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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (Dev Channel) — what IT should know
By WindowsForum Staff — August 15, 2025
Summary
Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5751 (KB5064071) to the Dev Channel on August 15, 2025. (blogs.windows.com)
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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 today pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 (KB5064080) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, a targeted cumulative update for Windows 11, version 23H2 that bundles a set of quality fixes, device-management improvements, and a notable enterprise addition: Microsoft’s Windows Backup...
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Microsoft has issued a firm deadline: Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro) will stop receiving updates on November 11, 2025, which means security patches and quality fixes end on that date — leaving holdouts with an increasingly risky system and, for most consumers, no practical option but to...
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In a world where every second counts—especially for IT professionals and enterprise users—Windows 11 has introduced a rather revolutionary concept in its latest update: hotpatching. Released on November 19, 2024, as part of the KB5046696 update for the Enterprise edition of Windows 11 24H2, this...
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