[DISCUSSION] Windows 11 Build 26100 (PC) [24H2 Retail- GE-release]

Discussion in 'Windows 11' started by Enthousiast, Apr 3, 2024.

  1. EaglePC

    EaglePC MDL Expert

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    Windows 11 is now almost a 4 year old OS, Windows 10 is soon to hit its final EOL date.

    Microsoft always supports 2 versions of Windows concurrently (the current one + the one released prior).

    Hints of a new UI style for Windows have started surfacing in different places, firstly, with Windows CPC/NXT -- the Thin Client OS that runs on the 365 Link, although it lacks a proper desktop, it is clearly noticeable it looks different from standard W11, with a much rounder and more translucent UI.

    And last week, build 26120.3281 for the dev channel brought this same rounder style to full desktop Windows, although only in the Recall/Click to Do apps for now.

    I have reason to believe Microsoft is going to revamp the entire Windows UI with this new cleaner, rounder style borrowed from NXT/CPC.

    Moreover, Zac Bowden said 25H2 is a new platform release as opposed to only an enablement package, which is really a technical way of saying its going to be a new OS.
    The visual language departure from W11 will be so large it will warrant a new brand name instead of just being called the "Windows 11 2025 Update".

    Soon the Dev channel should start testing builds from the se_release development branch, which should be the same 27xxx builds now being tested on Canary, but with new user-facing features combined, most likely the first of these new builds (dropping tomorrow or next week) will already include the rounder context menus for the whole OS.


    And of course, MSFT can't just keep rehashing and reusing the Windows 11 name forever. At some point users and PC manufacturers will start getting anxious for something actually new. Just imagine, 40 years from now, "Windows 11 65H2" -- no... just no....

    We'll see.
     
  2. cta62

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    I don’t think you have your information correct because the 25H2 update is an enablement package. Zac Bowden doesn’t work for Microsoft. How the hell would he know over people who do that said it was an enablement package on Twitter? You always post incorrect stuff. Give it a rest already.
     
  3. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Iirc wacky zacky is an ex MSFT employee, but now lives from his contacts inside msft instead of real work;) Brandon Leblanc once said he should stop whining about the stopping of that music platform by msft:D

    But windows will be called windows 365 in the future, so it can be waas forever :D
     
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  4. boe323

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    Does anyone here know about a decade old function? emergency shutdown?
    ctrl-alt-delete, hold ctrl and click the power button in bottom right?
    I came across this today and its apparently a really old feature
     
  5. Free_Being

    Free_Being MDL Novice

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    I think that's similar to :
    shutdown -s -f -t 0
     
  6. June's Hill

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    You can just press the power button in your PC/Laptop; or you can keep pressing that button for more than 05 seconds and it will shut down forcibly.
    Or even better, just press the (Red) button of your Voltage-Stabilizer/UPS, if bad people hits your door, and you need your VeraCrypt Container (AES-TwoFish-Serpent) to be closed immediately :clap:
     
  7. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream
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    Or yank the power cord if you don't have UPS. Voltage stabilizers or pre-transformers are not used anymore in most countries with stable power.

    Warning, forced shutdown. Comes with consequences.
     
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  8. boe323

    boe323 MDL Expert

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    yea i know about force shutdown of the motherboard
     
  9. JackOO7

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    Just saw this in File Explorer. Never saw it before.

    upload_2025-5-7_19-34-28.png
     
  10. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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  11. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    It says "quick access" where you made the names unreadable, so i assumed you meant that section,

    Maybe circle what you meant to address.
     
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  12. boe323

    boe323 MDL Expert

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    #3473 boe323, May 7, 2025 at 19:35
    Last edited: May 7, 2025 at 19:49
    upload_2025-5-7_19-36-18.png

    Theres another option coming soon
    personalize/start options are unticked, but it still should show shared as well as favourites tab as far as i know
     
  13. Hasefroch

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    they call it "show files from Office.com" but isn't the name "MS365 or M365 Copilot"? Microsoft always being inconsistent
     
  14. Hasefroch

    Hasefroch MDL Addicted

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    FLASH! Copilot.com now is owned by Microsoft, and redirects to Copilot.microsoft.com
     
  15. bdl

    bdl MDL Addicted

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    New stable build today ?
     
  16. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    ?

    You mean a retail channel update? next tuesday is monthly patch tuesday.
     
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  17. yro

    yro MDL Addicted

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    hello guys. i know its too much to ask but, hey! i can try.

    if possible can anyone share the
    pt-br_windows_11_consumer_editions_version_24h2_updated_april_2025_arm64_dvd_ea86301d.iso in somewhere else than annon files? i cant download from there. it would be great in google drive, one drive, megaup, etc.. :D
     
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  18. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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  19. yro

    yro MDL Addicted

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    in fact, it would be nice to have these two isos if possible:

    pt-br_windows_10_consumer_editions_version_22h2_updated_april_2025_x64_dvd_a39ebe02.iso

    and

    pt-br_windows_11_consumer_editions_version_24h2_updated_april_2025_x64_dvd_ea86301d.iso
     
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