Windows 11 Insider tweaks

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 test builds make two old corners of the operating system easier to read: one lifts a long-standing FAT32 formatting cap, and another adds clearer Secure Boot status labels. (blogs.windows.com) A file system is the rulebook that tells a drive how to store files, and FAT32 is one of the oldest rulebooks Windows still supports. In Windows 11 Insider Build 26300.8170 for the Dev Channel, released April 10, Microsoft raised the command-line FAT32 formatting limit from 32 gigabytes to 2 terabytes. (blogs.windows.com) Microsoft shipped the same FAT32 change on April 10 in Windows 11 Insider Build 26220.8165 for the Beta Channel. The company also said both builds improve performance in Settings when viewing large disks and volumes. (blogs.windows.com) The 32 gigabyte cap was mostly a Windows formatting limit, not the full technical ceiling of FAT32 itself. Microsoft’s change only applies to formatting via the command line in these Insider builds, not to every formatting tool in Windows. (blogs.windows.com) A separate security change is landing in the Windows Security app, which is the dashboard that shows whether core protections are turned on. In Dev, Beta, and Canary builds dated April 10, Microsoft added green, yellow, and red badges plus new text for Secure Boot state and certificate status under Device security. (blogs.windows.com) Secure Boot checks that a computer starts with trusted software, and certificates are the digital IDs behind that trust check. Microsoft said it is updating Secure Boot certificates on consumer devices and some business personal computers, and the new screen lets users see that status directly. (blogs.windows.com) In the Canary Channel, Microsoft released Build 28020.1812 on April 10 with the Secure Boot status changes and Feedback Hub updates, but not the FAT32 increase. That Canary build instead added a touchpad setting for the size of the bottom-right right-click zone on pressable touchpads. (blogs.windows.com) The Dev and Beta builds also fixed a bug that made Data Usage in Settings show unrealistically large network totals. Both builds are based on Windows 11, version 25H2, while Canary remains Microsoft’s earlier testing track for features that may change more sharply before release. (blogs.windows.com) Microsoft has not said when these changes will move from Insider channels into the general release of Windows 11. For now, the updates show the company spending April 2026 on small but visible fixes to old storage limits and hard-to-read security status pages. (blogs.windows.com)