Microsoft Pulls Windows 11 24H2 from Release Preview Channel, Build Riddled with Bugs

[AleksandarK]

Microsoft has unexpectedly halted the rollout of the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update to Windows Insiders on the Release Preview Channel. The pause was quietly announced through an update to the original release blog post, which had initially touted the preview's new features like Wi-Fi 7 support, Sudo for Windows, Rust in the Windows kernel, and various UI enhancements. Microsoft has not provided an official reason for hitting the brakes on the 24H2 preview rollout. Brandon LeBlanc, the Windows Insider Senior Program Manager, simply stated, "We are working to get it rolling out again shortly."

However, a glimpse at the Microsoft Feedback Hub reveals a multitude of issues reported by Insiders testing the 24H2 build. Complaints range from application freezes and performance degradation to VPN connectivity problems. Some users have even taken to social media to voice their frustrations, with one describing the Arm version as a "disastrous, worst 'release' preview I can remember." The Release Preview Channel is typically recommended for commercial users and those wanting to test upcoming Windows releases before general availability. Meanwhile, the Dev Channel caters to users who are comfortable with instability and rough edges. As The Register notes, the current situation echoes Microsoft's troubled rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, which contained a data deletion bug.



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[mb194dc]

No other company could get away with making their products worse every year and stuffing them with ads.

 

[A Computer Guy]

Is this how they push users to Microsoft OS on the web - by "souring the milk"? You'll get faster and more reliable updates on their web OS when it comes out?

 

[R-T-B]

Ironically my trialing of the IoT enterprise edition of 24H2 has been pretty solid. I'll certainly be a licensee soon.

Wonder what added garbage in retail images is the culprit.

 

[Aken Bosch]

Ironically my trialing of the IoT enterprise edition of 24H2 has been pretty solid. I'll certainly be a licensee soon.

Wonder what added garbage in retail images is the culprit.

Most likely data telemetry, adds injection and that damn copilot...

 

[MachineLearning]

Ironically my trialing of the IoT enterprise edition of 24H2 has been pretty solid. I'll certainly be a licensee soon.

Wonder what added garbage in retail images is the culprit.

What benefits of the IoT enterprise edition have you seen over the default retail version?

 

[R-T-B]

Most likely data telemetry, adds injection and that damn copilot...

Yeah, copilot is disabled and not even present as best I can tell, and the ads/telemetry go away with a group policy key I can set in our org, so...

 

[dgianstefani]

Ironically my trialing of the IoT enterprise edition of 24H2 has been pretty solid. I'll certainly be a licensee soon.

Wonder what added garbage in retail images is the culprit.

Also looking into this.

 

[R-T-B]

What benefits of the IoT enterprise edition have you seen over the default retail version?

Not much frankly. When I load the store it even ends up at roughly the same ram usage. I just don't want or trust the actual copilot binaries, period, and they are totally stripped from IoT edition.

 

[MachineLearning]

I just don't want or trust the actual copilot binaries, period, and they are totally stripped from IoT edition.

Good.

 

[thesmokingman]

Didn't that patch have Recall enabled in it? Read a headline that it was yanked due to Recall. MSFT + OpenAI, bunch of douches.

 

[Wirko]

Yeah, copilot is disabled and not even present as best I can tell, and the ads/telemetry go away with a group policy key I can set in our org, so...

IoT edition for a *company-wide* _desktop_ deployment?

 

[R-T-B]

IoT edition for a *company-wide* _desktop_ deployment?

Yes, that'd be the idea but the bill may scare me off. Our office hardware isn't exactly bleeding edge either (Coffee Lake Workstations) so I am not worried about it becoming unsupported or something.

It'd be less than 10 machines total, but barely. I'll report when I learn how horrific it is beyond the trial copy. We are already on the standard enterprise SKU.

 

[john_]

This is also the update that will make Windows 11 unable to run on anything without SSE4, right?

 

[natr0n]

Ah yes bugs,roaches,lice,ticks,spyware,spiders,keyloggers,crickets,backdoors,centipedes,etc..

I like 10 it's stable and works.

 

[WhateverAnotherFreakingID]

Couldn't care less, but knowing it discretely relieves me even more for having jumped the ship since months, and now feel very well on linux (EndeavourOS), feeling no need at all to go back. I'm only still keeping my old Win10 boot partion only for backup

 

[64K]

Abysmal quality assurance from MS you say? Do they even try to pretend that they care about their customers being treated decently anymore? They've treated hundreds of millions of customers as beta tester guinea pigs for a long time now. This is just par for the course for MS. I wonder how the MS apologists will try to spin this crap as reasonable?

 

[Dr. Dro]

In other words, it's so bad that it doesn't pass even the most basic of quality standards, since the last time Microsoft actually cared about QA was back in 2009

 

[Daven]

No other company could get away with making their products worse every year and stuffing them with ads.

Yeah I can’t think of any other company that has a blind loyalty user base that will only buy their products no matter what competing companies release.

 

[R-T-B]

This is also the update that will make Windows 11 unable to run on anything without SSE4, right?

Yes but frankly, this is fine with me if they really are using POPCNT for some performance benefit. If it were up to me, they'd maintain a "legacy edition" though for ancient hardware, but meh.

Yeah I can’t think of any other company that has a blind loyalty user base that will only buy their products no matter what competing companies release.

Gee I sure can. Don't even have to go past the first letter of the alphabet.

 

[dgianstefani]

Not much frankly. When I load the store it even ends up at roughly the same ram usage. I just don't want or trust the actual copilot binaries, period, and they are totally stripped from IoT edition.

I wonder if the LTSC edition also has Rust in the kernel, and if this will be improved over time or left as is.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Yes, but trust us with Recall and AI. We got this folks.

 

[watzupken]

Since MS have so much faith in Ai, they should put the OS through an AI overhaul. As I said previously, the launch of the Snapdragon Elite chips will likely be marred by software, specifically the OS, and it seems to be heading that direction. So early adopters hoping for a similar smooth Apple M1 experience may be disappointed.

 

[phanbuey]

the ARM version being a disaster is the least surprising thing ever.

 

[Braegnok]