[OFFICIAL] Windows 10 Insider Program

[chrisj1968]

There's probably a number of bug fixes and performance updates as well that they're not going to detail for us as well.

I wish they would because I play older games. one issue has been reported by many on steam forums is this, issue with people not being able to play their older titles, we'll say titles older than 2011 to be fair. one known example I can think of is an issue that my wife told me about AFTER I reinstalled windows 7. I've said this in other threads and I don't mean to beat a dead horse on the issue but someone on the inside, like yourself or anyone on windows 10, who are insiders still complain about older titles not working. Directx12 worked awesome during my testing of the last test build 9926 since the move to 10041, with the Nvidia driver update destroyed my install, I went back to 8.1, which came with this system as OEM.

But I'm pleading so that MS can be made aware that there are many who are having troubles with Windows 10 and their games no longer working, albeit massively trying to deal with compatibility mode and trying to use as administrator. Is Directx12 the first iteration of DX that doesn't work with backwards compatibility? I don't know. But I do love the frame rate gains with the games I do play.

[Quillz]

I know it's a beta, but the latest build is still not consistent with the new context menus:

Those are from the Win9x era, I think. And if you right click on the (hidden) Ribbon, you'll get a Vista era context menu. Seems like all of these should match the Win10 style.

[Quillz]

I'm also finding this latest build somewhat unstable. Mail won't load, several random applications won't load and everything feels a bit sluggish. The previous Insider build was as stable as fast as RTM by comparison. So there must be a lot of low-level changes being made in this build.

[BeerFan]

Is there any way to download an ISO of the latest 10532 build for a clean install?

[Dot Matrix]

Is there any way to download an ISO of the latest 10532 build for a clean install?

No first party ISOs have been released.

[Studio384]

I know it's a beta, but the latest build is still not consistent with the new context menus:

Those are from the Win9x era, I think. And if you right click on the (hidden) Ribbon, you'll get a Vista era context menu. Seems like all of these should match the Win10 style.

Well, they said taht it was just a first step, I personally think that they are just experimentating with what the new context menus should look like, and that they are now trying to find out which one works best and looks best. I think that they probably will start replacing the other context menus next build or the build there after (and i repeat: start to replace, not replace them all at once because that won't probably happen). Let's just say that this is similar to the icons, these got also multiple revamps before the final set arrived.

[Chrysalis]

I cannot even update (yet again)

on the file copying stage it reboots and then restores the previous build which is 10240.

what a mess of an operating system. my experience has been pretty aweful so far.

how can it be so bad? win7 is pretty solid in how it works and updates, and all i have had from win10 is problem after problem on updating and activations. I am not alone as other forums I frequent are full of complaints.

see here https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1271060-10532-now-fails-to-install-does-win10-update-process-ever-work/

[George P Global Moderator]

Some group will always have issues, by the sheer nature of the PC market and the crazy configurations and not to mention any software that could get in the way that someone has installed, i'm surprised they do as good of a job as they do with support and upgrading.   That said, the majority seem to be upgrading fine, my tablet finally upgraded fine after the intel graphics driver was released, no issues going from 8.1 to 10 RTM.   Likewise my HP laptop upgraded from 8.1 to 10 just fine.

Now going from preview to preview could be buggy but that's the nature of preview/beta software, if you can't get 10532 just wait on 10240 for the next preview build and try again, you're not missing out on anything unless you really really want colored title bars.

[enroh]

if i make an image of my install and then mount that image on a new SSD drive will my win10 install still be activated or will it force me to call in since i changed the hdd? (note - i did an in-place upgrade from 8.1 Pro to 10 Pro

[George P Global Moderator]

I think if you only change the hdd and nothing else like the mobo/cpu etc then you should be fine.  But I'm not 100% sure about it, I don't know how many minor changes it takes before you lose activation.   I think video card and hard drive upgrades should be fine though.

[enroh]

I think if you only change the hdd and nothing else like the mobo/cpu etc then you should be fine.  But I'm not 100% sure about it, I don't know how many minor changes it takes before you lose activation.   I think video card and hard drive upgrades should be fine though.

I changed my video card recently and that was fine...seems like the old rules of swapping mobos causing deactivation maybe in place again?!

[adrynalyne]

 

I changed my video card recently and that was fine...seems like the old rules of swapping mobos causing deactivation maybe in place again?!

Its always been that way.

[George P Global Moderator]

Yeah a mobo change is a big one, that's like key to your PC and a major change not minor.  Heck I think even if you just upgrade the CPU you could be fine, but again, not sure.   I really just build a new PC and hardly upgrade my current one outside of a new video card or adding a 2nd or 3rd HDD, little else gets changed.  To that extent I'll have to buy Windows 10 Pro for my new PC build later this month or in Oct, depends on when I finish building it.

[enroh]

Its always been that way.

Always hit & miss for me - sometimes it rebooted like there was no change and sometimes I needed to call to activate. Go figure. Not saying it hasn't always been this way as I know officially that was their party line. My experience is that it hasn't (for what that's worth I have no idea)

[George P Global Moderator]

WMPoweruser is reporting that they're adding open/close animations to Windows Store apps in the upcoming builds, so they match desktop/Win32 apps.  Also the context menus have a darker tone of white/gray applied to them as well.   Don't know what else to expect at this point but I guess we'll see once they push out a new insider build.

[Dot Matrix]

WMPoweruser is reporting that they're adding open/close animations to Windows Store apps in the upcoming builds, so they match desktop/Win32 apps.  Also the context menus have a darker tone of white/gray applied to them as well.   Don't know what else to expect at this point but I guess we'll see once they push out a new insider build.

I'd expect more unity in the OS by what you're describing. The context menus have already started to be aligned in the last Insider's Build.

[SnoopZ]

I am hoping the context menu spacing gets moved closer together again as it looks terrible and is pretty unpopular.

[George P Global Moderator]

I am hoping the context menu spacing gets moved closer together again as it looks terrible and is pretty unpopular.

It'll be hard to get just one spacing that works everywhere, and if you use different spacing in the end people will still complain it's not consistent, so you either have them all change when on mouse and all change when in tablet mode or you just live with some having different spacing.  I expect they'll aim for having them all change spacing when in and out of tablet mode to work better with touch.  For now though the old mouse first menus from the desktop don't look right with the touch spacing but let's be honest, if you're using your finger that's the right spacing for it in the end. 

[George P Global Moderator]

Anyone brave enough to run the leaked build 10537 yet?  

[SnoopZ]

Anyone brave enough to run the leaked build 10537 yet?  

I never see the point, so i just wait for an official release which can't be too far off.

[Studio384]

Anyone brave enough to run the leaked build 10537 yet?  

Yep, obviously, I need to keep my site up-to-date.

Anyway, is has Microsoft Edge 13 instead of Edge 12 as in the current official preview. Except for the icons, animations and context menus, not much more has changed. I did notice that the alphabetic headers in the app list now take less space too.

[Ian S.]

Edge will soon get Drag and Drop uploads (unbelievable this didn't ship with the July launch)
http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-edge-get-drag-drop-file-upload

[George P Global Moderator]

I expect edge will get all the features IE11 has that it doesn't, just a matter of when, it's not easy to start off from scratch and I believe their to-do list had rendering and javascript performance/stability at the top, and features lower.   It could also just be a matter of them waiting for TH2 APIs to hit so they can do things they might not have been able to in the RTM release.   Still, if they add things fast, which I hope they will, then it's fine.   Heck, they could catch up on features by February if they move fast enough IMO.

[George P Global Moderator]

Windows 10 Build 10540 release notes leaked, reveals Jump lists support for Store apps.

According to the leaked release notes, Microsoft has added Jump lists for Windows Store apps to the Start Menu:  You can now build jump lists for Windows Store apps (immersive apps). Note that the jump list content will now also be available from tiles in Start and the All apps list, in addition to the taskbar and the Most Used list in Start.

http://microsoft-news.com/windows-10-build-10540-release-notes-leaked-reveals-jump-lists-support-for-store-apps/

[zhangm Supervisor]

Received update to the Mail and Calendar app on build 10532. Mail version is now 17.6216.42271.0.

User interface has changed a bit.

Dark mode, new options for encryption, digital signatures.

Edit. Can't use new Calendar app, crashes and dies on launch.

Edited September 17, 2015 by zhangm