Microsoft is finally fixing Windows 11 under the hood — but new stats suggest it could be too little, too late

• Microsoft is making "behind-the-scenes platform changes" with Windows 11
• These are efforts in preview builds to fine-tune the fundamentals of the OS
• At the same time, a report suggests a sizeable number of people are fleeing Windows 11 – so could this move help turn that around?

Microsoft is beginning the process of making changes to the underlying platform of Windows 11, prompting both hope but also a measure of fear in some respects – and it comes just as we're seeing the adoption figures for the OS drop.

As announced with the latest preview build from Microsoft (flagged by Windows Central), the Windows 11 releases in the Dev channel are now going to be the 26300 series.

These builds are now separate to the Beta channel, Microsoft explains, which will be the 26220 series, but the important bit is the following sentence: "Over time, we will ...