Paint update begins rolling out to Windows Insiders

UPDATE 3/20: The following update for Paint is now rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels.

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out an update for Paint (version 11.2502.121.0) to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11.

In this update, we are improving the Cocreator side panel user experience with a simplified and more intuitive layout. To get started, click on Cocreator in the Copilot menu and describe what you would like to create. Start drawing on the canvas with your mouse or pen to start generating the artwork with AI.

You can use the Creativity slider and the Select style dropdown as it is today. The newly introduced Try again button can be used to generate a new version of the image, and the Apply button can be used to apply the generated content to the Paint canvas once you are satisfied with the final result.

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Paint.

Adobe is releasing an optional hotfix patch for Acrobat and Acrobat Reader that addresses some important bug fixes.

Update or Complete Download

Adobe Acrobat and Reader were updated to version 25.001.20435 for Microsoft Windows and version 25.001.20438 for Macintosh.  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

CCleaner v6.34.11482 (19 Mar 2025)

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https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/version-history

https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/builds


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Releasing Windows 11 Build 26100.3613 to the Release Preview Channel

Gradual rollout

The following features and improvements might not be available to all users because they will roll out gradually. Text bolded in brackets indicate the area of the change being documented.

• [Live Captions]
  
  • New! We are enhancing communication on AMD and Intel®-powered Copilot+ PCs with live captions and real-time translation. This change brings the ability in live captions to translate more than 44 languages into English, including speakers in real-time video calls, recordings and streamed content.
    
  • New! On Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, we're bringing the ability to do real-time translation to Chinese (Simplified). Supported languages include Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, and Swedish.
    
• [Settings]
  
  • New! With this update, we will gradually make available the Settings homepage for commercial customers on PCs managed by an IT administrator. The feature will show some existing cards relevant to enterprise-managed PCs like "Recommended settings" and "Bluetooth devices" as well as two new enterprise-specific device info and accessibility preferences cards
    
  • New! We are rolling out "top cards" under Settings > System > About. These top cards provide an easy way to view your PC's key specifications—processor, RAM, storage, and GPU—helping you understand your PC's capabilities at-a-glance.
    
  • Fixed: For Japanese users, the name displaying at the top of Settings > Accounts shows First Name Last Name instead of Last Name First Name.
• [Input]
  
  • New! We have enabled the Gamepad keyboard layout for the touch keyboard in Windows 11. This change introduces the ability to use your Xbox controller to navigate and type. This includes button accelerators (example: X button for backspace, Y button for spacebar) additionally the keyboard keys have been vertically aligned for better controller navigation patterns.
    
  • New! A new experience to improve the discoverability of the emoji and more panel in Windows 11 with the introduction of a new system tray icon on the taskbar.
    
  • Fixed: Improved ctfmon.exe reliability, by addressing a system restart which could impact the ability to type.
  • Fixed: ctfmon.exe may restart when copying data from certain apps.
• [Voice access]
  
  • New! Natural Language Commanding in voice access provides users with the flexibility to speak commands naturally, using filler words and synonyms, rather than rigid, predefined commands. Available initially on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs.
    
  • New! We are introducing Chinese support for voice access. You can now use Voice access to navigate, dictate, and interact with Windows using voice commands in Simplified Chinese (zh-cn) and Traditional Chinese (zh-tw).
    
• [Task Manager]New! We are changing the way Task Manager calculates CPU utilization for the Processes, Performance, and Users pages. Task Manager will now use the standard metrics to display CPU workload consistently across all pages and aligning with industry standards and third-party tools. For backward compatibility, a new optional column called CPU Utility is available (hidden by default) on the Details tab showing the previous CPU value used on the Processes page.
  
• [Widgets]
  
  • New! Introducing the ability for web developers to easily utilize their existing web content to build dynamic and interactive widgets that can be added to the widgets surfaces in Windows 11. For more information, click here.
    
  • New! We're bringing support for lock screen widgets (previously referred to as "Weather and more") to devices in the European Economic Area (EEA). You can add, remove, and rearrange lock screen widgets such as Weather, Watchlist, Sports, Traffic, and more. Any widget that supports the small sizing option can be added here. To customize your lock screen widgets, navigate to Settings > Personalization > Lock screen.
    
• [File Explorer] Fixed: The "see more" (...) menu in the File Explorer command bar opens in the wrong direction in some cases.
  
• [Remote Desktop] Fixed: Remote Desktop won't use UDP, only TCP.
  
• [Screen orientation] Fixed: Screen may unexpectedly change orientation coming out of sleep on 2-in-1 devices.
  
• [Application Installation] Fixed: The MsiCloseHandle API experiences prolonged execution time when handling MSI files containing a large number of files.
  
• [Boot menu] Fixed: If an update fails and rolls back, it may result in an extraneous and non-functional boot menu entry. This fix stops devices from newly encountering this. Extra boot entries can be managed in the Boot section of System Configuration (msconfig), if you have encountered this issue already.
  
• [Authentication]
  
  • Fixed: Kerberos authentication fails in certain scenarios when RC4 is used for encryption
  • Fixed: FIDO Cached Credential Logon may fail in certain cases when device is Hybrid Domain Joined.
  • Fixed: Opening certain apps after a password change could unexpectedly lead to lockout, if account lockout policy is enabled.
    
• [General Reliability] Fixed: An underlying issue may lead to your PC experiencing a bugcheck (blue screen) with PDC_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT when resuming from sleep.
  
• [Network] Fixed: The description of the virtual NIC doesn't display correctly in Network Connections (ncpa.cpl), showing garbage characters.
  
• [Color Profile] Fixed: Under Settings > System > Display > Color Management, it might not display the expected color profile list for the selected monitor.
  
• [Color Profile] Fixed: The color profile settings may not be applied after resuming from sleep.
  
• [Deprecation]
  
  • Suggested actions that appear when you copy a phone number or future date in Windows 11 are now deprecated and being removed.
    
  • We are removing the Location History feature, an API used by Cortana to access 24 hours of device history when location was enabled. With the removal of the Location History feature, location data will no longer be saved locally, and the corresponding settings are also being removed from Settings > Privacy & security > Location page.

Normal rollout

This update includes the following features and improvements that are rolling out as part of this update. Text bolded in brackets indicates the area of the change being documented.

• [Display Kernel] Fixed: This update addresses an issue affecting High Dynamic Range (HDR) content playback on Dolby Vision capable displays, where users may see regular HDR instead of Dolby Vision, missing specific content indicators.
  
• [TULIP] Fixed: This update addresses an issue where window captions may be truncated on an ANSI window.
  
• [PowerShell] Fixed: This update resolves an issue where critical PowerShell modules required for device configuration were not executed under Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) policies.
  
• [OOBE] Fixed: Addresses an issue that prevents the ESP from running every time a new user logs onto the device even when configured by policy.
  
• [Cryptography] Fixed: This update addresses an issue affecting Credential Roaming resulting in certificates and keys not being roamed into Active Directory and not being made available users' machines.
  
• [File Systems (Filters)] Fixed: This update resolves an issue for users with profiles redirected to a network Virtual Hard Disk (VHD or VHDX), where a specific failure could lead to a system crash.
  
• [Graphics] Fixed an issue where certain 3rd party apps could cause a Settings crash from the graphics settings page.
  

ProcDump 3.4.1 for Linux and Sysmon 1.3.5 for Linux

Learn about the latest updates to ProcDump for Linux and Sysmon for Linux

ProcDump 3.4.1 for Linux
This update to ProcDump for Linux removes the ':' separator for the date/time section of the generated core dump filename, aligning across operating systems.

Sysmon 1.3.5 for Linux
This update to Sysmon for Linux fixes the upgrade path to make sure the previous configuration is restored during the upgrade.

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3576 (Dev and Beta Channels)

As a reminder – we're also offering the same Dev Channel updates based on Windows 11, version 24H2 to Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel. These updates will be optional at first, so if you are in the Beta Channel today, you can upgrade when you are ready to do so. We plan to make these updates recommended later this year, which means you will eventually get upgraded to 24H2-based updates automatically in the Beta Channel.

If you are an Insider in the Dev Channel, the window is open to switch from the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel if you would like. This window will only be open for as long as we're releasing the same 24H2-based updates (same build numbers) across both the Dev and Beta Channels. When the Dev Channel jumps ahead (higher build numbers), the window to switch will close. Please note that switching from the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel may result in the loss of some features temporarily.

IMPORTANT: This window is closing soon, so we highly encourage you to evaluate which channel you would like to be in during this time in which the window to switch is still open.

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

Voice access commanding made more intuitive and user-friendly
On Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, we're introducing the ability for you to speak more flexibly while giving existing commands in voice access.

Traditionally, voice commands in voice access would require you to follow a fixed syntax, making interactions rigid and sometimes frustrating. For example, if you said "Can you Open Edge application" instead of "Open Edge" which is the actual command, it wouldn't work. With this improvement to voice access, you can now say "Can you open Edge application", or "Switch to Microsoft Edge", or "Please open the Edge browser". Voice access understands your intent and executes the right action for the voice command you speak. This means that you no longer need to pause and remember the exact phrasing of a command, just say what feels most intuitive.

Just in case something doesn't get picked up correctly, voice access will also show you real-time command suggestions based on your last utterance to help you recollect the right commands.

We're making voice access more flexible, intelligent, and easy to use on your Copilot+ PC. Let us know what you think!

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Accessibility > Voice access.

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

[Voice access]

• We are introducing Chinese support for voice access. You can now use Voice access to navigate, dictate, and interact with Windows using voice commands in Simplified Chinese (zh-cn) and Traditional Chinese (zh-tw).

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

[File Explorer]

• Fixed an issue causing the see more "..." menu in the command bar to open in the wrong direction for some resolutions.

[Login and Lock screen]

• Fixed an issue which could cause the login screen to crash if you clicked the sign in options link.

[Recall (Preview)]

The following fixes are rolling out for Recall on Copilot+ PCs:

• We fixed the issue where if you were trying out Recall on a PC managed by an IT administrator in your organization (signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID), you would see your Recall snapshots get deleted after installing Build 26120.3380 and after each reboot on that build.
  

[Settings]

• Fixed an issue causing an unexpected amount of extra space at the top of Settings > System > Sound, and a couple other pages.

[Printing]

• Fixed an issue which was causing some Insiders to unexpectedly see a message saying a Send to OneNote driver for printing wasn't working.
• Fixed an issue where non-admin users couldn't uninstall printers that they'd added.

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3576 (Dev and Beta Channels)

As a reminder – we're also offering the same Dev Channel updates based on Windows 11, version 24H2 to Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel. These updates will be optional at first, so if you are in the Beta Channel today, you can upgrade when you are ready to do so. We plan to make these updates recommended later this year, which means you will eventually get upgraded to 24H2-based updates automatically in the Beta Channel.

If you are an Insider in the Dev Channel, the window is open to switch from the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel if you would like. This window will only be open for as long as we're releasing the same 24H2-based updates (same build numbers) across both the Dev and Beta Channels. When the Dev Channel jumps ahead (higher build numbers), the window to switch will close. Please note that switching from the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel may result in the loss of some features temporarily.

IMPORTANT: This window is closing soon, so we highly encourage you to evaluate which channel you would like to be in during this time in which the window to switch is still open.

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

Voice access commanding made more intuitive and user-friendly
On Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, we're introducing the ability for you to speak more flexibly while giving existing commands in voice access.

Traditionally, voice commands in voice access would require you to follow a fixed syntax, making interactions rigid and sometimes frustrating. For example, if you said "Can you Open Edge application" instead of "Open Edge" which is the actual command, it wouldn't work. With this improvement to voice access, you can now say "Can you open Edge application", or "Switch to Microsoft Edge", or "Please open the Edge browser". Voice access understands your intent and executes the right action for the voice command you speak. This means that you no longer need to pause and remember the exact phrasing of a command, just say what feels most intuitive.

Just in case something doesn't get picked up correctly, voice access will also show you real-time command suggestions based on your last utterance to help you recollect the right commands.

We're making voice access more flexible, intelligent, and easy to use on your Copilot+ PC. Let us know what you think!

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Accessibility > Voice access.

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

[Voice access]

• We are introducing Chinese support for voice access. You can now use Voice access to navigate, dictate, and interact with Windows using voice commands in Simplified Chinese (zh-cn) and Traditional Chinese (zh-tw).

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

[File Explorer]

• Fixed an issue causing the see more "..." menu in the command bar to open in the wrong direction for some resolutions.

[Login and Lock screen]

• Fixed an issue which could cause the login screen to crash if you clicked the sign in options link.

[Recall (Preview)]

The following fixes are rolling out for Recall on Copilot+ PCs:

• We fixed the issue where if you were trying out Recall on a PC managed by an IT administrator in your organization (signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID), you would see your Recall snapshots get deleted after installing Build 26120.3380 and after each reboot on that build.
  

[Settings]

• Fixed an issue causing an unexpected amount of extra space at the top of Settings > System > Sound, and a couple other pages.

[Printing]

• Fixed an issue which was causing some Insiders to unexpectedly see a message saying a Send to OneNote driver for printing wasn't working.
• Fixed an issue where non-admin users couldn't uninstall printers that they'd added.

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.5090 (Beta Channel)

This build will only be provided to Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel who did not upgrade to receiving updates based on Windows 11, version 24H2.

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

[General]

• This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build on their PCs.

[Voice access]

• We are introducing Chinese support for voice access. You can now use Voice access to navigate, dictate, and interact with Windows using voice commands in Simplified Chinese (zh-cn) and Traditional Chinese (zh-tw).

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

[Start menu]

The following are fixes for Windows Insiders with the new grid and category views on the All" page in the Start menu:

• We fixed the issue causing Windows Tools related apps to be broken out into folders instead of being in one single app.

[Windows Update]

• Fixed an issue which could result in a quality update unexpectedly being missing from Settings > Windows Update > Update History, although it was installed.

[Login and Lock]

• Fixed an issue which could cause the login screen to crash if you clicked the sign in options link.