Microsoft today released the latest software update for Windows 11 Insiders. The company released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25276. This build includes another good set of improvements and fixes for Insiders. You can check the complete changelog which is mentioned below.
Changes and Improvements
[General]
- We have updated the dialog that shows when an app has a known compatibility issue to use the new Windows 11 design.
[Windows Security]
- We are temporarily disabling the updated Windows Security (firewall) notification dialogs that match the Windows 11 visuals that we introduced with Build 25267. We plan to re-introduce this change in a future flight after addressing some bugs.
- Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25267 and later Pro editions no longer allow a user to connect to a remote share by using guest credentials by default, even if the remote server requests guest credentials. This matches the stronger security of the Enterprise and Education editions that’s been in place since Windows 10, to further improve Windows 11 default security. For more information on this behavior and to configure insecure guest authentication to a third-party SMB server device that only supports guest authentication, review this documentation.
Fixes
[Taskbar & System Tray]
- Fixed an issue where switching windows through taskbar previews wasn’t working.
- Fixed multiple explorer.exe crashes affecting the system tray.
- When opening a flyout from the taskbar, pressing the Esc key to close the flyout should now return the keyboard focus to the button it was invoked from.
[Search on the Taskbar]
The fixes only apply for Windows Insiders who received one of the different treatments for how search looks on the taskbar that began rolling out to Insiders with Build 25252:
- We fixed the layout issues with the text in the search box on the taskbar when using right-to-left display languages like Arabic.
- Fixed an issue where the selected search style in Taskbar Settings wasn’t persisting across updates. This setting should persist now on subsequent Insider Preview build upgrades.
[File Explorer]
- Fixed an explorer.exe crash which could happen when opening File Explorer, related to loading your recent files.
[Voice access]
- Voice access will now work correctly for entering numbers in the Calculator app.
- Fixed a crash when giving move left and right commands with voice access.
[Input]
- Fixed an issue where the “insert text” button wasn’t working when using the Pinyin IME in double pinyin mode.
[Widgets]
- Fixed an issue where the widgets board will get stuck open in an invisible state for Insiders in China (and potentially others), causing clicks on the left side of the screen to not work. If you’re continuing to experience this, please make sure to check the Microsoft Store for the latest app updates.
[Other]
- To improve clarity, when Windows Defender Credential Guard is enabled, when attempting to use remote desktop with default credentials, it will now explicitly say “Windows Defender Credential Guard does not allow using Windows logon credentials. Please enter your credentials”.