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Windows 11 KB5089573 update released with performance improvements - Bleeping Computer​

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Microsoft has released the KB5089573 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which comes with 30 changes, including performance and reliability improvements.

The KB5089573 update is part of the company's non-security preview schedule, designed to introduce new features and fixes at the end of each month, allowing IT admins and users to test them before rolling them out to the general user base during next month's Patch Tuesday.

However, unlike regular Patch Tuesday cumulative updates, monthly preview updates are optional and do not include security updates.

With the May 2026 optional update, Microsoft is gradually rolling out general OS performance upgrades and several reliability improvements to Windows Hello.

"This update accelerates app launch and core shell experiences such as Start menu, Search, and Action Center," Microsoft said in a Tuesday support document.

"This update improves sign‑in behavior on the lock screen and sign‑in screen. When Windows Hello face or fingerprint is set up and available, it is now the default sign-in method every time you sign in, even if you used a different method previously. If you need to use your Windows PIN instead and use it three times in a row, Windows will stay with PIN until you switch to another sign-in method."

Additionally, KB5089573 improves Windows reliability in File Explorer, on the sign-in and lock screens, when changing themes in Settings, and when using touch gestures on touchscreen devices.

This preview update also improves performance when resuming from Modern Standby and reduces the number of unexpected blocks during Windows Hello Enhanced Sign‑in Security authentication.

You can install this update either by downloading it from the Microsoft Update Catalog or by opening Settings, clicking Windows Update, and then selecting "Check for Updates."

Because this is an optional update, you will be asked whether you want to install it by clicking the "Download and install" link unless you have the "Get the latest updates as soon as they're they're available" option enabled, which will prompt the OS to install it automatically.

Once installed, this optional non-security update will upgrade Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 devices to builds 26200.8524 and 26100.8524, respectively.
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Windows 11 KB5089573 update released with performance improvements

Microsoft has released the KB5089573 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which comes with 30 changes, including performance and reliability improvements.
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Windows 11’s hidden CPU boost is now available in the May optional update!

I installed KB5089573 (Build 26200.8524) and tested the Low Latency Profile again. For now, this feature does not make your apps launch faster, as that particular change is not included in today's update.

However, the Low Latency Profile currently makes OS flyouts load faster. This means the Start menu opens with less lag, and Action Center feels smoother. Plus, right-click menus show less of that annoying rendering delay.

On slower PCs, this should matter even more because Windows briefly pushes the CPU harder during shell interactions, then lets it drop back to idle.

Some people call this a lazy band-aid, but that misses the point. macOS and Linux already have similar tricks. This is how modern systems make interactions feel instant.

The real win comes when Microsoft combines this with native WinUI 3 work and less WebView2 bloat.

Windows 11 finally feels like it’s being tuned for responsiveness again.
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UH OH!...

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All HP Commercial and Workstation Computers – Computer Stuck in BitLocker Recovery Loop After Updating BIOS​

A BitLocker recovery screen may appear on next boot after updating a computer with BIOS updates released in early April 2026.

Description​

After entering the correct BitLocker password, which will allow a successful boot to the Operating System, the computer may boot to the same BitLocker recovery screen again upon reboot.

Microsoft’s 2023 certificates may fail to properly apply on the computer when this BitLocker issue occurs. To verify the status of this process, check the UEFICA2023Status and UEFICA2023Error registry values.

If the UEFICA2023Status registry value remains in an "In Progress" state over time and the UEFICA2023Error registry value shows any number higher than 0, then the update process has failed. (Learn more about this topic here.)

Applying the changes as outlined in this document should both resolve the BitLocker Recovery loop and allow for the successful implementation of the 2023 Microsoft certificates.

Scope​

The information in this document applies to the following:

Computers
  • All HP Commercial Notebooks
  • All HP Commercial Desktops
  • All HP Workstation Computers
Operating systems
  • Microsoft Windows 11 23H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 24H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 25H2
Effective date
05/11/2026

Resolution​

To manually resolve the BitLocker Recovery loop and allow for the successful implementation of the 2023 Microsoft certificates on an individual computer, please follow the steps below.

For customers remotely changing these settings through manageability tools, please ensure BitLocker is suspended before making these BIOS settings changes.
  1. Power on the computer and press the F10 key repeatedly (about once per second) until the HP logo appears.
  2. The device will boot to the BIOS home page.
 
It's a sad goodbye to a faithful NVIDIA Windows display driver application after 2 decades of support...

Nvidia kills Windows XP-era Control Panel “after 20 years of dedicated service”​

Nvidia says the Control Panel’s features have been migrated to the Nvidia app.

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Shiny new Nvidia apps like the GeForce Experience and the “Nvidia app” have come and gone, but the old Nvidia Control Panel and its rotating green Nvidia logo have existed as an option for managing basic settings since it was originally introduced in 2006.

That’s ending with version 610.47 of Nvidia’s Game Ready and Studio drivers for GeForce GPUs. Nvidia says the old Control Panel will no longer be installed by default, since “all actively supported Nvidia Control Panel features for GeForce users have been modernized and transitioned” to the new Nvidia app.

“The NVIDIA app contains all of the modern functionality of the NVIDIA Control Panel available for GeForce RTX GPUs, and much more, while running faster and more efficiently,” writes Nvidia Technical Marketing Content Editor Andrew Burnes in the drivers’ release notes.

The Nvidia app also offers more advanced features than the Control Panel app had, including driver updates and DLSS overrides for using newer upscaling models with games that only natively support older DLSS versions.

If you already have the old Control Panel installed on your system, installing the new driver version won’t remove it unless you perform a clean install. If you lose the Control Panel and want to get it back, it will be available for the time being as a separate Microsoft Store download, but Nvidia will no longer update it with new features or fixes.

At least for now, the Control Panel will continue to be installed for users of RTX Pro, RTX, and Quadro GPUs using Nvidia’s workstation drivers, since Nvidia hasn’t migrated all of the relevant professional features from the Control Panel to the Nvidia app.

As best as I can tell from Reddit and Internet Archive sleuthing, the Nvidia Control Panel as it currently exists was introduced in February of 2006 in the ForceWare 83.60 driver package.

The old GeForce 7 series was Nvidia’s latest and greatest at the time, but the Control Panel would have been available on cards as old as the GeForce 2 MX, which was released way back in 2000.

The look and feel of the Control Panel has changed little since then, mirroring Windows itself: There’s a new, modern, shiny app that handles almost every setting you could want to change, but you’re never more than a couple of clicks away from a Windows NT-style dialog box that looks almost the same now as it did 25 years ago.

The Guru3D forum thread about the then-new ForceWare release shows there are some constants in computing and software development. Multiple users complain about feature regressions or about not being able to open the new Control Panel at all. One remarks on the size of the download (a whopping 45MB).

“New cpanel works for me but I dont like the new panel,” writes one poster. “Old one pwns it.”
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Nvidia kills Windows XP-era Control Panel "after 20 years of dedicated service"

Nvidia says the Control Panel's features have been migrated to the Nvidia app.
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