Today is the first day of Microsoft's Build 2022 developer conference, but that doesn't mean all of the firm's news is coming out of the show. The firm is also releasing this month's D week update for Windows 11, the optional update that includes most of what we'll see next month on Patch Tuesday.

If you're looking for optional updates on Windows 11, you're going to get KB5014019, bringing the build number to 22000.708. You can manually download it here.

While there are a ton of fixes, there are actually a couple of news features, which are already being tested by Insiders. In fact, if you're on the Release Preview ring, you already have this whole update. One is a better Family Safety verification experience when a child account sends a request for more screen time.

The other is Windows spotlight on the desktop, which will allow you to set rotating images as your wallpaper. This is something that we've seen on the lock screen for ages. Now, you'll be able to set it as your wallpaper by choosing Windows spotlight in Settings.

Here are the rest of the highlights from this update:

  • Addresses an issue that fails to maintain the display brightness after you change the display mode.

  • Addresses an issue that affects the IE mode window frame.
  • Addresses an issue that prevents internet shortcuts from updating.
  • Addresses an issue that causes an Input Method Editor (IME) to discard a character if you enter the character while the IME is converting previous text.
  • Addresses an issue that causes Widgets to appear on the wrong monitor when you hover over the Widgets icon on the taskbar.
  • Adds animation to the Widgets icon when you click or tap the icon and the taskbar is aligned on the left.
  • Addresses an issue that affects the rendering of the default Widgets icon on a taskbar that is aligned in the center.
  • Addresses an issue that causes blurry app icons in Search results when the display’s dots per inch (dpi) scaling is greater than 100%.
  • Addresses an issue that causes file copying to be slower.
  • Addresses an issue that fails to automatically give the search box input focus when you select the Start menu and start typing.

Of course, those are just the highlights. The full list of fixes is gigantic.

There is one known issue. If you install this update, some .NET Framework 3.5 apps might not open, so as a workaround, you'll have to re-enable .NET Framework 3.5 and Windows Communication Foundation in Windows Features.

Once again, this is an optional update. That means that you can absolutely get it through Windows Update, but you don't have to. If you choose to ignore it, you'll get these fixes on Patch Tuesday, and that update will install automatically.

Source: Microsoft