Erik Moreau

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Delete OEM drivers (to enable memory integrity)

On Windows 10/11 when memory integrity cannot be switched on due to incompatible drivers, you can use pnputil.exe to remove the affected OEM drivers Open Windows Security Select Device Security Select the Core isolation details Set the slider to ON to enable core isolation If any incompatible (old) drivers are on the system, you will …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25217

Hi all, last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25217 to the Dev Channel. Upgrades went sooth here, Keep an eye on your Phishing protection in Windows Security, still turned back off after upgrading it seems (https://aka.ms/AAi6ain) @WindowsInisder program turned 8 this month, be on the lookout for this new badge. What’s new Developers …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25211

Hi all, last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25211 to the Dev Channel. All upgrades went smoothly here. Task manager is back on the option list when you right-click the taskbar, personally I had gotten used to it but anyhow nice to see it’s back, muscle memory does still take me there 🙂 …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25206

Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25206 to the Dev Channel. Upgrades are going smooth here, however you don’t want to do a reset of your Windows on the current Dev builds (unless you know a new build is getting released soon). Together with @aavdberg we’ve been testing resetting devices on …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25201

Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25201 to the Dev Channel. All updates went smooth here, noticed a cache issue since a few builds, with settings app open, check for updates & leave the app open (can be minimized) after a while all updates that have passed are stacked up as ‘completed’, …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25197

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25197 to the Dev Channel. What’s new Tablet-optimized taskbar We’re re-introducing the touch-optimized taskbar that’s designed to make you feel more confident and comfortable using your device as a tablet. Your taskbar will automatically transition to this optimized version when you disconnect or fold back the keyboard on …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25193

Hi all, last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25193 to the Dev Channel. Upgrades went smooth, no hiccup’s only the Surface GO took ages to pass ‘Working on updates 20%’ after the reboot Happy Upgrading! What’s new Introducing Xbox subscription management in Settings With this build, we are introducing a new Xbox subscription management …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25188

Hello all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25188 to the Dev Channel. Fast & smooth here no issues during the upgrades Stange icon dace on the taskbar, when you open up just enough app to fill the taskbar with icons, they start dancing (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAhv9bt) Happy ppgrading! What’s new Updated Touch Keyboard …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25182

Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25182 to the Dev Channel. Upgrades went smooth here on all devices, no GSOD on the Surface Book 3 any more up to now The Surface App is having a strange issue with the images (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAhqbd9) Fixes [General] We fixed the issue that …

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Reliability History- quick status check

When issues arrise on a Windows device many of us dive into the eventlogs, check when latest updates were installed, when the device was restarted, how often does a certain app crash… This can be quite a job filtering through logs, looking up info at numerous locations. Windows has a built-in tool that does a …

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