Home windows 11 is about to get the total repair for a bug that causes severe aggravation to some customers when attempting to repeat large information.

This drawback has been round for a while, however Microsoft has lastly acquired a deal with on it, as a result of as Home windows Newest (opens in new tab) factors out, the treatment is bundled up with the freshly revealed ‘Second 2’ replace for Home windows 11 22H2.

That replace is already out there as an elective providing – nonetheless in preview, in different phrases, however up for grabs to all Home windows 11 customers (not simply testers) – and it’ll be totally rolling out with the ultimate deployment of Second 2 which occurs subsequent Tuesday (March 14).

So, for those who’ve been hit by this bug, the decision is imminent, fortunately. The problem badly slows down the copying of bigger information, with some reviews we’ve seen previously saying that hefty copy operations can really take twice so long as they need to. Nasty certainly.

Home windows Newest made this discovery because of readers who knowledgeable the location that file copying had reverted to regular speeds following the set up of patch KB5022913 (Second 2 preview).

A tech guide informed the web site: “We bumped into this drawback in December after we upgraded our 100 units to Home windows 11 22H2. The information had been taking quite a bit longer to repeat over than they need to. We observed some file transfers had been nearly twice slower. Our customers confirmed that is now not the case after the KB5022913 replace.”

Evaluation: A very long time within the making

As talked about, this drawback has been round for some time – certainly a repair was utilized in testing means again firstly of December 2022. Which means it’ll have taken three and a half months for the take a look at patch to really attain the discharge model of Home windows 11. (Assuming that it’s included with Second 2 and doesn’t get ditched on the final, erm, second, if issues have been encountered with the elective preview replace).

After we first reported on this, we had been preserving our fingers crossed for a swift repair, however that didn’t occur, so presumably this was a knotty drawback that took fairly some untangling. Granted, the bug primarily impacts these on enterprise networks, however people operating small workplace or house networks have additionally been hit.

The Second 2 replace fixes a bunch of different bugs, as you may anticipate – together with File Explorer glitches and a flaw with Bluetooth keyboards – and it provides an entire pile of options to Home windows 11. That features Telephone Hyperlink for iOS (lastly), enhancements for touchscreen units, and far more (we’ve acquired a deep dive on all of the additions proper right here). Oh, and it’ll additionally usher within the Bing AI to the taskbar (type of, once in a while – we speak about this additional right here).