New Windows 11 Build 27818 – New Gaming Improvements, Settings Changes and Fixes (Canary)

In this article, we will talk about the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for the Canary Channel, which is the Build 27818.

Things that you need to keep in mind in the Canary Channel:

• The builds that Microsoft releases to the Canary Channel represent the latest platform changes early in the development cycle and should not be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows and features and experiences included in these builds may never get released as they try out different concepts and get feedback. Features may change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.
• Many features in the Canary Channel are rolled out using Control Feature Rollout technology, starting with a small subset of Insiders.
• Some features may show up in the Dev and Beta Channels first before showing up in the Canary Channel.
• To get off the Canary Channel, a clean install of Windows 11 will be required. As a reminder – Insiders can’t switch to a channel that is receiving builds with lower build numbers without doing a clean installation of Windows 11 due to technical setup requirements.
• The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for these pre-release builds.

Windows Security

• Microsoft is beginning to roll out a change in the Windows Security app where will show more details such as manufacturer and manufacturer version for Pluton TPM chips if your PC has one under Device security > Security processor details.

Other Changes

• Suggested actions that appear when you copy a phone number or future date in Windows 11 are now deprecated. We are disabling this feature.
• The activity history privacy settings page no longer appears in Privacy & security.

New Paint App Update

In this update, Microsoft is improving the Cocreator side panel user experience with a simplified and more intuitive layout. To get started, click on Cocreator in the Copilot menu and describe what you would like to create. Start drawing on the canvas with your mouse or pen to start generating the artwork with AI.

You can use the Creativity slider and the Select style dropdown as it is today. The newly introduced Try again button can be used to generate a new version of the image, and the Apply button can be used to apply the generated content to the Paint canvas once you are satisfied with the final result.

Fixes in this Build

General

• Fixed a d3d9.dll crash which was causing multiple apps to fail to launch starting with Build 27802 for some Insiders.

File Explorer

• Did some more work to improve the performance of extracting zipped files in File Explorer, particularly where you’re unzipping a large number of small files.
• Fixed an issue where File Explorer Home might not load correctly and just show random floating text saying “Name”.

Taskbar and System Tray

• Fixed an issue with the taskbar app window previews, where the corners of the flyout weren’t drawn with the correct radius in certain cases.
• Fixed an issue where the underlines under app icons in the taskbar may get stuck showing even if the app had been closed.

Input

• Fixed a high hitting ctmon.exe crash, which could impact the ability to type.

Settings

• Fixed an underlying issue which could result in Settings failing to launch with “The instruction at 0x00007FFEDEBDC003 referenced memory at 0x0000000000000010. The memory could not be read”. If impacted, you might also see a similar error message with RuntimeBroker.exe.
• Fixed an issue for Japanese users, where the name displayed at the top of Settings > Accounts showed First Name Last Name instead of Last Name First Name.

Graphics

• Fixed an issue which could cause sluggish video when using multiple monitors after changing from Second Screen Only to Duplicate display mode in the latest Canary builds.
• Made a couple of fixes to address issues which could cause Settings > System > Display > Graphics to crash.
• “Fixed an underlying issue which could lead to certain games failing to launch after an upgrade, saying DirectX function CreateComputePipelineState failed with E_INVALIDARG or StorePipeline failed with E_UNEXPECTED.

Admin Protection

• Fixed an issue which could cause Visual Studio Code to not be able to be installed when Admin Protection was enabled.

Remote Desktop

• Fixed an issue which could lead to Remote Desktop freezing when connecting.

Other

• Fixed an underlying issue which was causing certain apps to fail to open with an error saying “The application was unable to load a required virtual machine component”.

For more information about this Build, you can check this article from the Microsoft Blog.

For a more in-depth presentation of the New Build, you can watch the video below from the youtube channel.