But if you still need it, you can get it.
Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system already disables by default SMB (Server Message Block) version 1, the 30-year-old file-sharing protocol. Now the company is doing the same with Windows 11 Home Dev Channel test builds, announced officials on April 19. SMB1 is considered outdated and not secure. However, some users with very old equipment may be in for a surprise if their Windows 11 laptops can’t connect to an old networked hard drive, as officials said in a blog post about the SMB1 phase out plan. » There is no edition of Windows 11 Insider that has any part of SMB1 enabled by default anymore.
