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279 questions with Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Performance and maintenance tags
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Some laptop keys are not working, unable to reset the PC, and unable to run Windows update
Hi! I already contacted Windows tech support and redirect me here since I am under Windows Insider programme. The Windows tech support did some troubleshooting before redirecting me here. First, when opening the task manager and click anything, it would…
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2026-08-23T10:56:21.2866667+00:00
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Sayyed yasir
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2026-08-23T19:50:10.9833333+00:00
Sayyed yasir
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FACEIT Anti cheat
не могу запустить анти чит, пишет что у меня нет нужных обновлений виндовс, хотя все они уцстановелны. версия винды 11 про инсайдер превью, 24h2
Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Performance and maintenance
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2026-08-23T05:32:21.82+00:00
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Роман Мельник
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2026-08-23T14:46:06.1366667+00:00
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Thomas4-N
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Error 0x8007001f installing Windows 11 Insider Preview 26300.9032 (Dev/Sperimentale channel) – corrupted component store (EhStorPwdDrv.dll)
Detailed description: Hi, I'm encountering an error while installing the Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update (build 26300.9032) on the Dev channel (targeting the 25H2/26H2 release). System configuration: Windows 11 Enterprise Insider Preview,…
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2026-07 Preview Update (KB5101684) (26200.8973) Not working?
So this update has tried to install several times on my Dell laptop to no avail. She updates when I don't want her to and she spends all night, fans running on high trying to install it and then I have to manually power off to get her to stop the update…
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2026-08-09T15:44:01.3933333+00:00
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Carmella Cullen
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2026-08-11T14:54:45.07+00:00
Thomas4-N
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Windows Update 26H2 issues
I am a Windows Insider Preview user (despite requesting to opt out of this feature). It has installed a beta version of Windows 26H2 I am getting notifictions on my laptop that there are Windows updates available but these are for 25H2 (technical support…
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how to fix win32full.sys BSOD SYSYEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION ON MY WINDOWS PC ?
Update drivers; run SFC/DISM; check Insider build."
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2026-07-28T05:28:15.5966667+00:00
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Narendra Naidu
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2026-07-28T05:33:07.5366667+00:00
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Senthil kumar
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Windows 11 insider preview feature update review
I have recently get the windows update but i have dout because update are very big and i want to get full details of the update windows 11 insider preview feature update ( 26300.8772) this update is safe for my laptop
Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Performance and maintenance
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I am enrolled in the Windows Insider Programme and I cannot turn on the Diagnostic Data no matter what I do. How do I fix this?
The enabling of sending Optional Diagnostic Data to Microsoft option dialogue is greyed out and the reason given is that "your organization prevents sending optional diagnostic data to Microsoft". This not true since there is no…
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2026-05-31T16:14:17.1333333+00:00
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Dan Lutley
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2026-07-16T19:33:21.5+00:00
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Bruce A. Brecht
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Defender Offline scan boots into Automatic Recovery mode
ok just upgraded to Windows 11 25H2 26200.8875 Release Preview After it finished installing I ran all the dism commands as well as sfc. After those completed I rebooted my system. Upon reboot I then proceeded to Windows defender and ran an offline…
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2026-07-14T18:02:11.7766667+00:00
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kirbster 1
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2026-07-14T21:23:33.7533333+00:00
Johnny55
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Windows 11 preview build canary when ever I open a browser SSD hit 100% usage and freezes
When ever I open a browser SSD hit 100% usage and freezes the OS for a like 2 minutes and then constantly drops Internet connection, I have done all the DSM, SFC, disabled SySmain, prefetch, debloater and nothing
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2026-06-19T16:25:37.5433333+00:00
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Victor Rivera
5
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2026-06-20T10:57:13.8233333+00:00
Thomas4-N
21,530
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how to fix error 0Xfffffff
Getting something is not right with insider says fix it but it doesn't. So how do I fix 0Xfffffff error code?
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2026-06-07T15:27:51.3466667+00:00
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Jim Svedise
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2026-06-08T10:15:12.7066667+00:00
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Lychee-Ng
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Dism/Restore health
Windows 11 26200.8521 Release Preview In the past Dism/restore health used to get "stuck" at 62%, then MS did something that corrected it. After yesterdays update to 26200.8521, I am now running the Dism scans. It is now stuck at 62% again. Has…
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2026-05-20T14:13:34.06+00:00
kirbster 1
120
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2026-05-28T10:04:13.9733333+00:00
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Carl-L
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is SFC/Scannow not working?
Windows 11 25H2 26200.8521 Release Preview After running the Dism commands I ran SFC/Scannow. It came back with it had found corrupt files and repaired them. running Sfc/scannow right after it came back unable to repair them. So if the 1st one fixed…
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2026-05-20T14:34:05.21+00:00
kirbster 1
120
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2026-05-23T10:01:34.0733333+00:00
Carl-L
21,320
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URGENT MS Edge Missing / files corrupted - FIX THIS
Latest Insider Prev broke my system. MS Edge is not loading. Files are corrupted and missing. I've spent 4 hrs to get it to a workable state by wiping it and now it's doing it again. Fix this mess.
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2026-05-17T15:33:48.9466667+00:00
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Michelle Roy
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2026-05-18T22:32:39.64+00:00
CrazyKats
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secure boot violation
i am in INSIDER PROGRAM and I AM SURE IT HAPPENED DUE TO WINDOWS CRASHED LOW QUALITY UPDATE. GET ME OUT OF THIS TESTING AND STOP RUINING MY LIFE. after windows update i got on 10tha april 2026. i cannot launch windows . and have to manually bypasss…
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Windows 11 25H2 Build 26200 (Canary)
Im am on Windows 11 25H2 Build 26200 (Canary), and i keep seeing repeated ETW session errors with code 0xC0000022, and the issue causes full system freezes during or after gaming it only does this on games using ETW.
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What happen to the NPU info in Task manager?
The new build 2026.08138.ge_release_svc betafit-prod.26035-0357 no longer has the NPU status in Task Manager. It was there in the previous build.
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strange issues after performing system cleaning
a week or two ago i performed some system maintence on my system, which i had not done lately. this mainly consisted of cleaning out temporary files and so on. I DID NOT use any weird or third party tool or utilities. i used only what was included with…
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2025-12-04T02:27:47.0266667+00:00
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ChrisSolomon
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2026-03-22T22:35:43.7266667+00:00
ChrisSolomon
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SFC broken on new Canary 29531
sfc /scannow does not complete, for me it stops at 7% FBH Link: https://aka.ms/AAztdkh Regards,
Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Performance and maintenance
asked
2026-02-19T03:05:58.6266667+00:00
Johnny55
5,150
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2026-03-12T21:47:05.3866667+00:00
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Per Johansson
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C drive chkdsk not working?
Windows 11 25H2 26200.7922 Has anyone else had problems running chkdsk in this preview.? go to command prompt run as administrator type chkdsk /f /r it gives prompt to run at next boot. Upon reboot chkdsk loads like it is going to run, however as soon as…
Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Performance and maintenance
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2026-03-06T23:18:57.8366667+00:00
kirbster 1
120
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2026-03-10T06:03:54.5366667+00:00
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Clary-N
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