With an October 5 launch date looming, Microsoft quietly pushed Windows 11 into the Insider Program’s Release Preview channel.
“We are making Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.194 available as an optional update for any Windows Insider on an eligible PC in the Release Preview Channel,” Microsoft noted in an addition to a blog post from a week earlier, ensuring that no one would be alerted to the change. We have also made the ISOs available for Build 22000.194.”
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Build 22000.194 was originally provided to Windows Insiders in the Beta channel and to commercial PCs in the Release Preview Channel last week; this build has no new features, of course, but it was the first to include updated Calculator, Clock, and Snipping Tool apps outside of the Dev channel.
The Beta channel—and now the Release Preview channel—is currently testing the version of Windows 11 that will ship to customers on October 5. (The Dev channel is not affiliated with a specific version of Windows 11 but is instead designed to test features and improvements that could appear in the platform at any time in the future.)
Why Microsoft didn’t announce this major milestone on the road to completion in its own post is unclear but sadly typical.
You can download the Windows 11 build 22000.194 ISO from the Windows Insider Preview Downloads website, assuming you’re an Insider.
blue77star
<p>This OS is incredible pile of junk.</p>
blue77star
<p>I have a game F1 2021 installed and couple others. When I click on start to search for a game to launch it does not find it. What there is good about it? What I get is useless web search results, how is that good? When I want to unpack archived files with 7zip I have to make an extra trip to show more options to get where I want to be, how is that good? Windows 11 has no improvements at all for desktop users. It performs same as Windows 10, let’s cut that BS. I have a proper hardware to test it which is 5950x Zen 3. There are absolutely no performance gains.</p><p>Also the taskbar is completely broken, meaning has nothing on it, just one option called Taskbar Settings which is pretty basic. As I said, OS is a junk. It is Windows 10 with UI which is nothing but agonizing for desktop users.</p>
blue77star
<p>Let me add more agonizing things in Windows 11:</p><ol><li>When I want to switch audio device requires extra click which is not really nice to go about</li><li>When I want to switch different wireless connection requires extra click</li><li>Settings are so so useless, real clustered f. with ton of useless options which should even be part of OS to start with</li><li>Most important things to setup, you still need to use control panel and if they are moved to Settings it is limited and it is junk.</li></ol><p><br></p><p><br></p>