There's something to be said for delayed gratification when Windows 11 is this full of bugs

2021-11-15 13:15

An update to the Insiders version of Windows 11 includes a massive list of bug fixes, many of them serious, showing the wisdom of holding back on an early upgrade from Windows 10.

Windows 11 was released on 5 October but has proved a problematic upgrade due to onerous system requirements and certain user interface decisions, with some features chopped in the Start menu and a confusing new right-click menu in File Explorer.

Windows 11 introduced a novelty in the Windows world: a black screen of death.

Other fixes concern Windows Subsystem for Linux, Group Policy, font rendering, memory leaks, errors connecting to "a remote printer that is shared on a Windows print server," USB printers not being detected, Windows Mixed Reality auto-starting when a headset is donned even when set not to do so, and the battery icon in Quick Settings disappearing.

We have been running Windows 11 for daily work since official release and are happy to report that it is usable and stable in our experience so far, though useful improvements over its predecessor are hard to identify.

Out-of-band fixes are relatively uncommon, but this one was sufficiently problematic that Microsoft has issued fixes for Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2 and 2008 SP2. Information on how to install the update is here, though it will not be installed automatically.

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