Windows version numbers, according to Sinofsky back when 8.1 was due, often change simply for internal bookkeeping reasons. That was the reason for a more rounded build number on that final version as best as I remember he told me now.
I find it strange that every time MS comes out with a beta ISO everyone claims that it is the final RTM version. Be patient people. We'll know in less than a week now. They very well could ship 22000.194 isos and issue a day one cumulative patch to fix the major issue of the taskbar failure. I don't think they should, but you know how companies work. Deadlines and money trump quality every time. One thing to note about these cumulative patches is that they have already been compiled and are in the process of being tested. It's not like they haven't finished them. They're done. They just may not have the time to test them properly in order to fit their deadline.
Every time when a new build was expected we get numerous posts claiming all kinds of things, most got used to it (272 pages by now).
There seems no issue with the Taskbar on clean installs as the main operating system. 22000.194 works and can be shipped on new machines. Customers will see a good working system. I see a major CU update some time, say a week, after the main release, BUT thats my speculation. This overall release has a different feel to previous releases, there seems no priority in getting it right, more on get it out there, and we will fix it later. Hence I have no problems just loading 22000.194, (or the next released ISO). All will immediately get upgraded. Seems little point getting the "Latest Official ISO".
MS said long ago that there will no be android apps support till 2022 Project Astoria 2 Electric Bogaloo
Most people don't experience it. I couldn't replicate it. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. We don't exactly know what causes this issue. It could be triggered by something. So to suggest that all of the systems are fine because they are currently not experiencing the issue is false. About all we know about the issue is that it's related somehow to that registry key that MS said on their blog to delete if people experienced the problem. It's never so simple as don't create a registry key and you'll be fine. Something about the way the OS handles the taskbar is looking for reg keys and dealing with services and prioritizing things incorrectly. It's clear they've redesigned the entire taskbar for xaml use and they've caused a lot of issues in the process. They need to get this right before they release their final version of the OS and sadly I'm not sure they will.
Well say that to my 194 who hides the wifi icon battery and clock on the taskbar and it only shows up when ya launch a program
Anyone else noticed that Win11 takes a little longer to boot ? There is a thread in reddit from people who experience the same thing.
One simple way to get a fast start is turn off most apps at startup. Go to Settings - apps - startup. Turn off all those apps you just dont need to start and that will speed it up nicely.
That was my experience as well. 11 takes a good ~5 seconds longer to boot vs 10, maybe it's all of that Secure Boot/TPM check it needs to perform?