Category: Windows 11

At some point of time, Microsoft removed the clock from the Calendar flyout, the one that opens when you click the taskbar date & time area. The flyout used to prominently display the current time, day, and date at the top. Below this, there was a mini-calendar view showing the current month with the day highlighted. The good news is that the removed clock is returning to the flyout, and it is getting an option to show or hide it on demand.

Users have noticed that Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant app ignores the policies to turn it off and even starts when it is not needed.

Microsoft is releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.5240 (KB5055645) to the Beta Channel for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, version 23H2. It doesn't bring a lot, and comes mostly with fixes for Explorer, Settings, and Voice Access.

You can now enable native support for JPEG XL on Windows 11 to open JXL files. The appropriate extension is available in the Store for Windows 11, version 24H2. JPEG XL is a modern, open-source image format designed to provide high-quality compression for both photographs and graphics.

Microsoft acknowledges Windows Hello issue in Windows 11 after installing KB5055523. It fails to recognize the user, despite the hardware is working properly. This patch is a stable cumulative update released this month.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 22631.5261 to Release Preview channel Insiders with a number of improvements. The Narrator now includes Speech Recap, and Phone Link shows a Start menu sidebar for faster access. Several other improvements were made to File Explorer, Widgets, the Share dialog, Start menu, and security.

Microsoft has released an update for the Snipping Tool app (version 11.2503.27.0) to Windows 11 Insiders using Dev and Canary channel builds. The app now includes a "Text Extractor" button in the capture toolbar. This addition makes text extraction more convenient, as it directly starts the OCR  of the screen selection. Taking a dedicated screenshot to use with OCR is no longer necessary.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build  22635.5235 (KB5055615) to Insiders in the Beta channel. It applies to version 23H2, and comes with a number of fixes made to File Explorer and Settings.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3863 is now available in the Beta channel. It comes with several improvements made to Copilot+ PC, several fixes, and quality of life improvements.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 26200.5551 (KB5055617), to Insiders in the Dev channel. As a reminder, the Dev channel has moved to builds with numbers 26200. This means that the ability to switch from the Dev channel to Beta will close after installing build 26200.5510. If you have not yet switched to the Beta channel, but want to do so, then when build 26200.5510 appears in the Windows Update Center, you can pause receiving updates, switch the channel, and resume updates.