Windows 11 update fails are becoming a joke but it looks like Microsoft is working hard on fixing them

Date:
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:44:44 +0000

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Fed up with Windows 11 having a rash of bugs lately? You wouldnt be alone,
but Microsoft is underway with fixing a bunch of these problems.

FULL STORY ======================================================================New Windows 11 preview build is almost entirely about bug fixing There are some important fixes delivered for the Start menu and more Microsoft is working hard to firefight all the glitches in Windows 11 24H2

Windows 11 has been hit by a whole load of bugs in recent times, with the move to version 24H2, as youve probably noticed but the more positive news
is that Microsoft is busy fixing a fair few of those gremlins in the works.

Weve got evidence of this courtesy of the latest preview release of Windows
11 pushed out to the Dev channel, namely build 26120.2213.

Microsoft lists the work underway in terms of bug fixing in the usual blog post , and while theres a whole lot of resolving glitches going on, some of its more mundane so lets pick out some of the highlights.

A notable bug weve recently reported has hit Task Manager , resulting in it showing that there are zero apps and processes running on the host PC which, of course, can never happen (otherwise Windows 11 itself wouldnt be working, never mind anything else). Microsoft informs us that it has resolved this issue where Task Manager is claiming a zero count for running processes.

On top of that, an underlying issue with the most recent 24H2 preview that meant some games were completely failing to launch has been cured here.

Multiple bugs with the Windows 11 Start menu have been fixed with build
26120, including one where people were seeing a large amount of spacing between the apps present in the menus list of applications. There also a
broad cure for an issue impacting Start menu reliability were told.

Theres a similar problem with File Explorer where items in the navigation
pane were also becoming too spread out, with too much spacing between them
for some users, and this has been remedied too. A more minor issue where RAW images taken in portrait mode were displaying in landscape mode with File Explorers thumbnails has also been fixed.

Furthermore, Microsoft has applied a clutch of fixes for various minor problems with the taskbar, including a glitch where the X button to close a window off the taskbar preview (that pops up when you hover over the app on the bar) wasnt working. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Analysis: Its all about the bug squashing

This preview release of Windows 11 is notable because theres hardly anything at all here in terms of feature additions (just a minor change for the IME toolbar which wont make any difference to most users).

Almost all of this build is about fixing bugs, and aside from that, there are a couple of known issues flagged which havent yet been resolved. One of those is the bugs with the new gamepad keyboard layout for Windows 11 users that have meant it has been put on ice for the time being , and the other is a problem where those running multiple monitors are seeing corruption with
their desktop background (with big black areas appearing mysteriously).

Microsoft is still working on the cures for those issues, and a fair few
other problems besides that are affecting the latest incarnation of its desktop OS. To say Windows 11 24H2 has got off to a rocky start in terms of bugs is something of an understatement, in fact, but it does appear that Microsoft is working hard to firefight these various problems . You may also like... Windows 11 or bust: Microsoft is boldly urging Windows 10 users to move on, or get left behind Dont make these 5 big mistakes when using Windows 11 Windows 10 has a year left to live but are users prepared to upgrade to Windows 11?



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