Microsoft Commits To A Better Windows 11
In an email to Windows Insiders, Pavan Davuluri outlines Microsoft’s renewed commitment to Windows 11 quality by focusing on three core pillars: performance, reliability, and craft.
Responding directly to community feedback, the roadmap includes highly requested features such as taskbar repositioning, a more intentional and less intrusive integration of AI through Copilot, and significantly greater user control over Windows Updates to minimize disruptions.
Beyond these UI refinements, Microsoft is prioritizing technical stability through a migration to the WinUI3 framework for faster responsiveness, enhancing File Explorer performance, and streamlining the Windows Insider Program to be more transparent and feedback-driven.
Ultimately, the goal is to deliver a "quieter" and more polished operating system that prioritizes user focus and foundational dependability over unnecessary distractions.
Here are some of the expected improvements that we can start to see from April:
Lets wait and see, I am fed up every insider release being AI rubbish or things on gradual rollout.
Responding directly to community feedback, the roadmap includes highly requested features such as taskbar repositioning, a more intentional and less intrusive integration of AI through Copilot, and significantly greater user control over Windows Updates to minimize disruptions.
Beyond these UI refinements, Microsoft is prioritizing technical stability through a migration to the WinUI3 framework for faster responsiveness, enhancing File Explorer performance, and streamlining the Windows Insider Program to be more transparent and feedback-driven.
Ultimately, the goal is to deliver a "quieter" and more polished operating system that prioritizes user focus and foundational dependability over unnecessary distractions.
Here are some of the expected improvements that we can start to see from April:
- More taskbar customization, including vertical and top positions
Repositioning the taskbar is one of the top asks we’ve heard from you. We are introducing the ability to reposition it to the top or sides of your screen, making it easier to personalize your workspace. - Integrating AI where it’s most meaningful, with craft and focus
You will see us be more intentional about how and where Copilot integrates across Windows, focusing on experiences that are genuinely useful and well‑crafted. As part of this, we are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad. - Reducing disruption from Windows Updates
Receiving updates should be predictable and easy to plan around, so we’re giving you more control. This includes the ability to skip updates during device setup to get to the desktop faster, restart or shut down without installing updates and pause updates for longer when needed, all while reducing update noise with fewer automatic restarts and notifications. - Faster and more dependable File Explorer
File Explorer is one of the most used surfaces in Windows. Our first round of improvements will focus on a quicker launch experience, reduced flicker, smoother navigation and more reliable performance for everyday file tasks. - More control over widgets and feed experiences
Widgets should feel helpful and relevant, not distracting or overwhelming. We’re introducing quieter defaults, more control over when and how widgets appear, and improved personalization for the Discover feed. - A simpler, more transparent Windows Insider Program
The Windows Insider Program is how you help shape the future of Windows, and it should be easy to understand what to expect and how to participate. We are implementing changes to make it easier for you to navigate with clearer channel definitions, easier access to new features, higher quality builds, better visibility into how your feedback shapes Windows and more opportunities to engage directly with us. - Improved Feedback Hub, available starting today
Your feedback is essential to improving Windows, and it should be easy to share and see what others are saying. Today, we’re rolling out the largest update to Feedback Hub yet to our Insiders, with a redesigned experience that makes it faster and easier to submit feedback and engage with the community.
Lets wait and see, I am fed up every insider release being AI rubbish or things on gradual rollout.
NVIDIA DLSS 5 is coming and it is controversial!
NVIDIA have announced their next AI game changing feature no doubt on its way with their next overpriced hardware revision:
Here you can see an early in-progress demo:
What do you guys think? It sure looks amazing, but is this what the artists that created those models really itended, how can a machine know that?
View NVIDIA Announcement
NVIDIA today unveiled NVIDIA DLSS 5, the company’s most significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing in 2018.
DLSS 5 introduces a real-time neural rendering model that infuses pixels with photoreal lighting and materials. Bridging the divide between rendering and reality, DLSS 5 empowers game developers to deliver a new level of photoreal computer graphics previously only achieved in Hollywood visual effects.
DLSS 5 introduces a real-time neural rendering model that infuses pixels with photoreal lighting and materials. Bridging the divide between rendering and reality, DLSS 5 empowers game developers to deliver a new level of photoreal computer graphics previously only achieved in Hollywood visual effects.
Here you can see an early in-progress demo:
What do you guys think? It sure looks amazing, but is this what the artists that created those models really itended, how can a machine know that?
View NVIDIA AnnouncementOfficial WHQL NVIDIA 595.79 Display Driver
NVIDIA have released new drivers for their Geforce powered cards adding official game ready support for Crimson Desert and DEATH STRANDING 2 as seen here:
But, the most interesting part as usual is the bugs they have fixed:
Also of interest, is that on March 31st, they will launch a new NVIDIA app beta that introduces new features that further enhance your experiences in hundreds of games and apps:
Software 64bit NVIDIA 595.79 desktop drivers or NVIDIA drivers page
View Release Highlights | Release Notes
But, the most interesting part as usual is the bugs they have fixed:
Fixed Gaming Bugs
- Crimson Desert: Game crashes when launched on R595 drivers [5861012]
- Resident Evil Requiem: White glowing light/dots may appear in game when Subsurface
Scattering is enabled [5915673] - Star Citizen: Game client crashes when launched [5935027]
- When the graphics card is overclocked, GPU voltage may become capped, preventing it
from boosting to expected levels [5934973] - Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed when playing multikey DRM content in a browser on HDCP 1.x monitors [5934450]
Also of interest, is that on March 31st, they will launch a new NVIDIA app beta that introduces new features that further enhance your experiences in hundreds of games and apps:
- A DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation DLSS override on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs intelligently adjusts the number of generated frames during gameplay to target a user’s desired frame rate, striking the perfect balance between frame rate, image quality and responsiveness
- The new DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Generation 6X Mode DLSS override on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs increases 4K frame rates in path-traced titles. Paired with NVIDIA Reflex, it generates these additional frames with minimal impact to responsiveness
- A DLSS 4.5 Frame Generation model update on GeForce RTX 50 Series and GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs enhances in-game user interfaces by incorporating additional engine data available for some games, improving visual quality and clarity of static user interface elements
Software 64bit NVIDIA 595.79 desktop drivers or NVIDIA drivers page View Release Highlights | Release NotesWindows 11 Build 25151 released to the Developer Channel
Microsoft have released what is effectively their latest weekly snapshot of their Windows 11 playground for features that may or may not make it into future releases as they gradually refresh all parts of Windows 11 from the frankly unfinished operating system that made its debut a year ago.
A smaller release this week, buit certainly larger than the beta releases which has largely remained quiet for the last month with the only update being A/B testing on a tabbed File Explorer that I haven't seen anyone become officially a part of, so we are hopefully due for some love their as similar builds are in the release preview channel now so general availability is not far away, but here is what is new in this release:
This build includes a small set of fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders on their PCs.
Fixes
[File Explorer]
Fixed a scaling issue which could result in the tabs being unexpectedly large.
Right clicking a tab and then clicking somewhere else in File Explorer should dismiss the context menu more reliably now.
[Other]
[General]
[File Explorer]
As usual users in the developer channel can check for updates, new testers will need to sign up within the Windows Update settings.
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A smaller release this week, buit certainly larger than the beta releases which has largely remained quiet for the last month with the only update being A/B testing on a tabbed File Explorer that I haven't seen anyone become officially a part of, so we are hopefully due for some love their as similar builds are in the release preview channel now so general availability is not far away, but here is what is new in this release:
This build includes a small set of fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders on their PCs.
Fixes
[File Explorer]
Fixed a scaling issue which could result in the tabs being unexpectedly large.
Right clicking a tab and then clicking somewhere else in File Explorer should dismiss the context menu more reliably now.
[Other]
- We believe an underlying fix in Build 25145 addressed the recent issue where shutting down via the Start menu wasn’t working for some Insiders (unexpectedly rebooting instead), and as such are removing this from the known issues list. If you are continuing to encounter this issue with the latest updates, please report it in the Feedback Hub.
- Fixed a high hitting Windows Security app crash.
- Updated the Exclusions page in the Windows Security app so that file paths now make better use of the available space rather than truncating when space is still available.
- Fixed an underlying issue which was causing a crash when trying to delete ports in printui /s.
- Fixed an issue causing printing to not work from UWP apps for some Insiders in the last 2 flights.
- 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.
[General]
- We are working on a fix to address reports that the Mica material and Acrylic blur effect is not rendering correct in OS surfaces like the Start menu, Notification Center and other areas.
- Some games that use Easy Anti-Cheat may crash or cause your PC to bugcheck.
- [NEW] We’re investigating reports that some Insiders are experiencing bugchecks with error message KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED in NetAdapterCx.sys starting with Build 25145.
[File Explorer]
- The up arrow is misaligned in File Explorer tabs. This will be fixed in a future update.
- We’re investigating reports that launching File Explorer in certain ways when using dark mode (for example, from the command line) is showing the body of File Explorer unexpectedly in light mode.
- We’re working on the fix for an issue causing Widgets preferences (temperature units and pinned widgets) to unexpectedly get reset to default.
- Certain apps in full screen (e.g., video players) prevent live captions from being visible.
- Certain apps positioned near the top of the screen and closed before live captions is run will re-launch behind the live captions window positioned at top. Use the system menu (ALT + Spacebar) while the app has focus to move the app’s window further down.
As usual users in the developer channel can check for updates, new testers will need to sign up within the Windows Update settings.
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25151
UPDATE 7/1: We are starting to roll out Cumulative Update Build 25151.1010 (KB5016322). This update does not include anything new and is designed to test our servicing pipeline for builds in the Dev Channel. ------------------------
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