Microsoft is testing a faster version of Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) and updated Smart App Control (SAC), allowing users to toggle it without requiring a Windows clean install.
QMR enables IT administrators to resolve Windows boot failures remotely, eliminating the need for physical access to the system.
If Windows 11 fails to start due to a configuration change or a new driver, it boots into the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), launches the Quick Machine Recovery Tool, and connects to the internet to send crash data to Microsoft, allowing the admins to remove the problematic updates and adjust the settings to fix the boot issues.
The main change announced on Friday is that the recovery task now runs a single scan to fix systems experiencing booting problems, rather than searching for solutions in a loop.
Today, the company also announced that Smart App Control, a Windows 11 security feature designed to block untrusted or potentially harmful apps at the process level, can now be toggled on and off from Windows Security > App & Browser Control > Smart App Control settings without requiring a Windows clean install.
These changes are rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels who have installed the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7070 (KB5070300).
