Windows 11 build 25267 (rs_prerelease)

10.0.25267.1000.rs_prerelease.221209-1557

Build of Zinc
OS family	Windows 11 (NT 10.0)
Version number	10.0
Build number	25267
Build revision	1000
Architecture	AMD64, ARM64
Build lab	rs_prerelease
Compiled on	2022-12-09
Expiration date
Timebomb	2023-09-15 (+280 days)
SKUs
Home (N, Single Language, China) SE (N) Pro (N, Single Language, China) Pro Education (N) Pro for Workstations (N) Education (N) Enterprise (Evaluation, G, GN, N, N Evaluation) IoT Enterprise Team
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Windows 11 build 25267 is the fifth Insider Preview and the fourth available client build of Zinc, the 23H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 14 December 2022, along with its server counterpart.

New features and changes

Shell

• The corner radius of the search box on the taskbar and the Start menu (when typing) has been changed with a larger one. The old design is still used in Start menu when not typing.
• The Windows Firewall Security Alert dialog has been updated to match the design aesthetics of Windows 11.

Settings

The error code under Windows Update > Update history can now be selectable.

Miscellaneous

• The screen reader has been updated to exclude the words "system state" when setting focus to each of the Quick Settings icons on the taskbar.
• When moving the focus set to an app icon on the taskbar by pressing Alt+⇧ Shift+← or →, Narrator will say that it has been moved.
• The inbox version of Windows Subsystem for Linux has been removed.
• Starting with this build, users of the Pro SKU can no longer connect to a remote share by using guest credentials by default.

Bugfixes

General

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Cast to Device feature to not work properly in certain cases.
• Fixed an issue where restartable copies of a file with alternate data streams were hanging frequently.

Shell

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Bluetooth section of Quick Settings to crash sometimes.
• Fixed a high hitting explorer.exe crash.
• Fixed an issue where using "Browse for Folder" from an app in File Explorer would only show Desktop and no other folders.
• The following issues will only apply if the search box on the taskbar is enabled:
  • Fixed the issue that was causing the search box which appeared to be floating on the desktop when changing the primary monitor or plugging in an external display.
  • Fixed the issue that was causing the text in the search box to be clipped on the bottom when using increased text scaling.

Input

• Fixed an issue where clicking the notification received the first time users press Alt+⇧ Shift would unexpectedly open a Command Prompt window.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the first candidate item to be invisible or clipped sometimes in the Simplified Chinese IME candidate window.

Bugs and quirks

General

• A black screen may appear when resuming from sleep or hibernate on certain ARM64 devices.
• Using Windows Hello to sign in with facial recognition may not work on certain ARM64 devices.
• The Live Captions feature may not work in certain cases.
• The system may take longer than expected to upgrade to this build in certain cases.

Shell

• Various UI elements in apps may disappear and reappear repeatedly.
• On some locales, the default font used in several UI elements (such as the date and time on the taskbar) may change to regular Segoe UI instead of Segoe UI Variable.
• The taskbar may sometimes be cropped in half when using the tablet-optimized taskbar.
• The following issues will only apply if the search box on the taskbar is enabled:
  • The search box may not render correctly and display visual artifacts.
  • Several layout issues with the text in the search box may appear on right-to-left locales.
  • Some Japanese IME candidate items may be clipped inside the search box.

Task Manager

• Filtering by publisher name may not match correctly on the Processes page.
• Some services may not show in the Services page after filtering is applied.
• If a new process is starting while a filter is set, then that process may appear for a split second in the filtered list.
• Some dialogs may not render in the correct theme when applied from the Settings page.
• The data content area of the Processes page may flash once when theme changes are applied in the Settings page.
• The Task Manager may not display light and dark content correctly with unreadable text when the "Choose your mode" option under Personalization > Colors in the Settings app is set to Custom.
• The Startup apps page may not list any apps in certain cases.

Widgets

• On right-to-left locales, the content may animate out of view before the Widgets board resizes when clicking to expanded view of the Widgets board.
• Pressing the Expand/Collapse button on the top right side of the widgets board may cause it to get stuck and then crash.
• The widgets board may get stuck open in an invisible state for users in certain regions, causing clicks on the left side of the screen to not work.
  • Pressing ⊞ Win+D may resolve this issue.

Safe mode

• Enabling the search box/icon on the taskbar may cause explorer.exe to hang or crash.
• Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the Capability Access Manager Service service not running.
• Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer 0xc0000409.

Gallery

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  Boot screen

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  The search box on the taskbar

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  The Windows Security Alert dialog

External links

• Official announcement