Build 26120.470: Windows Insider Dev Channel, May 2024. Game Pass recommendations and an install error fix

For: Insiders in the Dev Channel

• Install error 0x8007371B when installing Build 26120.461 is believed to be fixed. If the problem continues, file feedback in Feedback Hub.¹

For: People using Remote Desktop with Remote Credential Guard

• A network resource can be accessed from a Remote Desktop session in a situation where it was previously unavailable.²
  Addresses an issue with Remote Credential Guard when the client runs Windows 11, version 22H2 or higher.

For: Windows administrators using WDAC

• Applying more than 32 application control policies no longer causes a stop error.³
  Addresses a stop error in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) when more than 32 policies are applied.

• Virtual machines avoid a sign-in deadlock when different users sign in and out at the same time.⁴
  Addresses a deadlock in CloudAP during concurrent user sign-ins and sign-outs on virtual machines.

• The Group Policy service no longer fails after an audit policy is applied with LGPO.exe.⁵
  Addresses a Group Policy service failure after LGPO.exe applies an audit policy to the system.

For: Everyone in the Dev Channel

• Settings no longer stops responding when you remove Bluetooth devices.⁶

For: People printing from Notepad to certain IPP printers

• Notepad can print to certain Internet Printing Protocol printers when you use a print support app.⁷
  Addresses a printing failure with certain Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) printers and a print support app.

• The Knowledge Consistency Checker no longer stops responding during evaluations.⁸
  Addresses an issue in dsamain.exe when the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) runs evaluations.

For: People upgrading to Windows 11

• Some apps and features are available again after you upgrade to Windows 11.⁹

For: Windows administrators using the MSMQ PowerShell module

• The Microsoft Message Queue PowerShell module loads again.¹⁰
  Addresses a failure to load the Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) PowerShell module.

For: Windows administrators using AppLocker

• Merging AppLocker rules with an empty collection no longer overwrites the existing enforcement mode.¹¹
  Addresses the existing AppLocker rule collection enforcement mode being overwritten when rules merge with a collection that has no rules and the mode is set to “Not Configured.”

For: Azure App Services operators

• Azure App Services no longer fail in the described connection scenario with a third-party LDAP server.¹²
  Addresses a TLS 1.3 issue when a web server attempts to connect to a third-party Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server.

• The Japanese 106 keyboard layout appears as expected when you sign in.¹³

For: People using the Japanese or Chinese IME

• The touch keyboard and candidate window for Japanese and Chinese input appear again after Modern Standby.¹⁴
  Addresses an issue affecting the Japanese and Chinese Input Method Editors (IME) after coming out of Modern Standby.

• Certain Neural Processing Units appear in Task Manager again.¹⁵
  Addresses an issue that prevented certain Neural Processing Units (NPU) from appearing in Task Manager.
• Certain Neural Processing Units appear in Task Manager again.¹⁵
  Addresses an issue that prevented certain Neural Processing Units (NPU) from appearing in Task Manager.

• Bluetooth connections are more stable for some wireless earbuds.¹⁶
  Addresses instability on devices with wireless-earbud firmware from April 2023 and later.

• USB audio works again on some processors after you pause, play, or resume from sleep.¹⁷

• Secure Launch runs on some processors where it previously did not.¹⁸

For: People using a Virtual Remote App product with a custom shell

• A Virtual Remote App product is more reliable when opened with a custom shell.¹⁹

For: People creating or deploying containers

• Containers you create or deploy can progress beyond the “ContainerCreating” status.²⁰

• Some applications that depend on the COM+ component no longer stop responding.²¹

For: Administrators configuring the time service with MDM or Group Policy

• The Windows Settings app reflects time-service settings configured through MDM or Group Policy.²²
  Addresses a mismatch between time-service settings configured through mobile device management (MDM) or a Group Policy Object (GPO) and the Windows Settings app.

For: Developers using LoadImage()

• A top-down bitmap with a negative height loads correctly instead of returning NULL.²³
  Addresses an issue when LoadImage() loads a top-down bitmap with a negative height.

For: Insiders with the latest-updates toggle on

• A small set of general improvements and fixes improves the overall experience on PCs running this build.²⁴

For: IT admins managing Windows 10 or Windows 11 devices

• IT admins can turn off the prompt that appears after users sign in to an Entra-joined device.²⁵
  Use mobile device management (MDM) to enable the DisablePostLogonProvisioning policy setting. Provisioning is then off after sign-in on Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices.

For: People using Remote Desktop

• Clipboard sharing can be set to work in either direction between a local computer and a remote computer.²⁶
  The clipboard redirection policy supports a single direction from local to remote, or the reverse.

For: People using MSIX applications

• MSIX app interfaces localize correctly for all languages after an operating system upgrade.²⁷

• The update supports daylight saving time changes in Kazakhstan.²⁸
  Supports DST changes in Kazakhstan.
• The update supports daylight saving time changes in Samoa.²⁹
  Supports DST changes in Samoa.
• The update supports daylight saving time changes in Greenland.³⁰
  Supports daylight saving time (DST) changes in Greenland.

• Country and operator settings profiles are updated for some mobile operators.³¹
  Updates Country and Operator Settings Asset (COSA) profiles for some mobile operators.

For: Windows administrators and developers using DCOM

• The update implements the third phase of DCOM hardening. The changes can no longer be turned off using the registry key.³²
  Implements phase three of Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) hardening; after installation, the changes cannot be turned off using the registry key.