Right on time, per Microsoft's schedule, the company has allegedly sent the big Windows 8.1 update to 'release to manufacturing' status.

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How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.But make it configurable back to the old way if you want. Make it the default, force users into it even upon upgrade. But there was nothing inherently wrong with the Task Bar, the Start Menu has had it’s ups and downs (Windows 8 was a low point), but Windows 10 was manageable (I still like Windows 7, but I do now have everything pinned to Windows 10 that I use so it’s OK now). I think Microsoft in typical 'Big Corporation' mentality, has taken a primary UI (Task Bar, Start Menu, File Manager) and has said well it doesn’t matter what we’ve done or what our customers actually like or use we are going to copy the 'Hip Kids' down the road so we can be 'cool too'The whole Task Bar thing strikes me as a blatent copy of the Dock, which most Linux systems and other OSes (like Chrome OS) have also 'stolen' as a design motif.

Among them are serious problems with the Taskbar, Start, Search, Widgets, and Windows Sandbox. This means that those who had previously successfully installed Windows 11 in VMs that do not meet the requirements (like Hyper-V installs with Generation 1 VMs) will not be able to upgrade to the new build.Īnd despite the time crunch, there are still many known issues in this build. The most notable, perhaps, is tied to Windows 11’s onerous and arbitrary hardware requirements: Now, virtual machine (VM) installs of Windows 11 will have the same hardware requirements as installs on physical PCs. Microsoft has also fixed several issues in this build, of course. These apps were previously released to Insiders in the Dev channel, which has since moved along to testing features that will be added to Windows 11 after its October 5 public release. But Microsoft is now providing these PCs with a small handful of in-box apps that have been updated for Windows 11 and sometimes include new features, such Calculator, Clock, and Snipping Tool. Build 22000.194 is now available to PCs enrolled in the Windows Insider Program’s Beta channel and to commercial PCs in the Release Preview channel.Īs you should expect given the time frame, there are no new features.

With less than three weeks to go before its public debut, Microsoft has issued a near-final build of Windows 11 to testers.

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