[OFFICIAL] Windows 10 Insider Program

[Quillz]

I got it installed, but my sound wasnt working so i uninstalled the audio drivers and reset the computer and then it kept on crashing once booting into windows. Anyone else have a similar problem?

It's not crashing for me but any usage at all is incredibly slow. Seems this build is much less stable than the previous ones, but luckily Microsoft has suggested the next build is coming soon.

[Dot Matrix]

So, do we know for sure RTM is in 2015? Seems that since XP, many of the major releases have been in the second half of the year. XP hit RTM in October, Vista hit RTM in November, Windows 8 had an October release. My guess is we'll have a RC by BUILD 2015, with a final release before Christmas.

RTM should occur later this year, yes.

[Ian S.]

RTM should occur later this year, yes.

 

Yeah, I highly doubt they'll pull another Longhorn on us.

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

The way progress is being made with Windows 10 I wouldn't be at all surprised if it went RTM by June/July. Even now, Windows 10 feels polished enough to be run as a main OS. 

[The_Observer]

USB port have all stopped working. No mouse or keyboard.

[brlmedia]

Looking into my system's sluggishness, (upgrade in place 8.1 to preview,) i see my AMD drivers (Radeon HD 8240)) drivers have stopped working, i uninstall them for a generic microsoft driver, which in turns installs the amd driver, which stops again.   interesting..

[T3X4S]

I think we can all say something went haywire with this build.   Drivers for all sorts of things have not worked at all or crashed quickly.

I was about to install as a dual boot to see if the issues I was experiencing in VMWare would stop  - but its plain to see there are so many issues - I will just wait till next build to try Win10 again.

This is the point where I laugh at all the people who had this as their main OS.

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

Yea, moving to a technical preview in beta as a primary OS isn't the best move.

[nosense]

Sucks for you, every build for me has been stable and runs great. Besides 1440p Internet explorer flash glitch.

 

Than again you're just running a VM, which can lead to different problems inside it self.

[0nyX]

Previous builds that were leaked ran almost perfectly but the one build that is given officially to the public as CTP is buggy as hell.

[Ian S.]

The way progress is being made with Windows 10 I wouldn't be at all surprised if it went RTM by June/July. Even now, Windows 10 feels polished enough to be run as a main OS. 

No it doesn't, the UI/icons/apps and mechanics like navigation/animations/features etc. are still in a state of flux. MAYBE August. Besides Office is not even ready yet.

[chrisj1968]

All the resolutions seem to be stuffed up in this build. I can only get 4:3 ratios.

 

I have 1920x1080 running perfectly.

[HawkMan]

Previous builds that were leaked ran almost perfectly but the one build that is given officially to the public as CTP is buggy as hell.

 

It's not the CP, still the TP for insiders only.

[George P Global Moderator]

Drivers need updating, or there's some debugging going on that is messing with drivers. Some people don't have performance issues while some do. It's the classic case of OS changes that need driver changes to work. But that's why we have these technical previews so early.

 

Can't wait to see how fast they start moving going forward, hope we get at least two new builds in February.

[PotatoAlchemist]

Or maybe not an Universal app at all. I wouldn't call something that is able to call restricted APIs an Universal app.

 

Another frustrating issue I've ran in today... there is no DockPanel available in WinRT. God dammit.

 

Hmm, I was afraid of that. Considering how they are opening up with their services and tools, I doubt that whatever they are working with won't be available for everyone else later on once it's more stable.

For starters, I have a feeling OneNote, among a few more Windows 10 specific apps are compiled with the Roslyn compiler, aka Native .NET style if I'm not mistaken. Already seeing huge boosts in startup time, so that may be it.

 

Also, regarding the news with the death of the charms bar, I'm afraid that is indeed true. Actually you might not even activate it from the hamburger button from the titlebar either. In OneNote for example, you activate its settings from within the app itself, by expending the left side menu, then clicking Settings. Furthermore, the settings pane slides in within the app itself and looks different from the standard Windows 8 specific one. Printing is also present there. Sharing, however.. yeah. Tough luck on that one, for now.

 

Also, hopefully these newer variants of Universal Apps are going to be more resilient from just dying off, because of the heavy workload on the system. It's annoying that the apps normally just end up entering into suspended mode, where you have no idea why they don't function properly in the background.

 

[coth]

Windows Feedback doesn't work for me anymore. Just black screen. It was very slow before - up to 10 seconds for every action. But now just black screen after logo.

[Andy1369]

I'm having a very odd problem with the most recent version of the Technical Preview (9926). Did a clean install. Upon first boot, everything worked normally. Then, for some unknown reason, the whole UI with the 'modern' area of the OS went berserk. I can't view any text in the Start Menu, the Settings window doesn't show text, and it's just a mess - see attached screenshot. "Classic" Windows text and areas such as the Explorer, Control Panel, etc., work and look just fine.

 

Not sure what happened - any suggestions on how to fix this?

 

Thanks!

[PGHammer]

The way progress is being made with Windows 10 I wouldn't be at all surprised if it went RTM by June/July. Even now, Windows 10 feels polished enough to be run as a main OS. 

Rather amusingly, the only rivals historically for Windows 10 Technical Preview's backward-compatibility and stability are the Previews of Windows 8, though 10 has more breakage (8 had none at all) - 10's breakage is restricted to three games (all with a common front-end).

 

Other than driver twitches (again, only 8's Previews had fewer, though there were some), the biggest complaint with 10 is aesthetics - which is typically fixed in the tailchase (quite a bit down the road yet).

[HawkMan]

Hmm, I was afraid of that. Considering how they are opening up with their services and tools, I doubt that whatever they are working with won't be available for everyone else later on once it's more stable.

For starters, I have a feeling OneNote, among a few more Windows 10 specific apps are compiled with the Roslyn compiler, aka Native .NET style if I'm not mistaken. Already seeing huge boosts in startup time, so that may be it.

 

Also, regarding the news with the death of the charms bar, I'm afraid that is indeed true. Actually you might not even activate it from the hamburger button from the titlebar either. In OneNote for example, you activate its settings from within the app itself, by expending the left side menu, then clicking Settings. Furthermore, the settings pane slides in within the app itself and looks different from the standard Windows 8 specific one. Printing is also present there. Sharing, however.. yeah. Tough luck on that one, for now.

 

Also, hopefully these newer variants of Universal Apps are going to be more resilient from just dying off, because of the heavy workload on the system. It's annoying that the apps normally just end up entering into suspended mode, where you have no idea why they don't function properly in the background.

 

 

they showed os wide sharing at the event though

[George P Global Moderator]

I really hope they've updated the way winrt apps run now, specially on a desktop that's always on AC and not batteries. They shouldn't be suspended if you're not on a mobile device.

[Sszecret Veteran]

Regarding the OneNote screenshots above, I know it's still early days, but I still maintain that the Office 2013 look (squared off tabs) works better with the overall UI. And what's up with that Section tab? It looks totally out of place...

[Ice_Blue]

Anyone know how to quickly adjust screen brightness on a tablet?

 

In Windows 8.1, I simply swiped in the charms bar and all the settings were there (volume, brightness etc.).

 

Now, I get the Notifications, and even though there is a "Display" setting, it does not show brightness (which you would expect to be one of the main settings there).

 

I have sent feedback about this, but I am convinced that Microsoft is shafting touch users and reverting to the Windows 7 paradigm.

 

The charms bar was extremely useful on a tablet, but it seems to be gone for good.

 

Oh well ...

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Regarding the OneNote screenshots above, I know it's still early days, but I still maintain that the Office 2013 look (squared off tabs) works better with the overall UI. And what's up with that Section tab? It looks totally out of place...

I would assume the section tab looks the way it does to keep the look and feel consistent across platforms. It looks the same on iOS and OS X.

[HawkMan]

I would assume the section tab looks the way it does to keep the look and feel consistent across platforms. It looks the same on iOS and OS X.

 

also to look like notebook folders, yes, it's the same thing everyone hates about earlier OSX design, except not nearly as overdone (like no faux leather folder and ring binder and paper texture and padding)

[marcox92]

Hudge issue with Tech Previex 9926 on Lenovo Yoga 2 PRO

 

Internet explorer crashes, impossible to use it

Can't find a solution

 

Its OK on an ASUS X30 (equivalent to a yoga)