Windows 11 build 25324.1000

Windows 11 build 25324.1000 is the fifteenth Insider Preview and the fourteenth available client build of Zinc, the 23H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel on 23 March 2023, along with its server counterpart.

Widgets

 * The Widgets board has been revamped with a larger canvas and dedicated sections for widgets and feed content. This change is only available to a subset of users, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the  velocity ID.
 * The Widgets entry point on the taskbar has been animated, which triggers when hovering or clicking on it or when a new Widget announcement is displayed. Only a few weather and finance icons are supported.
 * The ability to show the Widgets entry point next to the system tray when the taskbar is left-aligned has been added. This features is disabled by default, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the  velocity ID.

Shell

 * A new Bing Chat button and highlight has been implemented to the search box on the taskbar. This change is only available to a subset of users who sign in with a Microsoft account and get access to the new Bing preview. It can be toggled on manually by enabling the  and   velocity IDs.
 * The ability to show website recommendations from browsing history in Start menu has been added (toggleable via Personalization > Start in the Settings app). This feature is disabled by default, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the  velocity ID.
 * The visuals of the new Spotlight UI, previously re-introduced in build 25281, have been refined. This change can be toggled on manually by enabling the,   (with the   parameter set to 0, 1 or 3 for multiple visuals),   and   velocity IDs.

Settings

 * The new dedicated page for viewing USB 4 domains under Bluetooth & devices > USB, initially implemented in build 25314, has been rolled out.
 * The option to select user preferred camera has been added under Accounts > Sign-in Options when multiple cameras compatible with Windows Hello are connected.
 * The support of creating and attaching virtual hard disks has been added under System > Storage > Disks & volumes. This feature is disabled by default, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the  velocity ID.
 * The support of creating ReFS developer volumes (also known as Dev Drive) has been added under Privacy & security > For developers and System > Storage > Disks & volumes. This feature is disabled by default, but can be toggled on manually by enabling the,   and   velocity IDs.

Miscellaneous

 * A warning dialog on unsafe password copy and paste will display if the warning options for Windows Security under App & browser control > Reputation-based protection > Phishing protection is enabled. This feature is only available to a subset of users.
 * Support for the SHA-3 family of hash functions, SHA-3 HMAC algorithms, and SHA-3 derived algorithms have been added.
 * The performance of the calculating phase when sending a large number of files at once in File Explorer to the Recycle bin has been improved.
 * The support of characters defined in GB18030-2022 has been implemented to several Simplified Chinese fonts and the Microsoft Pinyin IME.
 * The ReFS file system has been updated to 3.10.

Bugfixes
Fixed an issue that was preventing laptop users from adjusting screen brightness.

General

 * The system may take longer than expected to upgrade to this build in certain cases.
 * The "Getting ready for you" screens may appear for Azure Active Directory joined users when signing into Windows after upgrading to this build.
 * The screen may appear black for several minutes when upgrading to this build.
 * Windows Sandbox may fail to launch in certain cases.
 * Users may fail to shut down Windows when certain USB controllers are connected.

File Explorer

 * The access keys in the XAML context menu may appear inconsistently if no button is pressed. Pressing a button will cause them to reappear.
 * The following issues will only apply if the file recommendations feature is enabled:
 * Clicking on the Share command may bring up the Windows share sheet (non-OneDrive).
 * Clicking on the "Open File Location" command may pop an error dialog.
 * Clicking on the "Remove from list" command may result in no actions.

Settings

 * When adding a language via the Language & Region page, the installation progress may become hidden, and users may not see install completion for enhanced speech recognition.
 * The Language & Region page may not offer the necessary speech recognition language support for live captions for up to an hour after first login.

Live captions

 * The enhanced speech recognition support may not be installed correctly through the Language & Region page in the Settings app on ARM64 devices.
 * Captioning performance may be degraded in non-English languages and missing out-of-language filtering in non-English (United States) languages.

Safe mode

 * Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the  service not running.
 * Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer.