Windows 11 build 25267 (rs prerelease)

Windows 11 build 25267 is the fifth Insider Preview and the fourth available client build of Zinc, the 23H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 14 December 2022, along with its server counterpart.
== New features and changes ==
=== Shell ===
* The corner radius of the search box on the taskbar and the Start menu (when typing) has been changed with a larger one. The old design is still used in Start menu when not typing.
* The Windows Firewall Security Alert dialog has been updated to match the design aesthetics of Windows 11.
=== Settings ===
The error code under Windows Update > Update history can now be selectable.
=== Miscellaneous ===
* The screen reader has been updated to exclude the words "system state" when setting focus to each of the Quick Settings icons on the taskbar.
* When moving the focus set to an app icon on the taskbar by pressing or , Narrator will say that it has been moved.
* The inbox version of Windows Subsystem for Linux has been removed.
* Starting with this build, users of the Pro SKU can no longer connect to a remote share by using guest credentials by default.
=== Bugfixes ===
==== General ====
* Fixed an issue that was causing the Cast to Device feature to not work properly in certain cases.
* Fixed an issue where restartable copies of a file with alternate data streams were hanging frequently.
==== Shell ====
* Fixed an issue that was causing the Bluetooth section of Quick Settings to crash sometimes.
* Fixed a high hitting explorer.exe crash.
* Fixed an issue where using "Browse for Folder" from an app in File Explorer would only show Desktop and no other folders.
* The following issues will only apply if the search box on the taskbar is enabled:
** Fixed the issue that was causing the search box which appeared to be floating on the desktop when changing the primary monitor or plugging in an external display.
** Fixed the issue that was causing the text in the search box to be clipped on the bottom when using increased text scaling.
==== Input ====
* Fixed an issue where clicking the notification received the first time users press would unexpectedly open a Command Prompt window.
* Fixed an issue that was causing the first candidate item to be invisible or clipped sometimes in the Simplified Chinese IME candidate window.
== Bugs and quirks ==
=== General ===
* A black screen may appear when resuming from sleep or hibernate on certain ARM64 devices.
* Using Windows Hello to sign in with facial recognition may not work on certain ARM64 devices.
* The Live Captions feature may not work in certain cases.
* The system may take longer than expected to upgrade to this build in certain cases.
=== Shell ===
* Various UI elements in apps may disappear and reappear repeatedly.
* On some locales, the default font used in several UI elements (such as the date and time on the taskbar) may change to regular Segoe UI instead of Segoe UI Variable.
* The taskbar may sometimes be cropped in half when using the tablet-optimized taskbar.
* The following issues will only apply if the search box on the taskbar is enabled:
** The search box may not render correctly and display visual artifacts.
** Several layout issues with the text in the search box may appear on right-to-left locales.
** Some Japanese IME candidate items may be clipped inside the search box.
=== Task Manager ===
* Filtering by publisher name may not match correctly on the Processes page.
* Some services may not show in the Services page after filtering is applied.
* If a new process is starting while a filter is set, then that process may appear for a split second in the filtered list.
* Some dialogs may not render in the correct theme when applied from the Settings page.
* The data content area of the Processes page may flash once when theme changes are applied in the Settings page.
* The Task Manager may not display light and dark content correctly with unreadable text when the "Choose your mode" option under Personalization > Colors in the Settings app is set to Custom.
* The Startup apps page may not list any apps in certain cases.
=== Widgets ===
* On right-to-left locales, the content may animate out of view before the Widgets board resizes when clicking to expanded view of the Widgets board.
* Pressing the Expand/Collapse button on the top right side of the widgets board may cause it to get stuck and then crash.
* The widgets board may get stuck open in an invisible state for users in certain regions, causing clicks on the left side of the screen to not work.
** Pressing may resolve this issue.
=== Safe mode ===
* Enabling the search box/icon on the taskbar may cause explorer.exe to hang or crash.
* Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the Capability Access Manager Service service not running.
* Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer 0xc0000409.
== Gallery ==
File:Win11-boot-10x-anim.png|Boot screen
File:Windows11-10.0.25267.1000-Taskbar.webp|The search box on the taskbar
File:Windows11-10.0.25267.1000-SecurityAlert.webp|The Windows Security Alert dialog
== External links ==
* Official announcement
Category:Windows 11 builds
Category:Zinc builds