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Now that the update’s launch on September 26th was announced during Thursday’s Surface, Windows, and AI showcase event, Microsoft released Windows 11 Build 22621.2361 (KB5030310) to the Release Preview Channel of its Insiders test program.

The room is full. The elevator music is booming. But there’s no pumped Panos Panay this time. It’s Microsoft’s Surface and AI event, and The Verge is covering all the key announcements live. Microsoft isn’t live streaming this one, so make sure you tune into our live blog. It all kicks off at 10AM ET.

Microsoft has been investigating reports of a Blue Screen of Death with an “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” error message in the latest KB5029351 update. The issues have been affecting some MSI motherboards, and now MSI says “reverting your BIOS to the previous version” is a workaround. Microsoft has paused the update for affected systems, so hopefully MSI can issue a new BIOS update soon.

Microsoft has found an all new level of efficiency in its August 4th Windows 11 test build: Updating your computer’s IP address by typing “ipconfig /renew” into Windows command line is faster. New asynchronous error handling drops response time from 4.1 seconds to just .1 seconds, “depending on system and network conditions.”

Ah, 2003. We had JNCOs, we were all friends with Tom, and we hated PowerPoint. But some said it was evil. Others, “the end of reason.” The Atlantic recently published a delightful story about the outsized hatred people had for PowerPoint as it reached critical user mass.

Back in April, we offered directions on how to install and navigate Google’s beta version of its Nearby Share app, which lets you share files between your Android phone and your Windows PC. Well, it’s now out of beta, and so we’ve updated our how-to article on, well, how to use it.