For a few hours, a new Windows 11 cumulative update has been available. Named KB5026446 it is optional. This is a “Preview” of part of the stream planned for the next Patch Tuesday. Better Microsoft is testing the new features of its Moment 3 update.
The KB5026446 update has just appeared in the Windows Update service of Windows 11. Its download and installation are not automatic. This is an “optional” update requiring user intervention. Microsoft offers patches and especially new features.
If the option ” receive the latest updates as soon as they are available” is active the update will be fetched and new features will likely be unlocked. This content should be considered beta content. For what ? This is a preview of Windows 11 Cumulative Update 22H2 KB5026446. The stable version will be widely deployed on June 13, 2023.
Windows 11 and Moment 3
One of the easiest ways to find out if new features are available after installation is to use the IMP key on the keyboard. If it triggers the opening of the “Screen Capture” tool, it’s a good sign. Otherwise the IMP key will trigger a copy of the screen to the clipboard.”
Another option is to launch Task Manager ( Ctlr+Shift+Esc) to go to the Details tab. Then right-click on the system process to check if the option to create a “real-time kernel memory dump” file is possible.
In most cases it is possible to recover Moments 3 by activating the option ” receive the latest updates as soon as they are available” before running a check for updates or installing this preview. In our case the option allowed to activate the functionalities after the manual installation of KB5026446. A second reboot was required.
If your system does not offer new after installing KB5026446, you can also try this trick
- Download the latest version of ViVeTool via > GitHub,
- Unpack the archive into a folder and copy its path to the clipboard.
- Then using the Terminal go to the directory in question using the command cd + path copied to the clipboard.
- Finally run the command
./vivetool /enable /id:4165523.
A restart of the PC is required for the changes to take effect.
You can also grab the update manually for offline installation. It is available on the Microsoft Catalog Update distribution channel.
KB5026446 and its contents
Regarding its content Microsoft does not give much information. Its installation allows Windows 11 22H2 to evolve to version 22621.1778. You can check this number by running “winver.exe” in Executer.
The release note mentions only two new features
- The full storage capacity of all Microsoft OneDrive subscriptions is available on the Accounts page of the Settings app.
- Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio technology is supported for improved audio fidelity and battery life.
It is probably automatically activated on all devices, which is not the case for the rest. The content suite aims to strengthen the reliability of the OS with numerous patches and fixes. They cover many areas. We can quote
- The narrator,
- The Edge browser,
- audio playback,
- The touch keyboard
- Searchindexer.exe, SMB (Server Message Block), the LSASS service (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service) or even the event viewer.
You will find all the details at the end of the article.
KB5026446 – release note
highlights
- New! This update provides the full amount of storage capacity of all your Microsoft OneDrive subscriptions. It also displays the total storage on the Accounts page in the Settings app.
- New! This update adds Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) Audio. Your computer must support Bluetooth LE Audio to use this feature. This update improves audio fidelity and battery life when you pair your computer with Bluetooth LE Audio earbuds and headphones.
- This update addresses an issue that affects Narrator. It now announces text attributes correctly for words, such as “misspelled,” “deletion change,” and “comment.”
- This update addresses an issue that affects access to Tab settings for IE mode sites.
- This update addresses a multi-function label printer issue. It affects the installation of some of them.
- This update addresses an issue that affects audio playback. It fails on devices that have certain processors.
- This update addresses an issue that affects the touch keyboard. It shows the wrong layout for the French-Canadian language.
- This update addresses an issue that affects the touch keyboard. Sometimes, it does not show the correct layout based on the current input scope.
- This update addresses an issue that affects the Chinese and Japanese Input Method Editor (IME). When you search within the Emoji Panel (Windows key + period (.) ), search might fail for some of you.
Improvements
This non-security update includes quality improvements. When you install this KB:
- This update addresses an issue that affects searchindexer.exe. It stops working after you sign out. This issue occurs after you upgrade your machine to Windows 11 Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and sign in to that machine.
- This update addresses an issue that affects Server Message Block (SMB). You cannot access the SMB shared folder. The errors are, “Not enough memory resources” or “Insufficient system resources.”
- The update addresses an issue that sends unexpected password expiration notices to users. This occurs when you set up an account to use “Smart Card is Required for Interactive Logon” and set “Enable rolling of expiring NTLM secrets.”
- This update addresses an issue that affects the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). It stops working. This occurs when you use Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
- This update addresses an issue that affects the Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) cluster. It might not come online. This occurs after a periodic password rollover. The error code is 1326.
- This update addresses an issue that affects dot sourcing. It fails files that contain class definition in Windows PowerShell.
- This update addresses an issue that affects the use of the Event Viewer. The issue limits the number of event sources that users who are not administrators can access.
- This update addresses an Event Viewer issue. It affects the rendering of a forwarded event log.
- This update addresses a memory leak. It occurs every time you print a rich text document.
- This update addresses an issue that affects a computer when it renders a halftone bitmap. The computer stops working.
- This update addresses an issue that affects devices that have multiple, discreet GPUs. You cannot choose the high-performance GPUs from the default graphics settings page.
- This update addresses an issue that stops your device from working when it resumes from Modern Standby. The error is 0x13A KERNEL_MODE_HEAP_CORRUPTION.
- This update addresses an issue that affects applications that perform certain actions in a callback. The apps might stop working. These actions include closing a Window (WM_CLOSE).
- This update changes the support phone number for Microsoft India for Windows activation.
- This update changes the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) ranges for certain mobile providers.
- This update addresses an issue that affects the Windows Firewall. The firewall drops all connections to the IP address of a captive portal. This occurs when you choose the Captive Portal Addresses option.
- This update addresses an issue that affects devices that are joined to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The Windows Firewall cannot apply the correct domain and profile for them.
- This update addresses an issue that affects Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC). It might create audit events that you do not need. This occurs when you choose the Disabled: Script Enforcement option.
- This update addresses an issue that affects the Chinese and Japanese Handwriting Panel. It does not show text prediction candidates or stops responding. This occurs when you select a word from the candidate list of the Handwriting Panel.
- This update addresses an issue that affects the runes command. It stops working. The device behaves as if you did not sign in to your account.
- This update addresses an issue that might affect a large reparse point. You might get a stop error when you use NTFS to access it. This issue occurs after a canceled FSCTL Set operation changes the reparse tag.
- This update addresses a known issue that might affect some speech recognition apps. They might have sporadic speech recognition, expressive input, and handwriting issues. This occurs when the display language is Chinese or Japanese. The apps might not recognize certain words. They might not receive any input from speech recognition or affected input types. This issue is more likely to occur when the apps use offline speech recognition. For app developers, this issue only affects speech recognition that uses Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS) in Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition. This issue does not affect other types of speech recognition.
- This update addresses an issue that affects the MDM_VPNv2_01 class. Enumerating this class fails. The error message is, “Generic Error.”
