Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27871 (Canary Channel)

What's new with Build 27871

Energy saver now available in Microsoft Intune
We are bringing the ability to manage energy saver in Windows 11 to Microsoft Intune to allow IT administrators to control the energy saver settings on Windows 11 PCs through group policies and Mobile Device Management (MDM) configurations.

This feature, when enabled, intelligently balances your battery use, so it can last longer between charges. It extends battery life by managing power usage efficiently. It limits background activity and reduces screen brightness, ensuring that devices consume less power while maintaining optimal performance. By automatically managing system processes and power usage, the energy saver group policy helps reduce overall energy consumption. This not only saves costs but also contributes to environmental sustainability.

IT administrators can activate the policy by using either method below:

• Local Group Policy Editor in Windows 11
• Microsoft Intune Admin Center

The path for the new policy configuration can be found at in Local Group Policy Editor by navigating to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Power Management > Energy Saver Settings and "Enable Energy Saver to Always Be On".

Changes and Improvements

[Phone Link]
Phone companion for the Start menu is rolling out (again) for Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel along with the following improvements:

• Instantly see notifications from your mobile device apps — grouped by app for easy catch-up, right from your Start menu.
• Mirror your Android device's screen with a single click from your Start menu. Simply click on your device's icon or access the option from the footer menu to quickly launch device screen mirroring.
• Your iPhone© memories are now accessible from the Start menu. Windows iCloud app users can see recently synced photos and quickly access their iCloud photos all within the Start menu.
  

Note: Screen mirroring is only supported on certain Android devices. See Setting up and using phone screen in the Phone Link – Microsoft Support for more details on device support.
[Taskbar & System Tray]

• We have adjusted the needy state pill under apps on the taskbar that need attention to be wider and more visible.

Fixes

[General]

• We have mitigated the issue where if Virtualization Based Security is enabled, applications dependent on virtualization, such as VMware Workstation, would lose the ability to run unless the "Windows Hypervisor Platform" Windows optional component is installed on the system.

[File Explorer]

• Fixed an issue where if you had disconnected network drives when doing a search from Home it might prevent searches from executing and you'd remain on Home.
• Fixed an issue where tapping the View button in File Explorer with touch would crash File Explorer.

[Taskbar]

• Fixed an issue where WIN + CTRL + Number wasn't working anymore for switching windows in the taskbar.
• Fixed an underlying issue which was causing keyboard focus to get set to widgets in the taskbar on login, which could make widgets unexpectedly invoke.
• Fixed an issue when using Tab and Shift + Tab to move keyboard focus around the taskbar, where if keyboard focus went backwards at least once you could get keyboard focus stuck on the taskbar frame, causing some screen readers to just say "pane".

[Settings]

• Fixed an issue where hovering over the cards at the top of Settings > System > About wasn't showing the correct corner radius.
• Fixed an issue where the storage card in Settings > System > About showed a garbage character instead of the proper disk size.

[Administrator Protection]

• Fixed an issue where when using Administrator Protection, some apps might not follow your preference if it was set to dark mode.

[Task Manager]

• Fixed the issue causing search and other options such as filtering in Task Manager to not work.

[Audio]

• Fixed an issue in the last few Canary flights where audio devices with high sampling (like 192Hz) and multiple channels weren't producing sound.
• Fixed an issue which could cause the startup sound not to play, though it was enabled.

[Input]

• Fixed an issue where voice typing wouldn't start from the touch keyboard when using the Chinese (Simplified) narrow layout.
• Fixed an issue where when using the Symbols section of the touch keyboard, pressing the key to change pages might unexpectedly insert a character into password fields.

[Graphics]

• Fixed an issue which could cause unexpected scaling and window position changes after sleep/resume for some devices.

[Voice access]

• Fixed an issue which could voice access to freeze with error "working on it" when dictating.

[Other]

• Fixed an issue causing an Administrative Templates error message when opening Group Policy Editor.
• Fixed an issue where some of the commands when using xml to setup were unexpectedly not being run.
  
• Fixed an issue when installing Windows from installation media, where if you changed your keyboard layout from the default, it may still use the default when entering the product key.
• Fixed an issue when installing Windows from installation media, where certain partitions may show an extremely large erroneous size.

Adobe released an update with bug fixes for Acrobat and Reader.

Update or Complete Download
Adobe Acrobat and Reader were updated to version 25.001.20521.  Updates should become available via the internal updater or checks can be manually activated by choosing Help/Check for Updates.

Reader DC and other versions are available here: https://get.adobe.com/reader/

Note: UNcheck any pre-checked additional options presented with the update. They are not part of the software update and are completely optional.

Release Notes

Pale Moon has been updated to version 33.7.2.  This is a security update.

Changes/fixes:

• Addressed PWN2OWN-2025-1 (out of bounds read or write in promise) DiD.
• Addressed PWN2OWN-2025-2 (out of bounds read or write when using the ExtractLinearSum optimization) DiD.
• Fixed potential unexpected behavior in embedded protobuf code. DiD.
• Fixed an issue with potentially uninitialized contrast values when enhanced device contrast values can not be read from the O.S. DiD.
• Fixed potential sanitization issues with devtools' "Copy as curl" feature. It should be noted that we do not currently offer cross-platform "curl" features, so this is another DiD for this release.

Notes:  *DiD This means that a fix is "Defense-in-Depth": It is a fix that does not apply to a (potentially) actively exploitable vulnerability in Pale Moon, but prevents future vulnerabilities caused by the same code, e.g. when surrounding code changes, exposing the problem, or when new attack vectors are discovered.
Pale Moon includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for Windows: Pale Moon for Windows downloads.

Update: To get the update now, select "Help" from the Pale Moon menu at the upper left of the browser window. Select About Pale Moon > Check for Updates.

Release Notes
Release Cycle

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5622 (Dev Channel)

New Copilot+ PC experiences

New Microsoft 365 text action in Click to Do
We are beginning to roll out a new text action in Click to Do!

• Draft with Copilot in Word: Ever stumble across a great idea and wish you could just start writing? With the "Draft with Copilot in Word" Click to Do action, you can. Whether it's a sentence in an email or a snippet on your screen, just Win + Click on the recognized text and choose the "Draft with Copilot in Word" action. It'll help you turn that spark into a full draft, fast. No more blank pages. No more writer's block. Just momentum.
  

These new Microsoft 365 text actions will begin rolling out over the course of the coming weeks. For "Draft with Copilot in Word" – a Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription is required.

You can learn more about using Click to Do here.

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > Click to Do.

New features gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on

Introducing quick machine recovery
Quick machine recovery, a feature introduced as part of the Windows Resiliency Initiative at Ignite 2024 – is now available for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. QMR is designed to help Windows 11 devices recover from widespread boot issues by applying remediations through the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE).

To make this feature even more accessible, we're also introducing a dedicated settings page in Settings which can be found under System > Recovery > Quick machine recovery. From there, you can easily check whether the feature is enabled, configure it to automatically search for available remediations, set how often those checks occur, and choose when your device should restart to apply any necessary fixes.

IT professionals looking to set configuration options for their managed fleets are now also able to leverage the Intune Settings Catalog UI to easily configure quick machine recovery settings as documented as a part of the RemoteRemedationCSP.

Windows Insiders can start testing the remediation experience today. When "test mode" is activated, a test remediation payload will be automatically downloaded and installed. You can confirm its application by going to Settings > Windows Update > Update history, where it will appear under Quality updates. Please note that the test remediation package will begin rolling out later this week. The visibility of this update in update history will roll out gradually in the Dev Channel as well.

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Recovery and Uninstall > Quick Machine Recovery.

Multiple dashboards in Widgets
As we continue to evolve the widgets experience, we are also adding support for multiple boards so that you can have more space for your favorite widgets while being able to stay on top of current events with a feed that helps you discover the world around you. With the introduction of the new navigation bar on the left, you can switch between a dedicated widgets dashboard and other integrated dashboards like My feed. Give it a try and let us know what you think using the feedback button at the top of the board. This experience was also previously previewed with Windows Insiders in the EEA.

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > Widgets.

Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on

[General]

• To help you quickly find the right app for opening files, we are trying out showing recommendations from the Microsoft Store app within the "Open with..." dialog. These recommendations are denoted by a Store icon next to apps in the dialog.

[Click to Do (Preview)]
The following changes and improvements are rolling out for Click to Do on [URLhttps://www.microsoft.com/windows/copilot-plus-pcs]Copilot+ PCs[/URL]:

• For Windows Insiders using French or Spanish as their primary language on their PC, we're beginning to roll out Rewrite and its options, including Refine, again for Click to Do.
• Click to Do can now perform intelligent text actions in German, Italian and Portuguese.

[Phone Link]
The following improvements for Phone Link and phone companion with the Start menu are rolling out to Windows Insiders across all channels:

• Instantly see notifications from your mobile device apps — grouped by app for easy catch-up, right from your Start menu.
• Mirror your Android device's screen with a single click from your Start menu. Simply click on your device's icon or access the option from the footer menu to quickly launch device screen mirroring.
• Your iPhone© memories are now accessible from the Start menu. Windows iCloud app users can see recently synced photos and quickly access their iCloud photos all within the Start menu.
  

[PC Migration]

• We're beginning the rollout of a new PC-to-PC migration experience in Windows. You'll start to see the landing and the pairing page in the Windows Backup app, giving you a first look at what's coming. In the full experience, you will be able to transfer your files and settings from your old PC to the new one during the PC setup process. Support during the PC setup will be available in a future update. We are releasing in phases for a smooth experience and will provide more details soon.

[Settings]

• We've updated the dialogs for entering your product key, troubleshooting activation, phone activation, and retail demo to match the Windows 11 visuals.
• For Windows Insiders on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs with the new agent experience in Settings, we've made some improvements to make the search box at the top of Settings more centered.
  
• We're rolling out a new Device Card for Settings Home for Windows Insiders signed in with their Microsoft account and in the U.S. It provides a quick snapshot of your PC's key specs and usage, right where you need it. From the card, you can jump directly to the Settings > About page to see more detailed information about your PC. The Device Card may also help guide you toward discovering your next Windows PC – so you can shop with ease and confidence when you're ready. NOTE: We've been previewing the Device Card with Windows Insiders with Settings Home on IT-managed PCs signed in with an Entra ID.
  

Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on

[Improved Windows Search]
The following fixes are rolling out for improved Windows Search on Copilot+ PCs:

• Fixed an underlying crash causing semantic indexing to not work for some Insiders in the last couple flights.

[Start menu]

• There have been some underlying improvements which should help address the issue where clicking your profile picture wasn't opening the Account Manager for some Insiders after the latest flights. If you're continuing to experience issues, please file feedback.
• Fixed an issue causing Start menu to crash on launch for some Insiders in the latest flights.

[File Explorer]

• Fixed an issue where if you opened the "..." menu in the File Explorer address bar to show the full list of folders for the current path, the dropdown might be cut off and the bottom of it inaccessible.
• Fixed an issue which was causing File Explorer to crash doing various actions in the latest flights, including when deleting files for some Insiders.
• Fixed an issue where the recommended section in File Explorer wasn't expanding when using the right arrow key.
• Fixed an issue which could lead to duplicate access keys in the File Explorer context menu.

The following are fixes for AI actions in File Explorer:

• Fixed the issue where the action result canvas displayed text from left to right for AI actions for Microsoft 365 files w

[Task Manager]

• Fixed an issue where after adding the new CPU Utility column, you might notice that System Idle Process always showed as 0.
• Fixed an issue where the CPU graphs in the Performance page were still using the old CPU utility calculations.

[Narrator]

• Fixed an issue where the Describe image feature of narrator wasn't working.

[Voice Access]

• Fixed an issue where support for more descriptive and flexible language on Copilot+ PCs wasn't working as expected.

[Settings]

• Fixed an underlying issue related to Bluetooth which could cause Settings or Quick Settings to crash on launch for some people.
• Fixed an issue with Quick Settings where if you clicked the top third of the buttons in the top row, it wouldn't work.

[Other]

• Fixed an issue with msftedit.dll which was causing apps like Sticky Notes and Dxdiag to crash in certain cases for people using Hebrew or Arabic display languages.

Fixes for everyone in the Dev Channel

[General]

• We have mitigated the issue where if Virtualization Based Security is enabled, applications dependent on virtualization, such as VMware Workstation, would lose the ability to run unless the "Windows Hypervisor Platform" Windows optional component is installed on the system.

SpywareBlaster database update 6/2/2025


 8 NEW items (IE/ActiveX)

15 NEW items (Edge/Scripts)

for a total of 19,483 items in database

After updating, be sure to manually enable all protection.

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.4230 (Beta Channel)

This Build is for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2.
New features gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on

Quick machine recovery in Settings
We're excited to introduce a new dedicated settings page for quick machine recovery which can be found under System > Recovery > Quick machine recovery. This update makes it easier for you to manage recovery options directly from Settings, streamlining access to important features that help keep your device running smoothly. Quick machine recovery is designed to help your device recover from widespread boot issues by applying remediations delivered directly from Microsoft.

With the new settings page, you can easily check whether the feature is enabled, configure it to automatically search for available remediations, set how often those checks occur, and choose when your device should restart to apply any necessary fixes.

IT professionals looking to set configuration options for their managed fleets are now also able to leverage the Intune Settings Catalog UI to easily configure quick machine recovery settings as documented as a part of the RemoteRemedationCSP.

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Recovery and Uninstall > Quick Machine Recovery.

Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on

[Click to Do (Preview)]
The following changes and improvements are rolling out for Click to Do on Copilot+ PCs:

• For Windows Insiders using French or Spanish as their primary language on their PC, we're beginning to roll out Rewrite and its options, including Refine, again for Click to Do.
• Click to Do can now perform intelligent text actions in German, Italian and Portuguese.

[Phone Link]
The following improvements for Phone Link and phone companion with the Start menu are rolling out to Windows Insiders across all channels:

• Instantly see notifications from your mobile device apps — grouped by app for easy catch-up, right from your Start menu.
• Mirror your Android device's screen with a single click from your Start menu. Simply click on your device's icon or access the option from the footer menu to quickly launch device screen mirroring.
• Your iPhone© memories are now accessible from the Start menu. Windows iCloud app users can see recently synced photos and quickly access their iCloud photos all within the Start menu.
  

[Lock screen]

• We have temporarily disabled more widget options on the lock screen and support for lock screen widget personalization that began rolling out to all Windows Insiders in the previous Beta Channel flight to address some issues. We are planning to begin rolling this experience out again very shortly.
  

[Settings]

• For Windows Insiders on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs with the new agent experience in Settings, we've made some improvements to make the search box at the top of Settings more centered.
  
• We're rolling out a new Device Card for Settings Home for Windows Insiders signed in with their Microsoft account and in the U.S. It provides a quick snapshot of your PC's key specs and usage, right where you need it. From the card, you can jump directly to the Settings > About page to see more detailed information about your PC. The Device Card may also help guide you toward discovering your next Windows PC – so you can shop with ease and confidence when you're ready. NOTE: We've been previewing the Device Card with Windows Insiders with Settings Home on IT-managed PCs signed in with an Entra ID.
  

Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on

[Improved Windows Search]
The following fixes are rolling out for improved Windows Search on Copilot+ PCs:

• Fixed an underlying crash causing semantic indexing to not work for some Insiders in the last couple flights.

[Start menu]

• Fixed an issue causing Start menu to crash on launch for some Insiders in the latest flights.

[File Explorer]

• Fixed an issue where if you opened the "..." menu in the File Explorer address bar to show the full list of folders for the current path, the dropdown might be cut off and the bottom of it inaccessible.
• Fixed an issue which was causing File Explorer to crash doing various actions in the latest flights, including when deleting files for some Insiders.
• Fixed an issue where the recommended section in File Explorer wasn't expanding when using the right arrow key.
• Fixed an issue which could lead to duplicate access keys in the File Explorer context menu.

The following are fixes for AI actions in File Explorer:

• Fixed the issue where the action result canvas displayed text from left to right for AI actions for Microsoft 365 files when your Windows display language is configured with a right-to-left language.

[Settings]

• Fixed an underlying issue related to Bluetooth which could cause Settings or Quick Settings to crash on launch for some people.
• Fixed an issue with Quick Settings where if you clicked the top third of the buttons in the top row, it wouldn't work.

[Other]

• Fixed an issue with msftedit.dll which was causing apps like Sticky Notes and Dxdiag to crash in certain cases for people using Hebrew or Arabic display languages.

Fixes for everyone in the Beta Channel

[General]

• We have mitigated the issue where if Virtualization Based Security is enabled, applications dependent on virtualization, such as VMware Workstation, would lose the ability to run unless the "Windows Hypervisor Platform" Windows optional component is installed on the system.

The updates and features for Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad described above and on the Windows Blog are now rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels.

Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders

The update to Notepad is to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11.

Notepad (version 11.2504.50.0)

With this update, we are introducing lightweight formatting in Notepad, providing additional flexibility in how you structure content across your files. The experience supports Markdown style input and files for users who prefer to work directly with the lightweight markup language. To get started, use the new formatting toolbar to apply formatting as you type or to selected text, including bold and italic styling, hyperlinks, and support for simple lists and headings.

If at any point you want to return to plain text, you can clear all formatting from the formatting toolbar or from the edit menu. You can switch between formatted Markdown and Markdown syntax views in the view menu or by selecting the toggle button in the status bar at the bottom of the window. If you prefer, you can disable support for formatting entirely in app settings.

FEEDBACK: Please share your feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Notepad.

Malwarebytes v5.3.2.195 component package 134.0.5279 released.

From MBAM 5.0

Features and improvements

• Improved Dashboard usability and localization
  
• Refined the display behavior of VPN connection/disconnection notifications
  

Issues fixed

• Fixed an issue where the Tray Menu appeared on the wrong monitor in multi-display setups
  
• Resolved a bug that prevented device deactivation for some users
  
• Resolved an issue that caused Ransomware Protection to sometimes not shutdown properly, creating delays on Windows shutdown