Windows 11 build 25324.1000

10.0.25324.1000.rs_prerelease.230317-1418
	Build of Zinc
OS family	Windows 11 (NT 10.0)
Version number	10.0
Build number	25324
Build revision	1000
Architecture	AMD64, ARM64
Build lab	rs_prerelease
Compiled on	2023-03-17
Expiration date
Timebomb	2023-09-15 (+182 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 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.

New features and changes[edit | edit source]

Widgets[edit | edit source]

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 43028164 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 43214488 velocity ID.

Shell[edit | edit source]

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 43349158 and 43572857 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 42905461 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 39880030, 40268500 (with the variant parameter set to 0, 1 or 3 for multiple visuals), 40522394 and 41744267 velocity IDs.

Settings[edit | edit source]

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 42401084 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 40347509, 41878171 and 42866187 velocity IDs.

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]

General[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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.