🔄 Insider Updates 🔵 Optional Windows 11 Insider Preview build 29671.

🔄 Insider Updates

🔵 Optional Windows 11 Insider Preview build 29671.1000 , Experimental (Future Platforms) channel. The update includes minor fixes, general improvements, and several notable Start menu changes.

The Start menu’s “Recommended” section has been renamed “Recent,” and users can now independently show or hide the Pinned, Recent, and All sections. Microsoft also added layout options for small or large Start menus, plus a new setting to hide the user name and profile picture. The Settings app page for Start menu options has also been redesigned.

On the fix side, Hyper-V now addresses a crash issue involving HCS-managed virtual machines and Linux guests using Plan9 folder sharing. Microsoft also fixed a system hang that some Insiders saw when the UAC dialog appeared.

🔵 Windows 11 Build 28120.3032 is now rolling out to Insiders in the Experimental 26H1 channel. It’s a preview of OS version 26H1 and mainly focuses on minor fixes, plus a notable gaming bug fix for Easy Anti-Cheat titles that were failing to launch with error 0xc000007b.

The biggest addition is Cloud Rebuild, a new recovery option that can fully reinstall Windows 11 and restore a PC to a known-good state even if it won’t boot. Unlike Reset this PC, it downloads the Windows image and drivers from Windows Update, so no USB drive or local install media is needed. Insiders can try it from WinRE under Troubleshooting > Recovery and Removal > Cloud Rebuild, after connecting to Wi‑Fi or Ethernet and confirming the warning about data loss.

Microsoft also fixed a Hyper-V issue affecting some apps using HCS-managed virtual machines and Plan9 folder sharing with Linux guests.

🔵Windows 11 Build 26340.9502 is now in the Experimental Insider channel, bringing several accessibility, recovery, virtualization, and backup updates. For users with the latest-updates toggle enabled, Microsoft adds a new Mouse Indicator animation and lets it stay active until Esc is pressed.

Magnifier now includes a high-contrast theme toggle, giving users a darker interface without inverting photos, videos, or graphics. Color inversion still remains available as a separate option for those who prefer it.

Cloud Rebuild has also been expanded. It can now securely erase device storage during recovery, with options for keeping the PC or cleaning it before resale or transfer. IT admins can also trigger Cloud Rebuild remotely through the Recovery CSP.

Other updates include a new Live Captions setting that ignores screen reader audio by default, plus fixes for Hyper-V folder sharing and File History backup failures.

🔵Windows 11 Insider Preview build 26220.9492, Beta channel. The main feature is a new “Include Screen Reader audio” setting, turned off by default. When disabled, Live Captions will not transcribe speech from screen readers like Narrator, JAWS, or NVDA, and will instead focus on microphone and system audio.

Microsoft also fixed a Hyper-V issue that could cause some apps using HCS-managed virtual machines to crash when sharing folders with Linux VMs through Plan9. In addition, a File History bug that produced the error “No usable drives found” has been resolved.