Headline: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) — what’s new, what’s fixed, and what Insiders and IT should do next
Byline: Analysis for WindowsForum.com — published Aug 15, 2025
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Today Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) to the Dev...
Today’s Beta‑Channel flight brings Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 (KB5064071), a focused incremental update that continues Microsoft’s push to make AI features like Recall and Click to Do more useful and more reliable while tightening up a raft of UI and reliability fixes for...
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Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 (KB5064071) to the Beta Channel, a modest but meaningful update for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2 that refines Click to Do selection, softens some visual chrome in File Explorer, and continues Microsoft’s phased “controlled...
Today’s Dev Channel drop for Windows Insiders brings a modest-but-meaningful update: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) adds targeted improvements to Copilot-era tooling, a handful of UI polish items, and several reliability fixes — while carrying a few known installation...
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Microsoft’s newest messaging about the future of Windows makes a simple, startling claim: the next generation of the OS will be multimodal and agentic—able to see, hear, and act on users’ behalf—and that voice and vision will become first-class inputs alongside (and sometimes ahead of) the mouse...
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Deep Dive: Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) — what’s new, what to watch for, and how to handle it
Published: August 14, 2025
Microsoft today released Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (packaged as KB5064081) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel for Windows 11, version 24H2 (OS build...
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Today Microsoft pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27924 to the Canary Channel, and with it a clear signal of where the company is placing its engineering bets: fast-moving platform work coupled with an expanding set of Copilot+ PC experiences (and the trade-offs that come with...
Today Microsoft pushed a new Release Preview build for Windows 11, version 24H2: Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081). At first glance this looks like another cumulative preview, but the blog post and supporting documentation show it carries a broad mix of items — from the continued staged rollout of...
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Today’s Canary-channel flight, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27924, marks a significant push by Microsoft into earlier-stage platform experimentation — and it ships with a packed, sometimes contentious mix of AI-driven features for Copilot+ PCs, new system-level settings, app updates, and...
One week after Microsoft released its short “vision” video for the future of Windows, Pavan Davuluri — the executive directly responsible for Windows product development — laid out, in clear and practical terms, how on-device AI, multimodal inputs, and cloud orchestration will reshape the...
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Microsoft appears to be experimenting with a major rethink of the Windows 11 taskbar — moving it from a passive launcher into an ambient, always-available AI hub that could surface context-aware assistance, multimodal helpers, and even agentic automations with a single click.
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This month’s Patch Tuesday isn’t just another round of security fixes — it’s a functional pivot for how Windows 11 helps you recover, control, and interact with your PC. Microsoft’s preview updates introduce Recall export and reset controls (EEA-only export), a system-level Quick Machine...
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Microsoft is quietly testing a new way to put AI front and center on the desktop: references in recent Insider and server preview builds point to an “agentic companions” presence on the Windows 11 Taskbar — a dedicated button that could summon proactive, multimodal AI helpers able to see, hear...
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Microsoft appears to be testing a new AI layer for Windows 11’s taskbar: references to a “Taskbar Companion” and “agentic companions” have been found in recent preview and server builds, suggesting Microsoft is experimenting with making the taskbar an entry point for proactive, context-aware AI...
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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5742 to the Dev Channel, a focused update that reshuffles several legacy Control Panel options into Settings, tightens up File Explorer performance and visuals, and rolls out a redesigned mobile device companion inside the Start menu —...
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Microsoft’s unveiling of the Copilot+ PC category in 2024 marked a defining moment in the evolution of personal computing, promising a transformation that extends far beyond incremental upgrades. These so-called “AI laptops” tout themselves as the fastest and most intelligent Windows PCs ever...
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Microsoft has unveiled a suite of AI-driven enhancements for Windows 11, specifically tailored for Copilot+ PCs. These updates aim to streamline user interactions and elevate creative capabilities through advanced artificial intelligence integration.
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Microsoft has recently released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5733 (KB5062673) to the Dev Channel, introducing several enhancements aimed at improving user experience and system functionality.
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For users signed in with a work or school account (Entra ID), File...
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The August 2025 Security Update for Windows 11 marks a major inflection point for the operating system, introducing a suite of eight new features and several subtle—yet consequential—refinements across its interface, AI capabilities, and recovery tools. As Microsoft continues its measured...
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Microsoft’s continuing evolution of Windows 11 has always hinged on their knack for iterative innovation, but the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5722 (KB5062669) to the Dev and Beta Channels unveils a distinct, AI-driven leap forward—one that Windows enthusiasts, IT...
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