[OFFICIAL] Windows 10 Insider Program

[Jan Veteran]

Screenshots of anything new you might find that we haven't seen please.  Also, how is Spartan in this build?

 

Spartan seems to be the same as far as I know. Not much has changed apart from the new blur, new sound controls and cube tiles.

 

The build is certainly performing better for me than the previous ones at least.

 

 

Jan, may I ask if there are any significant changes to "All Apps"?

 

Seems to be the same.

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If anybody wants any screenshots or anything feel free to ask.

[TAZMINATOR]

@Jan Is the start menu working again? I was foolish enough to put Windows 10 on our primary pc at home and now the start menu doesn't work in build 10061.

 

I have build 10061 and start menu works...  Did you restart?  You might want to reset your OS to factory and see what happens.

 

Start menu sometimes can be corrupted after installation.

[Jan Veteran]

@Jan Is the start menu working again? I was foolish enough to put Windows 10 on our primary pc at home and now the start menu doesn't work in build 10061.

 

Seems to be working fine for me. Still can't have more than 3 tiles showing a group though also the cube effect bugs quite often.

[winlonghorn]

Seems to be working fine for me. Still can't have more than 3 tiles showing a group though also the cube effect bugs quite often.

 

Awesome! Thank you! Here is hoping they put this build out tomorrow so I can get upgraded and hope for the best.

[nosense]

[Studio384]

For anyone intrested, you can find my findings at http://changewindows.studio384.be/build.php?build=10074.

 

This update kicked out all my Win32 apps from the start menu, including the all apps list. Only Office survived, through they also got unpinned from the start screen.

[nosense]

For anyone intrested, you can find my findings at http://changewindows.studio384.be/build.php?build=10074.

 

This update kicked out all my Win32 apps from the start menu, including the all apps list. Only Office survived, through they also got unpinned from the start screen.

It did , but it all came back after a few restarts.

[Ian W]

Having blur as an option is very nice . . . Should make those clamoring for Windows Aero happy.

[nosense]

WZor @WZorNET 

[Studio384]

A bug I noticed: when you put the startscreen in full screen and go back to your desktop, then open start again and put it back to normal, the blur will not be applied until you open it again.

[Ian W]

Is there any .ISO for build 10074? I hate to ask but I did not see any link on the front page news article.

[Studio384]

Yes, the front-page article's source has a link to the ISO.

 

Anyway, this builds has, in my opinion, a much cleaner start menu. Big thanks to the removal of the search bar when it was disabled (through typing still works ).

[Ian W]

Yes, the front-page article's source has a link to the ISO.

 

Anyway, this builds has, in my opinion, a much cleaner start menu. Big thanks to the removal of the search bar when it was disabled (through typing still works ).

I must not have seen it. I will go look again. Thank you!

[PGHammer]

I did a clean install on Baby Pavilion (replacing 10061 Enterprise) of 10074 Enterprise.  My only failure so far is in Mail - and it's with GMail.  Using the Store prompts you to use a Microsoft account (this is NOT the default with a clean install - a local account is).  Merely using a Microsoft account allows auto-import of those settings into Mail (that in itself is new with Mail).  I'm entering this FROM Baby Pavilion, and I have Skype installed as well (pghammer21bb on Skype).  If you see me online, feel free to bend my ear (if I'm on one of the notebooks - both of which I have webcams - you can put face to voice/text).

[nosense]

I did a clean install on Baby Pavilion (replacing 10061 Enterprise) of 10074 Enterprise.  My only failure so far is in Mail - and it's with GMail.  Using the Store prompts you to use a Microsoft account (this is NOT the default with a clean install - a local account is).  Merely using a Microsoft account allows auto-import of those settings into Mail (that in itself is new with Mail).  I'm entering this FROM Baby Pavilion, and I have Skype installed as well (pghammer21bb on Skype).  If you see me online, feel free to bend my ear (if I'm on one of the notebooks - both of which I have webcams - you can put face to voice/text).

With Gmail, I had to go into settings accounts. Delete the MS account and add gmail. It worked fine for me after that. 

[Draggendrop Veteran]

The last update from build 10056 to build 10061 via update went very well for me. I can't wait for new build 10074 but I will refrain from ISO and see how this update to be will go. Build 10061 has been running great for my use and is really fast. I really like what they have done and still hope I will be able to customize as I have so far. Things are looking good...then again, I forget my glass's half the time...

[PGHammer]

The last update from build 10056 to build 10061 via update went very well for me. I can't wait for new build 10074 but I will refrain from ISO and see how this update to be will go. Build 10061 has been running great for my use and is really fast. I really like what they have done and still hope I will be able to customize as I have so far. Things are looking good...then again, I forget my glass's half the time...

10074 Enterprise should be clean-installed - but NOT for the usual reasons; for some rather odd reason, a clean install + converting from a local account to a Microsoft account (for some reason, a local account - not a Microsoft account - is the default, even for Enterprise) is FAR faster than an upgrade install. (The clean install was on Baby Pavilion, my mobile-development ex-7 notebook - while the upgrade is on my desktop's Enterprise SKU partition. Clean-installing 10074 is the fastest clean-install I have seen out of Windows since XP - and that is regardless of bitness. (And considering I kicked x32 to VM turf back with Vista, that says a great deal.)

[PGHammer]

With Gmail, I had to go into settings accounts. Delete the MS account and add gmail. It worked fine for me after that.

That shouldn't be the case - accounts should be able to be entered in any order. (Back when I had to enter everything by-hand - that is in previous versions of Mail, or any other program - order didn't matter.) Definitely a bug, then.

[PGHammer]

I must not have seen it. I will go look again. Thank you!

I've been pointing to the typing option as Cortana's biggest advantage - and a feature that both GN and Siri flat-out lack.

It's also one reason why I've been whacking the "mobile-first" meme - if not the biggest reason (and it isn't).

Too many folks are thinking that "mobile-first" = "touch-first" = "touch-only". Not only is it far from true with Windows 10, it's not even true of Android or iOS.

Multiplatform Windows is exactly that.

[Dot Matrix]

I think the news is off from Thurrott, there have been other posts that talk about VS2015 allowing you to make a "cross-platform" app that works on Windows AND Android (v4.4 and 5.0) using C++.  I think the goal here is to allow developers to make Android apps in VS as easy as possible and with a simple click you also get a Windows universal app, and since the UI for apps between Windows Phone and Android is pretty much the same, they don't have to do any UI work specifically for WP, which I'm betting few wanted to do.

I certainly hope so. There's no reason to degrade Windows UX with Android nonsense.

[Draggendrop Veteran]

10074 Enterprise should be clean-installed - but NOT for the usual reasons; for some rather odd reason, a clean install + converting from a local account to a Microsoft account (for some reason, a local account - not a Microsoft account - is the default, even for Enterprise) is FAR faster than an upgrade install. (The clean install was on Baby Pavilion, my mobile-development ex-7 notebook - while the upgrade is on my desktop's Enterprise SKU partition. Clean-installing 10074 is the fastest clean-install I have seen out of Windows since XP - and that is regardless of bitness. (And considering I kicked x32 to VM turf back with Vista, that says a great deal.)

Thanks for the heads up...I did not know but will prep an ISO now...cheers 

[Draggendrop Veteran]

For those who have Build 10074 up and running, have you noticed if spartan launches from task bar consistently now...it was a bit buggy with me so I tag teamed it with aviator/startpage for now (I kind of dislike IE), Also I was hoping it was easier to import bookmarks into spartan..I had to paste into the spartan favourite folder last time which is a bit buried...I actually like spartan so far...cheers

[siah1214]

I absolutely love the new 3D tiles.  It's an amazing effect.  Hope it comes to the phone soon. 

[Ian W]

I certainly hope so. There's no reason to degrade Windows UX with Android nonsense.

There is certainly no reason to degrade it any further with more Android nonsense.

[nosense]

That shouldn't be the case - accounts should be able to be entered in any order. (Back when I had to enter everything by-hand - that is in previous versions of Mail, or any other program - order didn't matter.) Definitely a bug, then.

Ya, its a bug. I'm having problems syncing my Ms account and cal. 

 

 

 _{tom warren just tweeted this in regards to android apps on wp.} 

 

^{Tom Warren @tomwarren}