Other Users settings page in Windows 11. Among the options for the user "Test" is one to change the account name, next to "Account details".
Change account name dialog in Windows 11's Settings app, allowing the user to type a new name for it. 'Asdf' has been entered.
The (still hidden) migrated "Change account name" option in Settings now works properly in build 26300.7965!
Energy saver quick setting in Windows 11 with its tooltip ("Take action to extend battery life") visible.
Energy saver quick settings page in Windows 11. It is completely blank and only shows the "Energy saver" title at the top.
The updated quick setting has also been turned into a split toggle with a currently blank subpage, energy recommendations will likely be displayed here in a later build.
Quick settings in Windows 11. The right click menu for "Energy saver" is shown, with two options: Go to Settings and Edit quick settings.
Quick settings in Windows 11. The quick settings menu is in edit mode, and Energy saver is shrunk slightly and has a little pin icon in the top right to indicate that it is removable. "Done" and "Add" buttons are visible at the bottom.
It looks like the ability to remove unwanted quick actions from Windows 11's quick settings menu is finally returning!
Hidden in build 26300.7965 is an updated energy saver quick setting which supports this (removing it doesn't work just yet, though). Hopefully more follow suit.
Same for Canary's Br path, 28020.1673
Update: Beta candidate got a revision, 26220.7932 now cooking.
Cooking
🐦 29538.1000 + 28020.1672
🧑💻 26300.7936
🐟 26220.7931
Make Print Screen key yieldable
This policy setting determines whether the Print Screen key can be yielded to other applications.
If you enable this policy setting, the print Screen key can be intercepted by applications, allowing them to override the default screenshot functionality.
26300.7877
"Other Users" settings page in Windows 11. Among the options for the user "Test" is "Account name".
The option to change user account name is finally being migrated from Control Panel to Settings. Here it is in 26300.7877, doesn't work just yet (see duplicated "Change account *type*" button that opens the dialog for changing between standard user and administrator)
For Canary Insiders who didn't move to 29xxx: build 28020.1619 coming later today.
Also:
🧑💻 26300.7877 + 🐟 26220.7872
These first made an appearance in 252xx, were removed from Insider builds in ge_release (260xx) and made a return in build 27744, being disabled by default all that time. Only now are they finally shipping on by default
Reset this PC dialog in Windows 11. It asks the user to choose between keeping their files and removing everything.
Final page of the "Go back to earlier build" flow in Windows 11's Settings app, thanking the user for trying out the currently installed preview build and letting them go back with a button in the bottom right hand corner.
Undocumented change in Canary build 29531: the modernized reset this PC and go back to earlier build dialogs are now enabled out of box.
To enable the changes yourself:
Return of top cards, most UI changes reverted, storage info under device info:
vivetool /enable /id:60597402 (AboutPage_TopCard_V2), requires 59265307 as well
Graphics card info in device info:
vivetool /enable /id:60825171 (GraphicsCardInAbout)
Settings > System > About in Windows 11. Top cards are visible at the top, showing key specs like CPU, RAM, and GPU. Below that is the PC name ("Win11-VM"), and below that is a device info section listing various specs, including graphics card ("VMware SVGA 3D (4 MB)") and storage ("44 GB of 256 GB used").
Hidden in 26220.7859: more changes to Settings > System > About. The additions from late last year are mostly being reverted (except for the Storage link in related), so top cards are back.
Storage and graphics card info is also being added under device info, like in Win10.
Video on the February feature bundle (KB5077241/26200.7918) youtu.be/Gc2sAj5wj1Y
For anyone wondering if we'll get 26220.7857/KB5077223 for Beta again, a newer revision of it is being tested and that might actually go out to Insiders intentionally. (26220.7859)
Build 26300.7864, yesterday's seemingly unintentional (now pulled) Dev build, includes updated point-in-time restore settings. Now in a dialog instead of an entire subpage, and requires you to click Yes on a UAC prompt.
Windows Server vNext build 29531 desktop, with Winver (About Windows) open.
Hello 29xxx
Cooking for the coming week:
🐦 28020.1611
🧑💻 26300.7760
🐟 26220.7755
Looks like 26220.7724 might be skipped in favor of the newer .7752
Cooking:
🐦 28020.1546
🧑💻 26300.7733
🐟 26220.7724
![Privacy & security settings in Windows 11, with a hero control at the top showing Windows Security, as well as location, camera and microphone permission info. Below that is a list of subpages, with at a glance info shown for some of them (e.g. 2 apps [allowed to use screenshot borders] next to "screenshot borders".)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lld3hsasiketetu767uagr6m/bafkreihycii7xyeniejmb4cftbbh4kjmg7filmhpte3owjsh3olkzeczn4)
Privacy & security settings in Windows 11, with a hero control at the top showing Windows Security, as well as location, camera and microphone permission info. Below that is a list of subpages, with at a glance info shown for some of them (e.g. 2 apps [allowed to use screenshot borders] next to "screenshot borders".)
The upcoming revamped L1 privacy settings page has been updated in recent builds, it now has a hero control featuring Windows Security. At a glance info is also shown next to each subpage (e.g. how many apps are allowed to use text and image gen.)
Taskbar settings in Windows 11. "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant" is on, and lists two supported apps (Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot), both with their toggles for this feature turned on.
New "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant" toggle in taskbar settings hidden in recent builds
Virtual Workspaces settings in Windows 11. The toggle for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is on.
A toggle for WSL is being added to Settings > System > Advanced > Virtual Workspaces.
Resume settings in Windows 11, with WhatsApp listed as one of the apps that can use the feature.
WhatsApp Resume is coming soon, toggle for it already seems to be gradually rolling out (feature ID49059846, ID... well... 49059846).
Four dialogs for Windows protected print mode, two in dark mode and two in light mode. In each pair, one dialog asks the user if they want to turn on WPP mode and warns that it will remove incompatible printers, while the other asks if they want to turn it off and warns that it allows printers with outdated security standards to be used.
Also quietly rolling out are updated dialogs for turning Windows protected print mode on/off, here they are in both light and dark mode (feature Print_PlatformStabilizationFixes_2026_Wave1, ID 57741219)
Also quietly rolling out are updated dialogs for turning Windows protected print mode on/off, here they are in both light and dark mode (feature Print_PlatformStabilizationFixes_2026_Wave1, ID 57741219)
Three dialogs in Windows 11 build 26300.7674, each is a confirmation prompt for different stages of the VHD creation process (Create, Attach, Initialize Volume) and asks the user to confirm that they requested these actions. The dialogs match the Windows 11 UI and are in light mode.
Light mode
The effort to update older-look Settings dialogs like this started in 2022, so shipping more old-look dialogs 3 years in is definitely one of the choices of all time.
