Category: Windows 11

For Insiders in the Beta channel, Microsoft updates Windows 11 22H2 with two new builds. Build 22631.2262 comes with several new features, while build 22621.2262 has them hidden. The new release comes with the KB5029339 patch.

Microsoft has made updates to its Windows 11 policies, allowing administrators to have control over the installation of monthly non-security preview updates. These new options apply to Windows 11 version 22H2 and its successors.

Microsoft continues to experiment with artificial intelligence-powered features in its software. Now Redmond software giant wants to add AI-based features to some of the inbox apps in Windows 11. However, some of the additions may require a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) or a Machine Vision Processor (VPU).

The latest Windows 11 Insider Beta Channel build, version 22631.2199, now supports a range of archive formats including tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.zst, tar.xz, tgz, tbz2, tzst, txz, 7z, 7-zip, rar, and gz in read mode and some in write mode. However, encrypted archives are not yet supported in this version.

Windows 11 Build 22621.2191 and Build 22631.2191 (KB5029352) are coming to the Beta Channel. The latter comes with new features enabled by default, such as native archive support for several popular formats, improved Start menu and Narrator, and also includes some exclusive fixes.

Microsoft releases Windows 11 Build 23526 to Insiders in the Dev channel. It comes with a good number of fixes and improvements. The Cast to feature can now be conveniently launched from Quick Access. The right tooltips in the Start menu will no longer show a huge blank area. And much more.

A Microsoft employee, Jen Gentlemann  has shared a useful tip on how to temporarily prevent processes from updating in the Task Manager. You can simply press and hold the Ctrl key to pause the Task Manager refresh and stop lines from jumping in the list. This allows the process names to remain still, making it easier to select the right processes when sorting by different PC resources.

The software giant from Redmond is releasing two new versions of Paint. One of them is available in stable versions of Windows 11 and includes scaling, dark theme support, and an improved image properties dialog. But for insiders, there is a newer version of the app with a centered canvas.

Microsoft is releasing Windows 11 Build 25931 to Insiders in the Canary channel. It includes several new features ported from Dev channel builds. The new features include a new procedure of domain controller detection, more apps that you can easily uninstall, an improved Details pane in File Explorer, and more. Finally, ISO images for this build are also available, so you clean install it on demand.

Microsoft has updated the Web capabilities of Windows 11, so you can now pin Widgets board in order to make stay above other apps. The change is available starting in Windows 11 build 23521.