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Canary #WindowsInsider who loves finding small changes and bugs. Feline fan. They/them Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/xenopanther

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 1d

2025's development of Windows has really killed my enjoyment of the OS and seeing its development

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 9d

The desktop is finally full at 1366x768

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 11d

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 11d

What the hell, I've never seen Rover do this.

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 13d

Can I have everyone's attention please

Thank you

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 14d

⚠️.NET Framework 3.5 is no longer an FOD starting with build 27965. You will have to download a standalone installer

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 14d

ADK/SDK are out for build 27959
Server build 26501 coming later today

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 15d

For those curious, these are the blacklisted folder names for the DefaultUserFolder command

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 16d

Time to archive the VM. Don't want to lose a vm from 2018

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 16d

I think it might be time to retire my Windows XP VM and upgrade it to 7. The audio issues and some DirectX stuff crashing the VM is getting too much

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · 22d

End of Support for Windows 11 25H2...
Home/Pro: Oct 12, 2027
IoT Enterprise / Enterprise / Education: Oct 10, 2028

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 22

It's always nice to clean out files. Went from 65GB to 251GB free

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 19

Link to the original post; x.com/amanda_lango...

Amanda Langowski on X: "Bittersweet news as we say goodbye to @brandonleblanc in his role with @WindowsInsider! Thank you, Brandon, for everything you've done to support and grow the WIP Community and wishing you all the best in your next chapter :) https://t.co/yDgZQlMVDJ" / X

Bittersweet news as we say goodbye to @brandonleblanc in his role with @WindowsInsider! Thank you, Brandon, for everything you've done to support and grow the WIP Community and wishing you all the best in your next chapter :) https://t.co/yDgZQlMVDJ

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 19

This was posted over on Twitter by Amanda Langowski But @brandonleblanc.bsky.social is leaving their role in with the Windows Insider Program.
Wishing him good luck with the next step of his journey

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 18

Wait, so it's not my keyboard that is dying? It's an issue with the latest canary builds where my keyboard stops working until I unplug and replug?

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 14

Fun fact. By setting ProgressUXType to 0 in C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\sources\SetupPlatform.ini right before the second stage of setup begins. You can get back the early Win10 era setup screen.

This still works as of build 27943

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just had my first Android crash

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 9

Purple Visual Studio ftw!

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 5

Windows Setup is black is hotter than the usual blue

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 3

Twitter is down here

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just realised that thanks to the Premium Assurance Support, IA-64 Windows is still supported until Jan 2026

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Aug 30

This is going to go VERY well, isn't it?

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Aug 29

Here is the error when attempting to reset your PC on build 27934 (Blog mentions this as a known issue)
Resetting will get to ~29% before undoing changes

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Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Aug 26

Of course if you go from stable releases then:
NT 3.1 (1993) > Vista (2006) - 13 years
Vista > Today - 19 years

Then there's ESD, which has been around for ~13 years but we're still using WIM

Xeno @xenopanther.bsky.social · Aug 26

Installing windows via the i386 folder didn't last that long all things considered.
WinNT 3.1 used it (First seen in 1991 builds)
and Longhorn Build 4001 used WIM (December 2002)

So the WIM format in one form has been around for 23 years. Whereas i386 was around for 11 years