Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Update KB5044388 with New Features and Fixes

TapTechNews October 5th news, Microsoft yesterday (October 4th) released a press release announcing the release of the KB5044388 update for Windows 11 to Windows Insider program members in the Dev channel, and the version number of the user after installation rises to Build 26120.1930.

One. Optimization and improvement (gradually inviting Dev channel users to participate in the test)

1.1. General

General improvements and fixes to enhance the running experience of this preview version.

1.2. Font

A new simplified Chinese font, Simsun-ExtG, with a total of 9753 ideographs, covering Unicode extensions G, H, and I, including the Chinese character for the highly-requested Biangbiang noodles.

Unicode range G30000-3134A (4,939 characters)

Unicode range H31350-323AF (4,192 characters)

Unicode range I2EBF0-2EE5D (622 characters)

This character U+30EDD is considered the most complex Chinese character. TapTechNews attaches the relevant picture as follows. Microsoft said that some applications may not yet be able to display these new extended characters.

1.3. Windows Sandbox

Microsoft has invited some Windows Insider members in the Dev channel to test since Windows 11 Build 26120.1843, and is now open to all users in the Dev channel in the new preview version.

Two. Fixes (gradually inviting Dev channel users to participate in the test)

2.1. Others

Fixed some issues for internal users of dual-boot devices where the boot menu (where to select the operating system to boot) is displayed incorrectly (wrong color and may only be displayed in half of the available space).

Three. Fixes (inviting all Dev channel users to test)

3.1. Settings

Microsoft is adding the functionality to configure the Copilot key. Users can choose to let the Copilot key start an application packaged and signed with MSIX, indicating that the application meets security and privacy requirements to protect customer safety.

The key will continue to start Copilot on devices with the Copilot application installed until the customer chooses a different experience. This setting can be found through Settings > Personalization > Text Input. If the keyboard connected to the user's computer does not have a Copilot key, adjusting this setting will have no effect. We plan to further improve this experience in future versions.

Four. Known issues

4.1. General

This version may fail to install due to the error 0x800f0983. If you see this error, try reinstalling and it should work p roperly after retrying.

4.2. Start menu

When the user clicks or taps a letter in the all apps list of the start menu, the all apps list may crash. If you encounter this problem, try to restart or restart explorer.exe to fix it.