Fix problems using Windows Update

Fix problems using Windows Update is a hidden feature in Windows 11 insider build 25284.

This feature allows you to reinstall the currently installed build without an installation media. This will use files from Windows Update.

Let us see how to activate this feature:

• Download ViVeTool
• Unzip to extract the zip files of the app.
• Open Command Prompt as Admin and run the following command: c:\vivetool\vivetool /enable /id:42550315.
• Reboot.
• Now open Settings and click on Windows Update tab to explore this new feature.

Windows 11 Build 22000.1515 (KB5019274)

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 22000.1515 (KB5019274) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11 (original release).

This update includes the following improvements:

• New! combined Windows Spotlight with Themes on the Personalization page
• New! improved the Microsoft Account experience in Settings.
• New!  full amount of storage capacity of all your OneDrive subscriptions.
• New! storage alerts for Microsoft OneDrive subscribers on the Systems page in the Settings app.
• New!  Xbox subscription details on the Accounts page in the Settings app.
• fixed an issue that affected searchindexer.exe. It randomly stopped you from signing in or signing out.
• fixed an issue that stopped you from searching for a file based on the file’s contents.
• fixed a resource conflict issue between two or more threads (known as a deadlock). This deadlock affected COM+ applications.
• fixed an issue that affected conhost.exe. It stopped responding.
• fixed an issue that affected some modern applications. This issue stopped them from opening.
• fixed an issue that affected the Domain Name System (DNS) suffix search list. When you configured it, the parent domain might have been missing.
• added support for long URL lengths of up to 8196 characters.
• fixed an issue that might have occurred when the Input Method Editor (IME) was active.
• fixed an issue that might have affected FindWindow() or FindWindowEx(). They might have returned the wrong window handle.
• fixed an issue that damaged memory. The issue occurred when you used certain HD audio controller hardware.
• fixed an issue that affected certain systems that had firmware Trusted Platform Modules. (TPM). This issue stopped you from using AutoPilot to set up those systems.
• fixed an issue that affected printing in landscape mode in Microsoft Edge. The print output was incorrect. This issue occurred when you used Microsoft Defender Application Guard.
• fixed an issue the stopped the touch keyboard from opening.
• fixed an issue that stopped explorer.exe from responding. This issue occurred when you used the play and pause buttons on your keyboard on certain devices.
• fixed an issue that affected Windows Server 2022 domain controllers. They stopped responding when they managed Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) requests.
• fixed an issue that affected the Resilient File System (ReFS) MSba tag. The issue caused a nonpaged pool leak.
• fixed an issue that affected ReFS. The issue caused high nonpaged pool usage, which depleted system memory.

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Draw Stickers on Windows 11 build 25267

There is an option called Stickers, which will allow you to add stickers to the wallpapers on the desktop. It allows you to draw stickers. This feature is enabled on Windows 11 build 25267.

Steps:

• Visit https://github.com/thebookisclosed/ViVe/releases
• Download ViVeTool v0.3.2
• Once done extract the files.

• Open Command Prompt as Admin.
• Type the following command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press Enter:

cd c:\folder\path\ViveTool-v0.3.2

• Type the following command to enable drawing for Stickers and press Enter:

vivetool /enable /id:36165848

• Reboot.

KB5015882:Windows 11 Build 22000.829

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 22000.829 (KB5015882) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11 on July 14.2022 for Windows Insiders.

This update includes the following improvements:

• provided the ability for user to consent to receive urgent notifications when focus assist is on.
• option for eligible devices to update to a newer Windows 11 version during the out-of-box experience (OOBE) when the user  first signs in. If one chooses to update to a newer version, the update process will begin shortly after the update is installed on the device.
• restored functionality for Windows Autopilot deployment scenarios that are affected by the security mitigation for hardware reuse.
• fixed an issue in UIAutomation() that causes an application to stop working.
• fixed an issue that prevents the Startup Task API from working as expected for certain apps.
• improved the reliability of a push-button reset after an OS upgrade.
• fixed an issue that makes the tenant restrictions event logging channel inaccessible if you remove the EN-US language pack.
• fixed an issue that causes certificate-based machine account authentication to fail in some circumstances after you install the May 10, 2022 security updates on domain controllers.
• fixed an issue that affects the Arm64EC code you build using the Windows 11 software development kit (SDK).
• updated the Remove-Item cmdlet to properly interact with Microsoft OneDrive folders.
• fixed an issue that prevents troubleshooters from opening.
• fixed an issue that causes port mapping conflicts for containers.
• fixed an issue that causes Code Integrity to continue trusting a file after the file has been modified.
• fixed an issue that might cause Windows to stop working when you enable Windows Defender Application Control with the Intelligent Security Graph feature turned on.
• deployed search highlights to devices. To access the policy for search highlights (on a device that has installed the June 2022 Cumulative Update Preview or July 2022 monthly quality update), go to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions and locate admx. For your convenience, we will be publishing an updated version of the Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11, version 21H2 to the Microsoft Download Center soon.
• fixed an issue that causes exe to stop working when you use the play and pause keyboard buttons on certain devices.
• fixed an issue that causes exe to stop working when you use the Start menu’s context menu (Win + X) and an external monitor is connected to your device.
• fixed an issue that displays a blank window that you cannot close when you hover over the search icon on the taskbar.
• reduced the overhead of resource contention in high input/output operations per second (IOPS) scenarios that have many threads contending on a single file.
• fixed an issue that causes the Windows profile service to fail sporadically. The failure might occur when signing in. The error message is, “gpsvc service failed to sign in. Access denied”.

Known issue:

• On some devices, Widgets may crash in the background upon logging in and show the static default icon instead of populating and updating to show the weather.

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