Tag: #Windows11

Windows Update: Get me up to date

This new option in Windows 11 called ‘Get me up to date’ is located in the settings app, under Windows Update / Advanced options Once turned on, Windows Updates will get your device updated as fast as possible restart as needed even if you’re in active hours, a great option to use when going out …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.160

Hi all, Today Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.160 (KB5014770) to the Beta Channel. Also possibly enabling the explorer tabs for you… if you’re one of the lucky early deploy testers What’s new File Explorer Tabs & Navigation Updates To help you work across multiple locations at the same time, the title bar of File …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25136

Hi all, Last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25136 to the Dev Channel. Sorry for the delay on the blog, was visiting the Microsoft campus, invited by the WCCP team, now that the jetlag is over… The tabbed explorer looks great, however it’s rolling out gradually to insider so you might not have it …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25131

Hi all, last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25131 to the Dev Channel. The new store app pop-up experience is great! Happy Upgrades! Fixes [General] Fixed an issue causing some Insider PCs with certain AMD processors to bugcheck and roll back when attempting to upgrade to last week’s flight. This issue is also believed …

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Have you really turned it off and on again?

Yes it’s the all time classic answer calling Helpdesk, but things have changed since Windows has Fast Startup enabled by default. This happened with the release of Windows 8.x, before then a simple restart was equal to turning it of and on again. Users will tell you they already restarted the device & the issue …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25126

Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25126 to the Dev Channel. After the upgrade Edge Canary kept crashing opening any page, this was persistent after a normal reboot, but fixed after a Shift + Shutdown (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAh1eob) Happy Upgrades! What’s new in Build 25126 Account settings page improvements In October, …

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Advanced Wi-Fi troubleshooting in Windows (Wlan-Report)

Users having network connection issues are no fun, wired troubleshooting is mostly straight forward. Wireless connections however can be an bigger challenge… 1st thing to do usually is checking for driver updates for the adapter so far easy. Users having issue sometimes & usually not when you’re at the device to help them can be …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621

Hi all, Last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621 to the Beta Channel. TL;DR We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. This build includes a small set of fixes that will improve the overall experience for Windows Insiders on their devices. Changes and Improvements [General] [REMINDER] The build watermark at …

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Keeping your Sysinternals Tools up 2 date

Sysinternals Tools are the must have toolset for any IT-Pro keeping them up2date got a lot easier on Windows 10 and 11 since they were added to the Windows Store: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P7KNL5RWT25 The entire suite always up to date & at your fingertips: Great for local use, if you want to take the files to another …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22610

Hi all, last Friday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22610 to the Dev and Beta Channels. The watermark on the desktop is gone, looks like this build is nearing completion, After waiting 2 weeks for a new build this one flees very smooth & fast Ongoing testing of Smart App Control shows possible installed …

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