Microsoft Releases New Build of Windows 11 for Windows Insider Program
Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 11, version 24H2, for members of the Windows Insider Program in the Release Preview channel. The new build number is 26100.1297, under KB5040529. There are a ton of new features in this build that have been included in earlier Beta, Dev, and Canary preview builds. Some of the features will be rolled out normally while others will be released gradually.
Changelog Highlights
Gradual Rollout
These might not be available to all users because they will roll out gradually.
[Lock screen]
- New! Sports, traffic, and finance content will appear along with weather. To turn on this feature, go to Settings > Personalization > Lock screen.
[Start menu]
- New! The new account manager is on the Start menu. When you use a Microsoft account to sign in to Windows, you will get a glance at your account benefits. This feature also makes it easy to manage your account settings.
- New! You can now also pin apps from the Start menu to the taskbar by dragging and dropping items directly to taskbar from the pinned section in the Start menu.
[File Explorer]
- New! You can now use your mouse to drag files between breadcrumbs in the File Explorer address bar. A breadcrumb shows the path to your current file location in the address bar.
[Emoji]
- Horizontal and vertical head shake
- Phoenix
- Lime
- Brown mushroom
- Broken chain
[Windows Share]
- New! This update adds a feature that stops you from accidentally closing the Windows share window. Clicking outside of the window will no longer close it.
- New! You can directly share to specific Microsoft Teams channels and group chats in the Windows share window.
- New! You can now create quick response (QR) codes for webpage URLs and cloud files from the Windows share window.
- New! You can now send email to yourself from the Windows share window.
- New! You can now copy files from the Windows Share window.
[Windows Backup]
New! Windows will now back up many of your sound settings. This only occurs if you turn on Remember my preferences and select the checkboxes for Personalization and Other Windows settings.
[Settings]
- New! This update adds a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings home page.
- New! This update adds a page to Settings > Accounts called Linked devices.
- New! This update puts the “Add now” button in Settings > Account.
- New! This update includes updated visuals for the “Rename your PC” and “Change date and time” dialogs.
[Task Manager]
- This update changes the units for DDR speed from MHz to MT/s.
- This update addresses an issue that affects USB devices.
- This update affects process handles.
- This update makes Task Manager more reliable.
- This update affects the sort order of processes in Task Manager.
- This update makes Task Manager more accessible.
- This update makes resizing the Task Manager window easier.
Normal Rollout
[PC Manager]
New! This update adds PC Manager to devices in China.
[Widgets]
New! The Widgets icons on the taskbar are no longer pixelated or fuzzy.
[Azure Virtual Desktop]
New! You can now use OneDrive as a RemoteApp in Azure Virtual Desktop.
[Virtual Filtering Platform (VFP)]
New! In Windows nodes, VFP has more support for packet drop collection.
[Windows Server vNext]
In the latest build, the cache size display behavior is not what you expect.
[Group Policy Preferences Item Level Targeting (ILT) and Local Users and Groups]
You cannot choose a group from the target domain for ILT. Also, you cannot choose an account from Local Users and Groups.
[Windows Kernel Vulnerable Driver Blocklist file (DriverSiPolicy.p7b)]
This update adds to the list of drivers that are at risk for Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks.
[Share button]
On USB controllers, the button might not work with Game Bar.
[Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS)]
It fails at times when you set Field Engineering logging to 5.
[NetAdapterCx module]
Devices that use certain WLAN cards stop responding.
