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Oct 21

The new Windows Insider Webcast will be live October 25th get your calendar reminder below
| October webcast Tue, 10/25/2022 at 5 PM UTC | 10 AM PDT Save invite to your calendar |
Oct 14

On Windows 10/11 when memory integrity cannot be switched on due to incompatible drivers, you can use pnputil.exe to remove the affected OEM drivers
Open Windows Security
Select Device Security
Select the Core isolation details

Set the slider to ON to enable core isolation
If any incompatible (old) drivers are on the system, you will get this:

Select ‘Review incompatible drivers’

Driver example: apg8201zx64.sys (ACS smart card reader driver) – expand the driver to display the oem##.inf
Open an elevated command prompt & run
pnputil.exe /delete-driver oem##.inf

Once successfully removed press the ‘Scan Again’ button in the Windows Security app

If no more incompatible drivers are found you will be able to use core isolation (after a restart)

Reboot the device & verify the setting is now on

Troubleshooting tips:
In case you run in to an exception causing your device to bluescreen after turning on this option, you can reboot into safe mode & run this command to turn it off again:
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
Sep 24

Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25206 to the Dev Channel.
Upgrades are going smooth here, however you don’t want to do a reset of your Windows on the current Dev builds (unless you know a new build is getting released soon). Together with @aavdberg we’ve been testing resetting devices on the latest builds, since 25115 it turns out a freshly reset Windows 11 Dev channel build has no security app, no Windows Terminal, Feedback Hub account sign-in issues & more. If you did do a reset, upgrade to the next build release does resolve these issues. (This was added to the know issues) (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAgyq8g)
Phishing protection is turned off every build upgrade: (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAi6ain)
check in Windows Security / App & browser control / Reputation-based protection /
GSOD still happens on Surface Book 3 devices (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAi269v)
Happy upgrading!
The SMB authentication rate limiter in Insider Preview builds has added an additional protection mechanism to the SMB server service: it implements a delay between each failed NTLM authentication. This means if an attacker previously sent 300 brute force attempts per second from a client for 5 minutes (90,000 passwords), the same number of attempts would now take at least 50 hours. The goal here is to make a Windows client an unattractive target either when in a workgroup or for its local accounts when joined to a domain. Even though the SMB server runs by default in all versions of Windows, it’s not accessible by default unless you intentionally open the firewall or create a customer SMB share that opens the firewall.
Starting in Build 25206, it is on by default and set to 2000ms (2 seconds). Any bad usernames or passwords sent to SMB will now cause a 2 second delay by default in all editions of Windows Insiders. When first released to Windows Insiders, this protection mechanism was off by default. This behavior change was not made to Windows Server Insiders, it still defaults to 0.
NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11.
source: Windows Blogs
Sep 03

Hi all, last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25193 to the Dev Channel.
Upgrades went smooth, no hiccup’s only the Surface GO took ages to pass ‘Working on updates 20%’ after the reboot
Happy Upgrading!
With this build, we are introducing a new Xbox subscription management experience within Windows 11 Settings app. If you are a member of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass for Console or Xbox Live Gold, you will now be able to see your subscription details via Settings > Accounts.
Like the Microsoft 365 subscription management experience, you will be able to view your billing recurrence, payment method and the games and benefits associated with your Xbox subscription.
In addition, you will also be able to manage and upgrade your subscription, redeem gift card tokens and be up to date on any actions required to continue your subscriptions without any disruptions.
If you don’t own any Xbox subscriptions, you can learn more about the games and benefits associated with Xbox subscriptions, by clicking the Learn more link on the card.
[We are beginning to roll this feature out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.]
FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Settings > User Profile Account Settings.
We are excited to announce support for new Braille displays and new Braille input and output languages in Narrator. Some of the new braille displays we support include: the APH Chameleon, the APH Mantis Q40, the NLS eReader and many more. Refer to the detailed documentation to learn more about the new displays and languages that we support.
Prerequisites:
You must remove Narrator’s current braille support if it is already installed by following the steps below:
Install new narrator braille support:
Note: If you have the JAWS for Windows screen reader installed from Freedom Scientific and are using a version released in April 2022 or later along with a Focus braille display then there is no need to select the braille display as noted above.
Additional Resources:
Please refer to the Narrator User Guide for additional information on braille functionality in Narrator.
FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Accessibility > Narrator.
NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11.
source: Windows Blogs
Aug 20

Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25182 to the Dev Channel.
Upgrades went smooth here on all devices, no GSOD on the Surface Book 3 any more up to now
The Surface App is having a strange issue with the images (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAhqbd9)
NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11.
With the latest release (Version 2022.2207.29.0) available to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel, Camera can now understand the state of the privacy shutter on supported hardware, like the Microsoft Modern Webcam or the integrated camera on many new Windows 11 laptops. If the shutter is blocking the view or if the laptop lid is closed, Camera app will inform you and offer guidance.

We’ve also improved the Camera app experience on Arm64 devices. You’ll see faster and better performance when you use the app.
FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Camera.
We are beginning to roll out a Microsoft Store update (version 22207.1401.x) with the following improvements:
Screenshots in search results: You can now view screenshots in search results to help improve your browsing experience.
Install games directly from the Microsoft Store app: When you find a game you like, we install it right from the Microsoft Store, without switching apps.
FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Microsoft Store.
source: Windows Blogs