, they occur at restart. This update addresses a race condition that might stop a machine from starting up. This occurs when you set up a bootloader to start up multiple OSes. This update makes Country and Operator Settings Asset (COSA) profiles up to date for some mobile operators. This update addresses an issue that affects the Resilient File System (ReFS). A high load might make the system unresponsive. Also, signing in might be slow. This update addresses an issue that affects Settings. It stops responding when you dismiss a flyout menu. This update addresses an issue that affects Protected Process Light (PPL) protections. You can bypass them.
Corrine Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst Staff member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Posts 12,091 Location Upstate, NY May 3, 2024 #103 Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3570 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [File Explorer] We’re rolling out the ability to duplicate a tab by right-clicking on a tab in File Explorer. Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on [File Explorer] Fixed a memory leak when interacting with archive folders in File Explorer. Fixed a few issues impacting File Explorer reliability. Made a change to help fix an issue which could cause the spacing between your desktop icons to become extremely wide. Fixed a timing issue where if you start a search from Home in File Explorer, it may unexpectedly show no results the first time you tried. Did some work to help address an issue where the address bar dropdown might appear unexpectedly while you were using File Explorer. [Task Manager] Updated the units (from MHz to MT/s) for DDR speed. Fixed an issue where the Safely Remove Hardware option for ejecting USB devices wouldn’t work if Task Manager was open. Did some work to ensure Task Manager releases process handles quickly when terminating processes. Made some more improvements to help with Task Manager reliability. We have improved the performance when changing the sort order. Made multiple improvements to overall accessibility of Task Manager, including improving keyboard focus, tab navigation, text scaling, names of items read out by screen readers, and more. We made it a little easier to resize Task Manager when trying to resize by grabbing the top of the window. Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to everyone in the Beta Channel [Copilot in Windows**] Over the last few months, we’ve been trying out different experiences for Copilot in Windows (Preview) with Windows Insiders across the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels. Some of these experiences include the ability for Copilot in Windows to act like a normal application window and the taskbar icon animating to indicate that Copilot can help when you copy text or images. We have decided to pause the rollouts of these experiences to further refine them based on user feedback. Copilot in Windows will continue to work as expected while we continue to evolve new ideas with Windows Insiders. Fixes for everyone in the Beta Channel [Start menu] We fixed the issue causing a component related to upgrading and restoring data from Windows Backup called “Global.WindowsMigration” to incorrectly show under the Start menu > All apps. [Copilot in Windows**] We are rolling out a fix for the issue causing Copilot to auto-launch unexpectedly for Windows Insiders in the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels after restarting their PCs. This issue was unrelated to the auto-launching experience we tried out with Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels in early February which we stopped rolling out in March.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3570 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [File Explorer] We’re rolling out the ability to duplicate a tab by right-clicking on a tab in File Explorer. Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on [File Explorer] Fixed a memory leak when interacting with archive folders in File Explorer. Fixed a few issues impacting File Explorer reliability. Made a change to help fix an issue which could cause the spacing between your desktop icons to become extremely wide. Fixed a timing issue where if you start a search from Home in File Explorer, it may unexpectedly show no results the first time you tried. Did some work to help address an issue where the address bar dropdown might appear unexpectedly while you were using File Explorer. [Task Manager] Updated the units (from MHz to MT/s) for DDR speed. Fixed an issue where the Safely Remove Hardware option for ejecting USB devices wouldn’t work if Task Manager was open. Did some work to ensure Task Manager releases process handles quickly when terminating processes. Made some more improvements to help with Task Manager reliability. We have improved the performance when changing the sort order. Made multiple improvements to overall accessibility of Task Manager, including improving keyboard focus, tab navigation, text scaling, names of items read out by screen readers, and more. We made it a little easier to resize Task Manager when trying to resize by grabbing the top of the window. Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to everyone in the Beta Channel [Copilot in Windows**] Over the last few months, we’ve been trying out different experiences for Copilot in Windows (Preview) with Windows Insiders across the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels. Some of these experiences include the ability for Copilot in Windows to act like a normal application window and the taskbar icon animating to indicate that Copilot can help when you copy text or images. We have decided to pause the rollouts of these experiences to further refine them based on user feedback. Copilot in Windows will continue to work as expected while we continue to evolve new ideas with Windows Insiders. Fixes for everyone in the Beta Channel [Start menu] We fixed the issue causing a component related to upgrading and restoring data from Windows Backup called “Global.WindowsMigration” to incorrectly show under the Start menu > All apps. [Copilot in Windows**] We are rolling out a fix for the issue causing Copilot to auto-launch unexpectedly for Windows Insiders in the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels after restarting their PCs. This issue was unrelated to the auto-launching experience we tried out with Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels in early February which we stopped rolling out in March.
Corrine Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst Staff member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Posts 12,091 Location Upstate, NY May 10, 2024 #104 Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3575 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [Windows Share] We are rolling out the ability to copy files from the Windows share window. Just click the new copy button. Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [General] We believe we have fixed the issue causing the sign-in dialog to persistently show in Microsoft Family Safety when trying to sign-in for customers in Europe. [Taskbar & System Tray] We are beginning to roll out a fix where you will see search box if the taskbar auto-hides when the setting for search on the taskbar is set to “Search box”. [File Explorer] Made a fix to help address an issue where the address bar dropdown would appear unexpectedly on its own, because focus moved unexpectedly to the address bar.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3575 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [Windows Share] We are rolling out the ability to copy files from the Windows share window. Just click the new copy button. Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [General] We believe we have fixed the issue causing the sign-in dialog to persistently show in Microsoft Family Safety when trying to sign-in for customers in Europe. [Taskbar & System Tray] We are beginning to roll out a fix where you will see search box if the taskbar auto-hides when the setting for search on the taskbar is set to “Search box”. [File Explorer] Made a fix to help address an issue where the address bar dropdown would appear unexpectedly on its own, because focus moved unexpectedly to the address bar.
Corrine Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst Staff member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Posts 12,091 Location Upstate, NY Friday at 3:20 PM #105 Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3640 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on [File Explorer] We’ve added support for creating 7-zip and TAR archives in addition to ZIP via the context menu in File Explorer. We have also added a new compression wizard that lets you choose even more formats and specify even more details. You can compress individual files with gzip/bzip2 (and more,) or add multiple files to archives in different tar formats with different types of compression. You can also change the compression level and what types of data are stored in each archive. [Emoji] We’re adding support for Emoji 15.1 which introduces a small number of brand-new emoji such as head shaking horizontally and vertically, phoenix, lime, brown mushroom and broken chain. Other changes for Emoji 15.1 include Unicode’s decision to revert family combinations to symbol-like shapes. Windows has chosen to stay with our existing style that use people in family combinations. We are also supporting the new directionality updates for person/man/woman walking, kneeling, with cane, running, manual wheelchair and motorized wheelchair. You can now select right facing or the original left facing orientation for these emoji. Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on [File Explorer] Fixed a few accessibility issues in the Common File Dialog. [Input] Fixed an underlying ctfmon.exe crash which could impact the ability to input text. [Windowing] Fixed an issue related to showing tabs in Alt + Tab, which could lead to frequent explorer.exe crashes if you had a very large number of tabs. Fixes for everyone in the Beta Channel [Start menu] We fixed an issue believed to be the underlying cause for Start menu crashing on launch or the All apps list not displaying in the previous Beta Channel flight. [Other] This update addresses an issue that might affect domain controllers (DC). NTLM authentication traffic might increase. This update addresses an issue that might affect Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) scenarios. They might fail. These scenarios include VPN, Windows Hello, Credential Guard, and Key Guard.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3640 (Beta Channel) Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on [File Explorer] We’ve added support for creating 7-zip and TAR archives in addition to ZIP via the context menu in File Explorer. We have also added a new compression wizard that lets you choose even more formats and specify even more details. You can compress individual files with gzip/bzip2 (and more,) or add multiple files to archives in different tar formats with different types of compression. You can also change the compression level and what types of data are stored in each archive. [Emoji] We’re adding support for Emoji 15.1 which introduces a small number of brand-new emoji such as head shaking horizontally and vertically, phoenix, lime, brown mushroom and broken chain. Other changes for Emoji 15.1 include Unicode’s decision to revert family combinations to symbol-like shapes. Windows has chosen to stay with our existing style that use people in family combinations. We are also supporting the new directionality updates for person/man/woman walking, kneeling, with cane, running, manual wheelchair and motorized wheelchair. You can now select right facing or the original left facing orientation for these emoji. Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on [File Explorer] Fixed a few accessibility issues in the Common File Dialog. [Input] Fixed an underlying ctfmon.exe crash which could impact the ability to input text. [Windowing] Fixed an issue related to showing tabs in Alt + Tab, which could lead to frequent explorer.exe crashes if you had a very large number of tabs. Fixes for everyone in the Beta Channel [Start menu] We fixed an issue believed to be the underlying cause for Start menu crashing on launch or the All apps list not displaying in the previous Beta Channel flight. [Other] This update addresses an issue that might affect domain controllers (DC). NTLM authentication traffic might increase. This update addresses an issue that might affect Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) scenarios. They might fail. These scenarios include VPN, Windows Hello, Credential Guard, and Key Guard.