PWAs fail to launch on my WoA (Arm64) environment
For the past few months—coinciding roughly with an Edge Dev 153.0.4224.0 — PWAs have stopped launching on my Surface Pro 11th Gen (Arm64). When I click a PWA icon pinned to the taskbar, the progress cursor appears briefly, but nothing else happens. Clicking "Open" within the Edge Dev app management screen also yields no response. The only exception is Figma: if I open it in browser mode and click a link within the application, it successfully launches in PWA mode. PWAs appear to work without any issues in the retail version of Edge. I have already tried a repair installation of Edge Dev, but it did not resolve the problem. I have submitted feedback directly through the Feedback Hub and built-in feedback feature in Edge Dev, but the issue remains unresolved after several months. Is this problem unique to my specific setup?
KB5077241 broke wifi (Windows on Arm)
Installed the KB5077241 yesterday on my Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x running Windows On Arm (Qualcomm Snapdragon X elite). Windows 11 25H2 Pro. After the install and reboot wifi no longer works. Device manager shows the wifi card as working. But the wifi button in task bar is gone. There is nowhere to choose show networks etc. Uninstalled the update and everything works againWindows on Arm runs more apps and games with new Prism update
Today, Windows on Arm devices, such as those powered by the Snapdragon X series processors, are getting a boost thanks to an update to Prism that increases performance and enables running more apps and games under emulation. The Prism emulator is a core part of the Windows on Arm platform, ensuring that Windows apps are able to run seamlessly on Windows on Arm even if they were built for traditional x86 processors and have not been updated to run natively on Arm. Prism works by transparently converting an app's x86 instructions to Arm64 code as the app runs. With today's update, Prism expands its capability by supporting translation of more x86 instruction set architecture extensions, including AVX and AVX2, as well as related extensions BMI, FMA, F16C, and others. These extensions are not guaranteed to be supported by a processor when running Windows, but they are common enough for some apps to depend on their availability. They are especially relied on by creative tools and games that benefit from the efficient parallel processing that these CPU instructions provide. coreinfo64. With support for these additional processor features, Prism can now run a number of apps and games that were previously unable to work on Windows on Arm. One example is Ableton Live, which will be coming to Windows on Arm as a native app next year. Attempting to install Ableton Live 12 as an emulated app prior to this update would fail with a system requirements error because it requires AVX support. After the Prism update, the app installs and runs without issue. This Prism update has now rolled out to all Windows on Arm devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 or later. All 64-bit x86 apps will have the updated CPU feature support enabled by default. Any 32-bit apps will have it off by default but can be opted in using compatibility settings. For more information about Windows on Arm, you can view our docs at Windows on Arm documentation on Microsoft Learn. We are committed to continuing to enhance Prism emulation in Windows and are excited about the additional apps and games that will be able to run seamlessly on Windows on Arm with today's update.
Surface Laptop 7, will not boot after system restore
Brand new Surface 7 13.8", just received the package yesterday. I've set it up for my wife, but shortly after network just started timing out querying the router's DNS server (Router is fine, multiple other phones, windows 10 & 11, linux, mac machines work without a hitch). Tried some fixes to no avail, and decided on a system restore just in case I've messed something up during setup. System restore looked like it worked, but laptop restarted and ended up with a bluescreen (something kernel something). System restore is there just fir that, right? Well, I've started it nine hours ago. Now it's just boot looping with the "preparing" bit and then shuts back down. It's been like that the whole day. I've even tried to get a USB stick to have the requisite livecd/recovery media, but it doesn't the new Surface ARM-based processor. What can we even do at this point?ARM Surface Laptop 7 file paths too long
We just finished a rollout of the Surface laptop 7s with the ARM processor. after a couple of weeks a have a few members of the staff who are ready to throw them out the window because they are running into constant issues with their synced sharepoint library in file explorer telling them they can't save the file because the path is lost since the file path, itself, is too long. We used to be able to work around this by extending the limitation on characters, but this no longer seems to be an option with the ARM computers. I am in desperate need of guidance. I would tell them they can use SharePoint online, but let's be real, this is one of those behaviors that's hard to break.
Unable to access Windows Insider Preview Downloads on MacOS
I am trying to download Windows 11 ARM Insider Preview so I can VM it with VMware Fusion on a Macbook Pro 14 2021 to update a Dell monitor's firmware. I am registered as an Insider which I did prior to relocating to a new country, however I no longer have a Windows PC and cannot proceed to download the Windows 11 ARM ISO officially. Has anybody encountered this issue and have any solutions? Here's a couple of screenshots of what I see: Cheers, Michael
