Insider Preview Build 22000.160: Windows 11 is officially available for download as an ISO for the first time

Microsoft not only published the new Insider Preview Build 22000.160, but also for the first time published an official image of the system, the so-called ISO, for Windows 11, which will be released later this year. However, the preview itself falls into the “small product maintenance” category and doesn’t bring much new.

For the first time as a system image

In addition to Windows 11 Insider Preview 22000.160, which is classified as a beta build, such as version 22000.132, and therefore will be released to Windows Insider in the Dev channel and in the Beta channel, Microsoft now officially has a Windows 11 system image in the download area of ​​the First Insider Program (Report) Released for download. However, this is not the latest version 22000.160 but the previous version 22000.132, which must then be updated accordingly.

Little innovations

Not much has changed since the first two developer releases that were officially classified as beta, Build 22000.100 and 22000.132. Microsoft has only made changes to the “Alarm & Clock” app and the operating system’s behavior in the event of updates or reboots.

• The new Clock app for Windows 11 with focus sessions has started appearing on Windows Insiders on the Dev channel. See this blog post for all the details!
• We’ve been testing the ability to see estimates of how long updates will take to restart in places like the Power menu under Start, in restart notifications, on the Windows Update settings page and within the Windows Update icon that appears in the lower right of the taskbar. We’re making a slight tweak to this feature so that it only appears on computers with hard drives. If your computer has a standard hard drive, you won’t see estimates anymore. We hope to return the estimates to computers with hard drives once some other errors have been settled.

• Taskbar:
  • We’ve fixed an issue where the “Site in use” icon in the taskbar sometimes appears even though usage is blocked by your preferences.

There is still a lot to do

As the official release notes reveal, the list of unfixed bugs is still relatively extensive, and it’s not uncommon for an internal preview. Only one issue with a wrong icon in the taskbar can be resolved using the current build of Insider Preview Build 22000.160. In addition, users can now “name” their computer system accordingly during installation.

Microsoft has more information about Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.160 at Windows Blog sum up. A comprehensive overview of all builds and developer tools published for the upcoming Windows 11 operating system is also provided by Microsoft Flight Hub.