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October 5, 2023

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25967 to the Canary Channel.

REMINDER: As builds released to the Canary Channel are “hot off the presses,” we will offer limited documentation for builds flighted to the Canary Channel including documenting only the most significant and highly impactful known issues. Please note that we will not publish a blog post for every flight – only when new features are available in a build.

What’s new in Build 25967

Introducing the new Settings homepage 

We’re introducing a new homepage in Settings that offers you a dynamic and personalized experience. It provides an overview of your device, quick access to key settings, and helps manage your Microsoft account.

We created interactive cards that represent various device and account related settings, grouped by commonly accessed functions. Each card is optimized to offer the most relevant information and controls at your fingertips. In this release, you’ll see up to seven cards, with more coming soon.

Here’s an overview of each card:

1. Recommended settings: This card adapts to your specific usage patterns, providing timely and relevant settings options. It’s designed to streamline your settings management and save you time.
2. Cloud storage: Gives you an overview of your cloud storage use and lets you know when you’re nearing capacity.
3. Account recovery: Helps keep your Microsoft account more secure by helping you add additional recovery info so you never get locked out of your account, even if you forget your password.
4. Personalization: Brings customization to the forefront by offering one-click access to update your background theme or change your color mode.
5. Microsoft 365: Provides a quick glimpse of your subscription status and benefits, along with the ability to take some key actions right in Settings instead of going to the web.
6. Xbox: Similar to the Microsoft 365 card, you’ll be able to view your subscription status and manage the subscription from the Settings app.
7. Bluetooth Devices: To simplify your Bluetooth device management experience, we’ve brought this to the forefront so you can quickly access and connect to your favorite Bluetooth-enabled devices.

You can take swift actions directly from this page with just a click, making device and account management seamless and efficient. What sets the homepage apart even further is that it’s more than just a landing page—it evolves and learns with you. As you use your device, it’ll adjust to provide the most relevant and useful information based on your usage and preferences.

NOTE: This experience will only be available on Windows 11 Home and Pro editions and not on devices managed by organizations.

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Settings > Settings Homepage.

Changes and Improvements

[General]

• The Cortana app is removed after updating to this build. We have ended support for Cortana – see this page for more information.

[Start menu]

• [ADDED 10/6] Under All apps in the Start menu, Windows 11 system components will now show a “system” label.

[Quick Settings]

• We are trying out a scrollable view of quick settings to some Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel as part of evaluating effectiveness of different layouts. As part of the change, rather than having to edit the list to add new quick actions, the user now has a scrollable list of quick actions that can be rearranged.

[Settings]

• System Components currently listed in Settings > Apps > Installed Apps page, have moved to its own page under Settings > System > System Components.

• Xbox Game Bar is now Game Bar under Settings > Gaming.

[Windows Subsystem for Linux]

• The September 2023 update for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has been rolled out and includes networking improvements in the latest Insider Preview builds. See this blog post for more details.

Fixes for known issues

• Fixed an issue which was causing Insiders to see bugchecks (green screens) in recent Canary Channel builds when shutting down, logging out, or restarting.
• Fixed a white flash when opening File Explorer in dark mode, as well as an issue where File Explorer could get stuck with the wrong colors after switching between light and dark mode.
• Fixed a few issues that were leading to explorer.exe crashes.
• Fixed an issue where File Explorer sorting changes wouldn’t persist in folders after you navigated away and back.
• Fixed an issue which was causing icons on the desktop to turn into white generic icons until you refreshed the desktop.
• Did some work to help improve File Explorer performance, including fixing a memory leak which would impact performance over time, and fixing an issue where the tab would get stuck with a loading icon even though loading was finished.

Known issues

• [NEW] If you need to roll back to the previous build (Build 25951) if this build has issues, you may experience an issue where the Start menu or Settings do not work. See this forum post on how to get out of this state. After updating to the next set of builds in the Canary Channel, this issue will be resolved for rolling back.
• We’re investigating reports that the print queue is no longer accessible.
• Some popular games may not work correctly on the most recent Insider Preview builds in the Canary Channel. Please be sure to submit feedback in Feedback Hub on any issues you see with playing games on these builds.

Microsoft Store Update

Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels running version 22309.xxxx.x of the Microsoft Store and higher will see the following improvement rolling out:

Visual refresh of Windows license pages: We’ve improved the look and feel of Windows license pages in the Microsoft Store to be consistent with Windows 11. The pages provide comparison tables between Windows editions to help make it easier to choose what license is best for you.

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Microsoft Store.

For developers

You can download the latest Windows Insider SDK at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk.

SDK NuGet packages are now also flighting at NuGet Gallery | WindowsSDK which include:

• .NET TFM packages for use in .NET apps as described at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk
• C++ packages for Win32 headers and libs per architecture
• BuildTools package when you just need tools like MakeAppx.exe, MakePri.exe, and SignTool.exe

These NuGet packages provide more granular access to the SDK and better integration in CI/CD pipelines.

SDK flights are now published for both the Canary and Dev Channels, so be sure to choose the right version for your Insider Channel.

Remember to use adaptive code when targeting new APIs to make sure your app runs on all customer machines, particularly when building against the Dev Channel SDK. Feature detection is recommended over OS version checks, as OS version checks are unreliable and will not work as expected in all cases.

About the Canary Channel

The Canary Channel is the place to preview platform changes that require longer-lead time before getting released to customers. Some examples of this include major changes to the Windows kernel, new APIs, etc. Builds that we release to the Canary Channel should not be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows and some of the changes we try out in the Canary Channel will never ship, and others could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.

The builds that will be flighted to the Canary Channel are “hot off the presses,” flighting very soon after they are built, which means very little validation and documentation will be done before they are offered to Insiders. These builds could include major issues that could result in not being able to use your PC correctly or even in some rare cases require you to reinstall Windows. We will offer limited documentation for the Canary Channel, but we will not publish a blog post for every flight – only when new features are available in a build.

Our Canary Channel won’t receive daily builds; however, we may ramp up releasing builds more frequently in the future.

The desktop watermark you see at the lower right corner of your desktop is normal for these pre-release builds.

Important Insider Links

• You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here.
• Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Thanks,
Amanda & Brandon

UPDATE: A new Windows 11 testing channel “Canary” has been announced by Microsoft and the previous Dev channel has been modified. Insiders on Dev channel will be automatically moved to new Canary channel. This article will provide all information about new and old Windows 11 Insider channels.

If you want to test drive Windows 11 Insider Preview builds but can’t decide which Windows Insider channel should you choose, this article will help you in understanding all channels available to join Windows Insider program.

There are many channels available to download and test new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds but many users find it difficult to select the best channel for them. In this article, we’ll try to discuss all Windows 11 Insider channels in details and will try to provide answers to all frequently asked questions (FAQ) related to these channels.

This exclusive article contains everything you want to know and you need to know about Windows 11 Insider channels.

So let’s start the article!

What is Windows Insider Program?

Microsoft provides users early testing builds of Windows 11 operating system to test them and provide feedback to Microsoft. These builds are testing builds and contain features which are under development, so these builds might contain bugs and issues.

Microsoft releases these testing builds to fix all known bugs and issues before making these builds available to public. Testers test these Insider Preview builds and submit feedback. It helps Microsoft in fixing the known issues and improving Windows 11 OS.

Once a build is finalized, it’s released to general public in form of a feature update or new moment update for Windows 11.

To test early testing builds, users are required to join the free Windows Insider program. After joining the program, users can download Windows 11 Insider Preview build and install it in their devices.

Windows 11 Insider Preview builds are similar to the Beta, Dev or Canary versions provided by Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers. All are released to a set of testers for testing purposes before releasing the final product to public.

How to Join Windows Insider Program?

Interested users can join Windows Insider program using their Windows 11 device.

Open Settings app from Start Menu or by pressing WIN+I keys together and go to Windows Update -> Windows Insider Program page. Follow the instructions and you’ll be able to join the testing program.

You can also direct register to join Windows Insider program using official Microsoft website:

Register to Join Free Windows 11 Insider Program

Which Windows Insider Program Channel to Choose?

Now the main question arises, which testing channel should you choose? Actually Microsoft provides 4 different channels or branches to join Windows Insider program:

• Windows Canary channel
• Windows Dev channel
• Windows Beta channel
• Windows Release Preview channel

When you join or register Windows Insider program, you need to select one channel which can be changed later from Windows 11 Settings.

If you are familiar with Chrome or Edge testing channels, you’ll have no problem in understanding these channels.

Windows 11 Insider Canary Channel:

Canary channel is a high risk channel which will provide the very early testing builds of Windows 11 which will be released to public after several months. These builds will contain several new features and changes which might or might not be a part of future Windows 11 versions.

Microsoft releases testing builds to Canary channel to test early ideas and their effects on the whole operating system.

If you are brave enough and ready to test very early testing builds of Windows 11 to test drive new features and changes, you can select Canary channel.

Windows 11 Insider Dev Channel:

Dev channel is very similar to Canary channel but a little bit more stable. If you feel uncomfortable in selecting Canary channel but still want to test drive early Windows 11 builds, you can choose Dev channel.

The Canary channel will receive new features first before going out to the Dev channel.

Windows 11 Insider Beta Channel:

Beta channel provides more stable builds of Windows 11 compared to Canary and Dev channels. You can safely select Beta channel to test drive new Windows 11 builds. You’ll receive new features on this channel only if the feature has been selected to provide to public.

Windows 11 Insider Release Preview Channel:

This is the safest channel available in Windows Insider program. You can consider it as the final version of Windows 11 which will be delivered to public. If you want to receive Windows 11 new versions a few days or months before they arrive to public, you can select this channel.

Difference Between Canary, Dev, Beta and Release Preview Channels

Following information will clear all your doubts about all 4 channels of Windows Insider program:

Stability of Windows 11 testing builds:

The testing builds of Windows 11 provided to Canary and Dev channels will be less stable and can face crash issues. You’ll find more bugs and issues in these builds. On the other hand, Windows 11 builds delivered to Beta and Release Preview channels will be more stable and can be used for daily tasks by tech experts.

Stability: Canary < Dev < Beta < Release Preview

New features for testing:

The Canary and Dev channels will receive new features and changes to test drive even if the features are not ready to release to public but Beta and Release Preview channels will receive only those new features which are scheduled to release to public.

New features: Canary > Dev > Beta > Release Preview

Technical knowledge required for testing:

You must be a tech expert to use the Canary and Dev channel builds as you might need to format and clean install Windows 11 builds on these channels. If you have less technical knowledge and experience, you should select Beta or Release Preview channels.

Official announcements about new testing builds:

Microsoft announces release of new Windows 11 testing builds to Dev, Beta and Release Preview channels. There will be no announcement of new builds released to Canary channel.

Release frequency of new testing builds:

The Canary and Dev channels receive new Windows 11 builds frequently. On the other hand, there are less frequent Windows 11 builds released to Beta and Release Preview channels.

Windows 11 builds number released to testing channels:

The Canary channel builds start from 25000 series, Dev channel builds start from 23000 series, Beta channel builds start from 22000 series and the Release Preview channel contains the final build of Windows 11 which is going to release to public. The build number of Windows 11 can be checked using winver command in RUN dialog box as mentioned here.

How to Install Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds?

Check out following important articles to learn more about new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds and channels:

Here is What’s New in Latest Windows 11 Dev Insider Preview Build

Here is What’s New in Latest Windows 11 Canary Insider Preview Build

Windows 11 Dev Insider Preview Builds Changelog

Windows 11 Canary Insider Preview Builds Changelog

Download Windows 11 Insider Preview Build Offline ISO Files

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25936 to the Canary Channel.

REMINDER: As builds released to the Canary Channel are “hot off the presses,” we will offer limited documentation for builds flighted to the Canary Channel including documenting only the most significant and highly impactful known issues. Please note that we will not publish a blog post for every flight – only when new features are available in a build.

What’s new in Build 25936

Post-OOBE Experiences

We are trying out several new experiences for after completing OOBE (“out of box experience”) starting with this build. You may see one of these three experiences launched automatically on your device after completing OOBE.

• If you choose ‘Development Intent’ within the ‘Let’s Customize Your Experience’ page during OOBE, Dev Home will be automatically launched on your device after logging in and reaching the desktop for the first time after OOBE setup.
• If you choose ‘Development Intent’ within the ‘Let’s Customize Your Experience’ page during OOBE, the Get Started app will be automatically launched on your device after logging in and reaching the desktop for the first time after OOBE setup. The Get Started app will show you a personalized flow that will help you learn more about Dev Home and give you the opportunity to open Dev Home.
• If you choose to ‘Restore’ your device during OOBE, the Get Started app will be automatically launched on your device after you log into your device for the second time after completing OOBE. The Get Started app will show you a personalized flow that will help you learn about key apps and settings, tell you that Windows has restored on your device and show you how to access your restored apps on Start menu or taskbar.

These experiences will help you learn about new features in Windows 11 and help you complete your device setup. These experiences will only be available to a small subset of Insiders in the Canary Channel at first and you may see different variations of these experiences.

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Install and Update > Initial out of box setup.

Changes and Improvements

[General]

• [REMINDER] Insider Preview Build Expiration: The expiration date for Insider Preview builds flighted to the Canary Channel has been updated to 9/15/2024 starting with Build 25931. Please make sure you are updated to the latest build in the Canary Channel.

[Dynamic Lighting]

• We have added the ability to choose a custom color to light up your devices with.

[Task Manager]

• We’ve updated the Task Manager settings page to match the design principles of Windows 11. The design has a similar look and feel to the Settings in Windows 11 and provides a cleaner UI separating categories into different sections.

[Settings]

• The end task feature under System > For Developers no longer requires Developer Mode to be enabled first before it can be used.

Fixes for known issues

• Fixed the underlying crash which was causing .NET updates to get stuck requesting restart in Windows Update Settings in recent Canary Channel builds.
• Fixed a few issues which were causing the End Task option in the taskbar to not work, or to close more than just the app you had selected.

For developers

You can download the latest Windows Insider SDK at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk.

SDK NuGet packages are now also flighting at NuGet Gallery | WindowsSDK which include:

• .NET TFM packages for use in .NET apps as described at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk
• C++ packages for Win32 headers and libs per architecture
• BuildTools package when you just need tools like MakeAppx.exe, MakePri.exe, and SignTool.exe

These NuGet packages provide more granular access to the SDK and better integration in CI/CD pipelines.

SDK flights are now published for both the Canary and Dev Channels, so be sure to choose the right version for your Insider Channel.

Remember to use adaptive code when targeting new APIs to make sure your app runs on all customer machines, particularly when building against the Dev Channel SDK. Feature detection is recommended over OS version checks, as OS version checks are unreliable and will not work as expected in all cases.

About the Canary Channel

The Canary Channel is the place to preview platform changes that require longer-lead time before getting released to customers. Some examples of this include major changes to the Windows kernel, new APIs, etc. Builds that we release to the Canary Channel should not be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows and some of the changes we try out in the Canary Channel will never ship, and others could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.

The builds that will be flighted to the Canary Channel are “hot off the presses,” flighting very soon after they are built, which means very little validation and documentation will be done before they are offered to Insiders. These builds could include major issues that could result in not being able to use your PC correctly or even in some rare cases require you to reinstall Windows. We will offer limited documentation for the Canary Channel, but we will not publish a blog post for every flight – only when new features are available in a build.

Our Canary Channel won’t receive daily builds; however, we may ramp up releasing builds more frequently in the future.

The desktop watermark you see at the lower right corner of your desktop is normal for these pre-release builds.

Important Insider Links

• You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here.
• Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Thanks,
Amanda & Brandon

Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/08/25/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-25936-canary-channel/

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Новое в Windows 11 Build 25314 (Canary)

Клавиши доступа в Проводнике Windows

В Проводнике Windows появилась новая функция – возможность использовать клавиши доступа в контекстном меню. Каждая клавиша доступа соответствует букве в отображаемом названии функции, и позволяет быстро выполнить команду. Разработчики решили добавить эту функцию, чтобы сделать работу с проводником файлов более удобной и доступной. Для того, чтобы опробовать эту функцию, необходимо щелкнуть на файле в Проводнике Windows и нажать клавишу меню на клавиатуре.

Рекомендации файлов в Проводнике Windows

В Проводнике Windows в разделе Главная появилась функция Рекомендация файлов, которая позволяет пользователям быстро находить наиболее подходящие файлы. Эта функция (как показано на рисунке ниже) будет доступна пользователям, вошедшим в Windows с учетной записью Azure Active Directory (AAD). Файлы, которые будут рекомендованы, будут облачными файлами, связанными с этой учетной записью, либо принадлежащими пользователю, либо находящимися в общем доступе с ним.

LSA Protection Enablement при обновлении ОС

LSA Protection Enablement – это функция защиты Local Security Authority (LSA), которая предотвращает кражу конфиденциальных и учетных данных, используемых для входа в систему.

Защита достигается запретом создания дампа памяти и предотвращением выполнения неавторизованного кода в процессах LSA. При обновлении операционной системы будет проводиться аудит на предмет несовместимости с защитой LSA в течение определенного периода времени.

Если проблем не будет обнаружено, то защита LSA будет включена автоматически. Состояние защиты LSA можно проверить и изменить в приложении «Безопасность Windows» на странице «Безопасность устройства» > «Изоляция ядра». Защита LSA записывает в журнал событий информацию о заблокированных программах. Более подробную информацию об этой функции можно найти на сайте Microsoft.

«Экранный диктор» теперь работает с Outlook

Программа «Экранный диктор» теперь может работать с Outlook. Об этом подробнее можно узнать на сайте Microsoft. Благодаря этому изменению, возможности Outlook могут обновляться через Microsoft Store. Когда обновление будет завершено, вы получите уведомление о необходимости установки. На данный момент поддержка Outlook в «Экранном дикторе» доступна только на английском языке (США), но в будущем будут добавлены и другие языки.

Улучшения и изменения

[Общее]

Для повышения безопасности в Windows 11, начиная с этой сборки и последующих, будет отключен протокол Remote Mailslot Protocol по умолчанию. Устаревший протокол Remote Mailslot Protocol — это простой, ненадежный, небезопасный и однонаправленный протокол межпроцессной связи между клиентом и сервером, который был представлен в Windows NT 3.1 и будет отключен в одном из следующих выпусков Windows. Если приложение пытается открыть сеанс Remote Mailslot по протоколу SMB, вы можете увидеть одну или несколько следующих ошибок:

3025 ERROR_REMOTE_MAILSLOTS_DEPRECATED «Запрошенная операция не удалась. Удаленные почтовые шлюзы были устаревшими».

Если ваше приложение все еще использует Remote Mailslot, свяжитесь с вашим поставщиком для обновления программного обеспечения. Устаревший Remote Mailslot небезопасен и не должен использоваться ни при каких обстоятельствах. Если вам нужно временно включить Remote Mailslot, выполните следующую команду в PowerShell с правами администратора:

PS C:\> Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableMailslots $true