[OFFICIAL] Windows 10 Insider Program

[Guest]

As a point of reference, my VM is running Server 2012, handles all of my house multimedia streaming and downloading so it can get pretty intense system-wide during moments of gaming on the same machine. I am running two drives in RAID1, separate from the system as well. They are western digital black drives though. 5400RPM may be your problem.

 

Should I make the VM's VHD a fixed one instead of a dynamic one? Would that improve the performance to be at least bearable?

[nosense]

Wzor posted some 10051 build pictures.. 

http://wzor.net/36790.html

[George P Global Moderator]

Not much in 10051, minor fixes/changes for partners to test, heck it even has the same install UI from 8 not the newer one in 10041 and 10049.

[ANON86364]

Should I make the VM's VHD a fixed one instead of a dynamic one? Would that improve the performance to be at least bearable?

When virtualization was first around, that would help a bit but not anymore I don't think.

[Ian W]

Accessibility is different than classic ActiveX and BHO options. There's multimedia options in there yet from Windows 95. Yikes.

Yes I know it's different . . . But the other options you mention weren't really listed within the screenshot you posted. I suppose I will leave feedback for at least some of the features as the company supposedly listens to this.

[Guest]

So I just recreated the VM with a fixed type VHD instead of dynamic one. The performance immediately improved by a dozen times at least.

[saeedsaf]

It has the new Mail and Calendar apps as well. But did anyone notice the version number? It was 6.3

[Guest]

So I just recreated the VM with a fixed type VHD instead of dynamic one. The performance immediately improved by a dozen times at least.

 

Of course now upgrading to the latest build is taking a few hours... -_- Stuck at 19% for a hour now at least.

[indospot Veteran]

It has the new Mail and Calendar apps as well. But did anyone notice the version number? It was 6.3

 

What? No it doesn't.?

[Ian S.]

Didn't I read somewhere that they got rid of that recycle bin icon already? Apparently 10051 is not the build where that is removed or something.

[Guest]

Didn't I read somewhere that they got rid of that recycle bin icon already? Apparently 10051 is not the build where that is removed or something.

 

Don't bother expecting certain changes based on the build number since they are being developed separately from the main branch.

[Ian S.]

Not part of the Technical Preview, but SP3 may be getting a pen update:

 

 

I

[spaceelf]

Of course now upgrading to the latest build is taking a few hours... -_- Stuck at 19% for a hour now at least.

HDs seem to be a painful way to do this.  My laptop with a 5400rpm drive was hardcore slow to update builds (though it went quicker if I defragged first.)

 

I need to put a SSD in there at some point.

[spaceelf]

Thanks to Gabe - https://twitter.com/gabeaul

Long install times fix for some users -

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install/problems-with-disk-space-and-installation-time-in/2651166f-c1fb-4415-a0f8-ebd7b7312de5?tm=1428109839126

 

 

Hello,
We have a bug, which in some cases is causing setup to download all available language packs during the installation of Builds 10041 and 10049.  We believe this is the cause of both of these issues.  It may also result in a few unexpected folders appearing on your desktop or in File Explorer.

If you

[Guest]

It finally finished after several hours. I'll try the above, thanks.

[spaceelf]

It finally finished after several hours. I'll try the above, thanks.

Didn't accomplish much for me this go, but I did notice Korean folders in my 10041 install.  Strange.

[jasondefaoite]

did the upgrade from 41 to 49 on a desktop with 16GB of RAM and plenty of HDD space (mech. 7200rpm drive).

 

Upgrade took approx 10 hours to hit the desktop. Had the Korean shortcuts on the desktop so uninstalled the language packs. That took ~45mins. Reboot to finish. After the reboot, it goes through an upgrading your system (with percentages). Been stuck at this for the last 3 hours.

 

I think they have some ways to go before RTM. 

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

Took about an hour to install for me. The download alone took about 45 minutes, though. Windows Update still sucks.

[saeedsaf]

Yes it does, look at the calendar tile.

[Guest]

I honestly don't know what the EFFF Hyper-V is doing when using VMs on a local machine. Disk usage is always at almost 100%, flipping up every use of a VM, ever. VMware and VirtualBox never caused this and I didn't have to go through all the other cow poo. Has Hyper-V always been that bad? I played freaking PoP Warrior Within in VMware, yet Hyper-V can't handle a god damn File Explorer to open.

 

It has always been like this ever since the damn release of 8 and the inclusion of Hyper-V in it. It is frustrating beyond belief.

 

EDIT: Again, the VM and the VHDX are located on a storage disk that does NOT have a system-drive.

 

EDIT2: Also, the amount of times I've had to turn off and on the VMs for the damn connection to be established without getting a stupid black screen is beyond count. Freaking unbelievable.

 

Second:

 

Look at the taskbar, half the things are gone and the Search part does not work at all. Screw this. I am done.

[spaceelf]

I can't really speak for or against Hyper-V honestly, but in my experience VMware is the only one with a decent overall featureset and performance (that it wasn't a major pain in the...network was a plus as well.)

[MikeM97]

Not much in 10051, minor fixes/changes for partners to test, heck it even has the same install UI from 8 not the newer one in 10041 and 10049.

 

Strange .

[x.iso]

HDs seem to be a painful way to do this.  My laptop with a 5400rpm drive was hardcore slow to update builds (though it went quicker if I defragged first.)

 

I need to put a SSD in there at some point.

even on SSD it took about 2 to 3 hours for me and I didn't even install all that much of the 3rd party software.

[spaceelf]

Yeah I'm learning that myself heh.  My desktop is going up to 10049 right now.

 

(It did indeed install tons of useless display languages.  Whee.)

 

Fun stuff with these current builds hee.

[ANON86364]

I honestly don't know what the EFFF Hyper-V is doing when using VMs on a local machine. Disk usage is always at almost 100%, flipping up every use of a VM, ever. VMware and VirtualBox never caused this and I didn't have to go through all the other cow poo. Has Hyper-V always been that bad? I played freaking PoP Warrior Within in VMware, yet Hyper-V can't handle a god damn File Explorer to open.

It has always been like this ever since the damn release of 8 and the inclusion of Hyper-V in it. It is frustrating beyond belief.

EDIT: Again, the VM and the VHDX are located on a storage disk that does NOT have a system-drive.

EDIT2: Also, the amount of times I've had to turn off and on the VMs for the damn connection to be established without getting a stupid black screen is beyond count. Freaking unbelievable.

Second:

Look at the taskbar, half the things are gone and the Search part does not work at all. Screw this. I am done.

Have you opened the performance monitor to see what process is utilizing the disk? You must be experiencing a bug or hardware issue. Hyper-V is no second rate hypervisor. What you are experiencing is not the norm.

Edit: I just created a new VM for Win10 on my current setup of Win10 and it's working just fine. This is side-by-side another Server 2012 VM whilst dual-boxing a game and streaming from my server VM.