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The boot spinner is the animated loading indicator that appears during Windows startup, login, and system transitions. Windows 11 is testing a replacement for the Windows 8-era dotted boot spinner in Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8289. This hidden feature can be enabled with ViVeTool using feature ID 59728252. The change is not yet enabled by default and has not been formally announced by Microsoft, but it reflects ongoing efforts to modernize the Windows interface. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover the discovery, implications, and user reactions to this visual update.
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    Windows 11 May Replace the Windows 8 Dotted Boot Spinner in Insider Build 26300

    Microsoft appears to be quietly preparing one of the smallest but most symbolically loaded visual updates in Windows 11: a replacement for the Windows 8-era dotted loading spinner that has greeted users during boot, login, restart, and other system transitions for more than a decade. The change...
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