Microsoft Windows 11 KB5040557 (preview) brings more Control Panel features to Settings

KB5040557 is now out there for everybody within the Microsoft Windows Insider Program’s Dev Channel, which is getting used to check the Microsoft Windows 11 2024 Update. This updates provides a few helpful mouse customization settings. Along with that, the updates improves the Voice Access app and Energy Saver characteristic.

Microsoft Windows Latest beforehand reported in regards to the integration of Scrolling course settings within the Canary channel. Now, the characteristic is obtainable within the Dev channel as properly.

You can change the Scrolling course of the scroll wheel. Normally, if you scroll down, the web page scrolls down. But you may invert this motion now by deciding on the “Down motion scrolls up” possibility.

We can’t touch upon the usefulness of the setting, particularly when your mind’s wired to scroll down to maneuver down the web page. Still, you’ve gotten some choices now.

Apart from the Scrolling course adjustment, Microsoft Windows 11 KB5040557 permits you to allow or disable the “Enhanced pointer precision” characteristic on the Mouse settings web page.

The possibility was out there within the legacy Mouse Properties panel, nevertheless it was not migrated to the Settings app till at the moment’s updates. This reveals that there are nonetheless many helpful settings that haven’t been moved to the Settings app.

Besides the 2 additions to the Mouse settings web page, Energy Saver will now immediate you to plug in your laptop computer’s charger if the battery degree drops under twenty %.

If you’ve gotten an HDR show, you’ll additionally discover a latest Energy Saver suggestion suggestion about turning the HDR off. Note that the charger notification characteristic will solely work if the Energy Saver is configured to at all times run in your PC.

Lastly, the spelling and corrections expertise within the Voice Access app is best. All these latest options and upgradess are within the gradual rollout part and won’t present up instantly after updating your Insider PC.

Noteworthy issues in Microsoft Windows 11 KB5040557

Microsoft highlighted the next issues within the official announcement publish:

• Microsoft Windows Sandbox doesn’t launch and shows the error code 0x80370106.
• Task Manager crashes in case you change between totally different tabs. The Performance part graphs show incorrect colours when the PC is in darkish mode.
• The textual content recommendations characteristic doesn’t work correctly whereas using the keyboard.

New characteristic additions have significantly slowed down within the Insider channel as 24H2’s launch date is closing.

The Start menu could have a serious overhaul within the next characteristic updates. You may get a number of format choices within the All apps part, companion panels for various apps on either side, and even Copilot integration for recommendations.