Windows 10 Insider Topic

[AlTech]

7 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

I guess it is the license cost of the codec. It is 0.79 Pounds for you, it is 0.99$ US,

No but it's a software package for systems which can't handle HEVC natively. Unless I'm missing something.

 

Cos my Surface Pro 4 with Skylake came with it pre-installed.

[GoodBytes]

Uber arrives on the App Store. Available for all Windows platform.

It is a PWA app.

https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9WZDNCRFHXRD

 

This is some excellent news. We need more like this.

[SansVarnic]

16 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Uber arrives on the App Store. Available for all Windows platform.

It is a PWA app.

https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9WZDNCRFHXRD

 

This is some excellent news. We need more like this.

Oh wow including Windows Phone!

Honestly i dont use uber so it holds no advantage for me.

[AlTech]

24 minutes ago, SansVarnic said:

Oh wow including Windows Phone!

 

Nope. Windows 10 Mobile doesn't support PWAs and likely never will.

 

It's just the existing app prior to their PWA which is available for Windows 10 Mobile customers.

[GoodBytes]

5 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Nope. Windows 10 Mobile doesn't support PWAs and likely never will.

Sure it does, but very limited. Basically, it opens them, but doesn't support anything of PWA. So the app needs to run on the foreground, like if you were to use the website, but you can set permissions to the app, and affect only the app, and not every website. We do know that MS is internally updating and maintenance Windows 10 Mobile, but they aren't releasing it, sadly.

 

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It's just the existing app prior to their PWA which is available for Windows 10 Mobile customers.

Nope, the old Uber app on Windows 10 Mobile is gone. You get the PWA app now.

[SansVarnic]

2 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

Nope. Windows 10 Mobile doesn't support PWAs and likely never will.

 

It's just the existing app prior to their PWA which is available for Windows 10 Mobile customers.

 

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Sure it does, but very limited. Basically, it opens them, but doesn't support anything of PWA. So the app needs to run on the foreground, like if you were to use the website, but you can set permissions to the app, and affect only the app, and not every website. We do know that MS is internally updating and maintenance Windows 10 Mobile, but they aren't releasing it, sadly.

 

Nope, the old Uber app on Windows 10 Mobile is gone. You get the PWA app now.

I have to remember to use the /s when being sarcastic.

But yeah its a new one there like @GoodBytes said, the old one is gone.

[GoodBytes]

Joining Skip Ahead branch is now open to join Redstone 6 while Microsoft works on polishing Redstone 5.

It is a bit early for them to start the polishing stages compared to the past, if I am not mistaken, but I guess they want to avoid another April Update mess.

[killergoalie]

On 7/23/2018 at 7:34 PM, GoodBytes said:

Joining Skip Ahead branch is now open to join Redstone 6 while Microsoft works on polishing Redstone 5.

It is a bit early for them to start the polishing stages compared to the past, if I am not mistaken, but I guess they want to avoid another April Update mess.

HAHAHAH .... HAHAHA sorry that just made my day.  haha They WANT to avoid another April Update mess ...  sigh ... 

[GoodBytes]

Microsoft released a new build for BOTH Redstone 5 and those on the Skip Ahead ("Redstone 6")

 

Redstone 5  - Build: 17723

"Redstone 6"  - Build: 18204

 

Both have the same changes and improvements. This is probably because it is now branching out.

 

What's new:

• Mixed Reality has a feature called "Flash light' which shows your surrounding in your 3D VR world in a circle of sorts.
  
  The idea is that you don't need to take off the headset to look around you, like take a glass of water, see your surrounding to locate yourself in the room or pick up a controller or something.
   
• Edge now support some addition Group Policies which allows IT administrators to: enabling/disabling full-screen mode, printing, favorites bar, and saving history; prevent certificate error overrides; configuring the Home button and startup options; setting the New Tab page and Home button URL and managing extensions
   
• Emoji 11 support - more emoji's more love.
   
• Windows 10 clock is more precise then ever. It now support

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  Leap Second Support– Windows will now support these occasional 1-second adjustments in a traceable and UTC-compliant manner. What’s a leap second? As the earth’s rotation slows, UTC (an atomic timescale) diverges from mean solar time or astronomical time.  Once UTC has diverged by at most .9 seconds, a Leap Second is inserted to keep UTC in-sync with mean solar time.  Since the practice of inserting leap seconds began in 1972, a leap second has typically occurred every 18 months.
   

  Precision Time Protocol– For the highest accuracy environments, you can now improve your time accuracy by leveraging a new time protocol that delivers far more accurate time samples to the endpoint (Windows Server 2019 or Windows 10, host or virtual machine).
   

  Software Timestamping– You can now further improve your network time accuracy by eliminating the software delay introduced by the Windows networking stack.

   

• Improved setting up a Kiok out of Windows 10 system, for your kiosk needs
   
• Edge now support Kiosk mode. It has different modes to support different things. Like for example (all of which runs the web browser in Private mode), full screen page for digital signage called "Digital / Interactive signage" mode, or have tabs enabled for public use with minimal options available called "Public Browsing" mode.
   
• Windows Update Improvements
  • Windows update will no longer restart on you if it detects that you are proactively using the system. It uses a predictive model that learns from your usage to best guess the best time to restart.
     
• Game Bar, in RS5, is now accessible in the Start Menu

 

 

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General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC

• We fixed an issue resulting in the “…” menu not working in multiple apps (including Microsoft Store, Photos, and Screen Sketch) where clicking on any of the items would just make the menu dismiss.
• We fixed an issue where in certain cases on PCs with multiple monitors, all the windows might have appeared shifted “up” and mouse input going to the wrong location.
• We fixed an issue where SNMP and the Windows Event Log service might start using an unexpectedly high amount of CPU in the last flight.
• We fixed the issue with Windows Defender Application Guard no longer working after installing the Build 17713.1002 Cumulative Update.
• We fixed an issue from the last flight where upon rebooting in order to start upgrading to the build, the system would boot back into the current build rather than the new one.
• We fixed an issue resulting in upgrades to the previous build failing with error 0x8007001f.
• We fixed an issue from the previous flight where Window Recovery Environment (WinRE) would not launch and resulted in “Reset this PC” and “Advanced startup” flows to be broken and appear to do nothing. We also fixed an issue from the flight before last (not visible in the last flight due to the aforementioned bug) where “Reset this PC” would initiate and rollback without completing the intended reset.
• We fixed an issue resulting in some laptops experiencing a CRITICAL PROCESS DIED bug check when the PC was put to sleep by closing lid and the connected power disconnected.
• We fixed an issue resulting in ShellExperienceHost.exe crashing when trying to pin apps to Start Menu via drag and drop.
• We fixed an explorer.exe crash when launching the Default Apps Settings page via WIN+R ‘control /name Microsoft.DefaultPrograms /page pageFileAssoc’.
• We fixed an issue where .mkv files were using a generic app icon in File Explorer instead of a thumbnail.
• Delivery Optimization Settings now has a new icon.
• We fixed an issue where suggestions on the main page of Settings would appear after a delay, making the Settings categories shift unexpectedly.
• We fixed an issue where Notification Settings listed every possible quick action in the enable/disable quick actions section, even those not applicable to the PC being used (including two Focus Assist entries).
• We fixed an issue where the systray overflow area could end up drawing slightly below the taskbar.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the network state in the taskbar potentially becoming stale in recent builds (showing there was no connection when there was, and vice versa).
• We fixed an issue where pinging PCs by name on the same LAN would do a case-sensitive name check.
• We fixed an issue where using v6v4tunnel to establish a tunnel didn’t work.
• We fixed an issue in Command Prompt from the previous flight where if a typed string wrapped around to a second line, you could only delete it up to the line break.
• We fixed an issue resulting in Task View / Timeline crashing on launch for some Insiders in recent builds.
• We fixed an issue where right-clicking an activity in Timeline was missing the “clear all from day” option.
• When you open a PDF using Microsoft Edge, the activity will now be listed in Timeline.
• We fixed an issue where sometimes you would see windows unexpectedly quickly reorder after exiting Task View without selecting a window.
• We fixed an issue from recent builds where the clock in the taskbar was leaking graphics device context handles (HDCs) every time it redrew, leading to performance issues the longer a PC was running. Multiple factors can impact performance, so if you’re continuing to notice any issues after upgrading to this build, please log feedback including a performance trace with a short repro and description.
• We fixed an issue resulting in not being able to distinguish the border between two overlapping Command Prompt windows.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the tops of apps in tablet mode being clipped (i.e. missing pixels).
• Thanks everyone for sharing your feedback about the new welcome screen string prompting you to lock your PC. For the time being we will be reverting this to the previous string “These updates will protect you in an online world”.
• We’ve made some tweaks to the design of the Cortana & Search landing page, specifically in situations where Cortana isn’t enabled/supported.
• We fixed an issue resulting in Microsoft Jigsaw hanging on launch in recent builds.
• The settings menu in Microsoft Edge (“…”) is now acrylic.
• When you right-click a book in the Microsoft Edge Books pane, you’ll now see an option to share the book.
• We fixed an issue that could result in Microsoft Edge spellchecking even though spellchecking was turned off in Settings.
• We fixed an issue where using the mouse wheel in Microsoft Edge would unexpectedly do a forward/back through browser history if focus was in the address bar and “Scroll inactive windows” was disabled.
• We fixed an issue where when using certain sites to listen to music in Microsoft Edge, your mouse might experience a small freeze if moving when the song changed.
• We fixed an issue resulting in apps like Adobe crashing on keypress in recent flights.
• We fixed an issue that could result in a deadlock on certain devices after using the pen to ink.
• We fixed an issue where the touch keyboard would still have a launch animation even if “Show animations” was turned off in Ease of Access Settings.
• We fixed an issue where launching regedit.exe (or any .exe that requires elevation) from a non-elevated cmd window using the “start” start command produced a “parameter is incorrect” error.
• We fixed an issue causing Narrator speech to fade when waking from sleep mode.
• We fixed an issue where the error “Your fingerprint couldn’t be recognized. Try using a different finger.” was displaying unexpected characters in place of the apostrophe.

 

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Known issues

• The clock & calendar flyout may not appear until bringing up Start or Action Center (and then they will both appear at the same time). This same issue may also result in notifications not appearing until Start or Action Center is opened.
• We’re progressing in our work on adding dark theme in File Explorer and the Common File Dialog – you’ll notice improvements in this build, although we still have a few things left to do. You may see some unexpectedly light colors in these surfaces when in dark mode and/or dark on dark text.
• When you upgrade to this build you’ll find that the taskbar flyouts (network, volume, etc) no longer have an acrylic background.
• When you use the Ease of Access Make Text bigger setting, you might see text clipping issues, or find that text is not increasing in size everywhere.
• When you set up Microsoft Edge as your kiosk app and configure the start/new tab page URL from assigned access Settings, Microsoft Edge may not get launched with the configured URL. The fix for this issue should be included in the next flight.
• On Build 17723 (but not Build 18204), you may see the notification count icon overlapping with the extension icon in the Microsoft Edge toolbar when an extension has unread notifications.
• On Windows 10 in S Mode, launching Office in the Store may fail to launch with an error about a .dll not being designed to run on Windows. The error message is that a .dll “is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again…” Some people have been able to work around this by uninstalling and reinstalling Office from the Store. If that doesn’t work, you can try to install a version of Office not from the Store.
• When the Narrator Quickstart launches, Scan Mode may not reliably be on by default. We recommend going through the Quickstart with Scan Mode on. To verify that Scan Mode is on, press Caps Lock + Space.
• When using Scan mode you may experience multiple stops for a single control. An example of this is if you have an image that is also a link. This is something we are actively working on.
• If the Narrator key is set to just Insert and you attempt to send a Narrator command from a braille display then these commands will not function. As long as the Caps Lock key is a part of the Narrator key mapping then braille functionality will work as designed.
• There is a known issue in automatic dialog reading where the title of the dialog is being spoken more than once.
• For more information about Narrator new keyboard layout and other known issues, please refer to (Intro to New Narrator Keyboard Layout doc).

 

Read more: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/07/25/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-17723-and-build-18204/#Y2ViHLBLHputIXKc.97

 

[GoodBytes]

Two news:

 

1- Windows Insider ISO is now, finally, available if you need to re-install your system.

 

2- Windows Insider - Redstone 5 - Build 17728 has been released. Nothing if you are on "Redstone 6"

 

This new build is quite exciting: It finally enables "Your Phone" app. So now you can enjoy part of the app. Although the feature is marked "coming soon", so you might need to wait a few days. It is Android only for now.

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Coming soon, we’re bringing the first set of features to Your Phone app for Windows Insiders with an Android device. Snap a pic on your Android, see it on your PC. You can finally stop emailing yourself photos. With Your Phone app, your Android’s most recent photos sync to your PC automatically. Need to add a photo to your presentation? Want to spruce up that selfie with some Windows Ink action? Just drag and drop.

And rolling out in the coming weeks, Android users might also start to notice a desktop pin taking you directly to Your Phone app – for quicker access to your phone’s content.

To light up this experience, open Your Phone app. You will receive an app from Microsoft which you must download to your mobile phone and follow the setup prompts. Android 7.0 and above are compatible with Your Phone app. For PCs tied to the China region, Your Phone app services will be enabled in the future.

For iPhone users, Your Phone app helps you to link your phone to your PC. Surf the web on your phone, then send the webpage instantly to your computer to pick up where you left off to continue what you’re doing–read, watch, or browse with all the benefits of a bigger screen. With a linked phone, continuing on your PC is one share away.

 

General fixes and improvements:

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• We fixed the issue resulting in the Clock & Calendar flyout sometimes not appearing until you clicked Start or the Action Center. This same issue impacted both notifications and the taskbar jump lists appearing. Thank you to all the Windows Insiders who gave feedback on this issue.
• We fixed an issue resulting minimized apps having squished thumbnails in Task View.
• We fixed an issue where when open Task View would crash if you pressed Alt+F4 and Timeline was enabled.
• We fixed an issue where Timeline’s scrollbar didn’t work with touch.
• We fixed an issue where the top border of UWP apps would still be accent colored even if having an accent colored border was disabled in Settings.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the tops of apps in tablet mode being clipped (i.e. missing pixels).
• We fixed an issue where the taskbar would stay on top of full-screened apps if you had previously hovered over any grouped taskbar icon to bring up the extended list of previews, but then clicked elsewhere to dismiss it.
• As some keen eye’d Insiders noticed, we’ve been working on our scaling logic and you should find apps resize better now after monitor DPI changes. As always, we appreciate feedback in this space, so let us know if you have any issues.
• We fixed an issue where Find on Page in Microsoft Edge would stop working for open PDFs once the PDF had been refreshed.
• We fixed an issue where Ctrl-based keyboard shortcuts (like Ctrl+C, Ctrl+A) didn’t work in editable fields for PDFs opened in Microsoft Edge.
• We fixed an issue where the icons in the Microsoft Edge extension pane were drawing unexpectedly close to the toggles.
• We fixed an issue where the enabled/disabled state of Fast Startup would be reset to default after upgrading. After upgrading off of this build your preferred state will persist.
• We fixed an issue where the Windows Security icon in the taskbar notification area (systray) would become a little bit blurrier every time there was a resolution change.
• We fixed an issue where the USERNAME environment variable was returning SYSTEM when queried from an un-elevated Command Prompt in recent builds.
• We fixed the issue where if the Narrator key is set to just Insert, sending a Narrator command from a braille display should now function as designed regardless if the Caps Lock key is a part of the Narrator key mapping.
• We fixed the issue in Narrator’s automatic dialog reading where the title of the dialog is being spoken more than once.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator won’t read combo boxes until Alt + down arrow is pressed.

Known issues:

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• We’re progressing in our work on adding dark theme in File Explorer and the Common File Dialog – you’ll notice improvements in this build, although we still have a few things left to do. You may see some unexpectedly light colors in these surfaces when in dark mode and/or dark on dark text.
• There is an issue impacting WDAG, Remote Desktop and Hyper-V. Remote Desktop Client (mstsc.exe) users will see a misleading error dialog complaining about low virtual memory when a connection is being established. As a workaround, they can ignore that error dialog by just leaving it there. If they dismiss the error dialog, the connection will be severed. And users won’t be able to use enhanced session in Virtual Machine Connection (vmconnect.exe). As a workaround, they can stick with the non-enhanced session.
• When you upgrade to this build you’ll find that the taskbar flyouts (network, volume, etc) no longer have an acrylic background.
• When you use the Ease of Access Make Text bigger setting, you might see text clipping issues, or find that text is not increasing in size everywhere.
• When you set up Microsoft Edge as your kiosk app and configure the start/new tab page URL from assigned access Settings, Microsoft Edge may not get launched with the configured URL. The fix for this issue should be included in the next flight.
• On Build 17723 (but not Build 18204), you may see the notification count icon overlapping with the extension icon in the Microsoft Edge toolbar when an extension has unread notifications.
• On Windows 10 in S Mode, launching Office from the Store may fail to launch with an error about a .dll not being designed to run on Windows. The error message is that a .dll “is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again…” Some people have been able to work around this by uninstalling and reinstalling Office from the Store.
• When using Narrator Scan mode you may experience multiple stops for a single control. An example of this is if you have an image that is also a link. This is something we are actively working on.
• When using Narrator Scan mode Shift + Selection commands in Edge, the text does not get selected properly.
• We’re investigating a potential increase in Start reliability and performance issues in this build.
• After setting up a Windows Mixed Reality headset for the first time on this build with motion controllers, the controllers may need to be re-paired a second time before appearing in the headset.
• When using a Windows Mixed Reality immersive app, saying “Flashlight on,” may fail to activate the flashlight feature even though the status appears as active on the Start menu.

 

Read more: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/07/31/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-17728/#WeFHJGOqa1odpZCw.97

[GoodBytes]

On 7/31/2018 at 10:19 PM, gabrielcarvfer said:

Meh. The Insider program is really boring nowadays. 

I forgot your post

I honestly agree. All I can think about is that most of the team is behind working on Andromeda. Hopefully that is correct. So hopefully things will pick up again after this new release.

[GoodBytes]

New Build for Redstone 5. Build 17733

 

Dark Theme Complete:

 

I am not sure on the polish, I'll update once I get home, but that is what Microsoft is announcing.

 

That is all that is new...

I would like to note that the Calculator app did get updated with a more complete Fluent Design. A little polish on the interface, and the menu navigation got nicely updated with improved transparency, icons per menu items, and so

 

The rest for this build are just bug and imrpovements fixes:

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• Thanks everyone for your feedback about the XAML shadows we added recently. We’re taking them offline for the moment while we work on addressing some of the things you shared with us. You will also notice that the acrylic has been removed from some popup controls. They will be back in a future flight.
• We fixed an issue from recently flights where the touch keyboard might become invisible on the screen.
• We fixed an issue in recent flights where components of a notification with a progress bar (like the one when using nearby sharing) might flash every time the progress bar updated.
• We fixed an issue where on certain devices if you reset your device and chose to keep files, after logging back into Windows the Sound Settings page would be unresponsive.
• We fixed the issue where the High Contrast dropdown flashed when the values were changed.

• We fixed the issue where Narrator couldn’t access all the emoji in the Touch Keyboard’s emoji panel.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator didn’t say “selected” after image was selected using the keyboard.
• We fixed the issue where Touch Narrator’s focus remained on the word even after deselecting it.
• We fixed the issue where the Narrator key got sticky when using the Mouse Mode command.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator’s Command Restore Default dialog was not read by Narrator.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator’s copy and paste feature would say “selection removed” but the selection remained.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator automatic dialog read the Command key Assignment dialog twice.
• We have improved the Narrator experience when moving by character and announcing phonetic pronunciations.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator focus and keyboard focus got out of sync after navigating TreeView controls.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator misread the Calculator app’s display on focus for values over 100.
• We fixed the issue where when launching Narrator QuickStart using the link in Narrator Settings, the Narrator icon would appear in the taskbar.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator couldn’t read the label of the Word document recovery dialog.
• We fixed the issue so Narrator can now navigate the New Notepad Status Bar contents.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator Scan mode navigation didn’t progress after tabbing onto a link.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator navigated out of the Microsoft Edge browser window using Scan mode on some web pages.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator crashed when Developer Mode was in use and the generated string to display was null.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator continuous reading got stuck on a table element in some HTML emails.

 

 

Known issues:

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• Your PC will bugcheck (GSOD) when deleting a local folder that is synced to OneDrive.
• Clicking a link to launch one app from another app may not work for some Insiders. We’re investigating.
• When you upgrade to this build you’ll find that the taskbar flyouts (network, volume, etc) no longer have an acrylic background.
• When you use the Ease of Access Make Text bigger setting, you might see text clipping issues, or find that text is not increasing in size everywhere.
• On Windows 10 in S Mode, launching Office in the Store may fail to launch with an error about a .dll not being designed to run on Windows. The error message is that a .dll “is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again…” Some people have been able to work around this by uninstalling and reinstalling Office from the Store.
• When using Narrator Scan mode you may experience multiple stops for a single control. An example of this is if you have an image that is also a link. This is something we are actively working on.
• When using Narrator Scan mode Shift + Selection commands in Microsoft Edge, the text does not get selected properly.
• We’re investigating a potential increase in Start reliability and performance issues in this build.
• After setting up a Windows Mixed Reality headset for the first time on this build with motion controllers, the controllers may need to be re-paired a second time before appearing in the headset.
• When using a Windows Mixed Reality immersive app, saying “Flashlight on,” may fail to activate the flashlight feature even though the status appears as active on the Start menu.

 

Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/08/08/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-17733/#USeT10DvAEKmAIO4.97

[GoodBytes]

So we had minor builds since last posting. Just bug fixes. And like always, "Skip Ahead" has nothing "skipping ahead' of anything, and is really behind Fast Ring. It is just ahead for a short period after Fast Ring becomes release. yay?!

 

Anyway, let's cover some small news:

• The official build for Redstone 5 is version 1809, if you didn't catch that. So, it look like it will be released next month.
• Microsoft is reworking its Android XBox app to match Windows 10 on (a assume an iOS version is alo in the work
• Microsoft is working on a Sticky Notes app for Android and iOS. It will apparent allow you to see your sticky notes form your PC on your phone, and create new ones on your phone (which will appear on your PC)
• Insiders can start to enjoy a Windows 10 Mobile features: SMS on your PC. This is done, like Windows 10 Mobile, via Skype. Just open Skype, hit the "..." button, then go to "Settings", then go under "Messaging" > "SMS".
• Speaking of Skype, you can now start Private Conversations. Just open Skype, pick someone, and click on the person name, and you'll have the option to start one. This is available on platforms.
• Also on Skype, you now archive conversations. Just right-click on one, and pick "Archive Conversation".
• Screen Sketch (the Snipping tool UWP replacement) will soon be called: Snip & Sketch. Timer functionality will be added. I believe the only feature missing to match parity Snipping Tool, once this update is released, is the ability to select a window to take a screenshot of.
• Twitter PWA app has Timeline support. If you wonder, people made extensions for Firefox and Chrome to give them support to this feature.
• Windows's Movie & TV app now support Windows Timeline as well as Movie Anywhere technology
• Cortana integrates Alexa. So basically, you use Cortana voice recognition and integration to Windows 10 to do abilities that Alex support and Cortana doesn't. The integration even works with Cortana thermostat and Harman Kardon's Cortana speaker. You can enjoy this now if you are on the Fast Ring, by going to Cortana > Devices > Manged Connected Devices > Amazon Alexa Devices
• Store app has now a Cart system (Insiders only for now).

 

On the side topic. If you like Surface wallpaper shown in videos and other Microsoft images you want as wallpaper on your system, someone made a site to get them: https://wallpaperhub.app/

 

 

[GoodBytes]

The coming Windows 10 update, Redstone 5 will be called, officially: October 2018 Update

Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-version-1809-is-officially-called-the-october-2018-update

[GoodBytes]

New Windows 10 Insider Fast Ring Build - Build 17751

 

What's fixed:

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• The build watermark at the lower right-hand corner of the desktop is no longer present in this build. This does not mean this is the final build as we are not done yet. We’re just now beginning the phase of checking in final code to prepare for the final release.
• We fixed the issue where logging out of your user profile or shutting down your PC would cause the PC to bugcheck (GSOD).
• We fixed a recent issue where color and wallpaper settings weren’t correctly applied after a system upgrade when migration was done in offline mode.
• We fixed an issue where, when installing a font for a single user (rather than installing as admin “for all users”), the install would fail with an unexpected error saying that the file was not a valid font file.
• We fixed an issue where explorer.exe would crash if you were in Tablet Mode and opened Task View while in portrait orientation.
• We fixed an issue where you might unexpectedly get an error saying no supported app is installed, after clicking certain activities in Timeline, even though a supported app was installed.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the amount of time it took to launch Settings having noticeably increased recently.
• We fixed an issue where if your PC transitioned from battery power to being plugged in while Windows Update Settings was open and downloading an update, you might unexpectedly see it switch to “You’re up to date” immediately afterwards instead of continuing to show the downloading update.
• We fixed an issue where the “Logged” drop down box was unexpectedly large in Event Viewer’s filter dialog at high DPI.
• We fixed an issue resulting in some people unexpectedly seeing an “Ask for permission” message from Microsoft family features for Windows Shell Experience.
• We fixed an issue where in high contrast the icons for items in Windows Security’s navigation pane wouldn’t change color with the rest of the item when mouse hovering over the item, making them difficult to see.
• We fixed an issue where when using the Chinese (Simplified) IME it would leak memory on focus switch, adding up over time.
• We fixed a recent issue that could result in some flakey network connectivity (including networks stuck “identifying”, and stale network flyout connectivity state). Note, there are a variety of factors that may impact your networking experience, so if you continue to experience flakiness after upgrading to this build, please log feedback.
• Thanks everyone who tried out and shared feedback about the performance visualizations we added to the game bar with Build 17692. We’re taking them offline for now to re-evaluate the best possible approach going forward and work on giving you a great gaming experience on your PC.
• We’ve updated the messaging in Snipping Tool to more closely align with the commitment we made here. You’ll also notice in the message that we’re exploring renaming our updated snipping experience – bringing together the old and new. The app update with this change hasn’t flighted yet to Fast, but if you have any feedback on the subject we’re open to hearing it.

 

Known issues:

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• When you use the Ease of Access Make Text bigger setting, you might see text clipping issues, or find that text is not increasing in size everywhere.
• Narrator sometimes does not read in the Settings app when you navigate using Tab and arrow keys. Try switching to Narrator Scan mode temporarily. And when you turn Scan mode off again, Narrator will now read when you navigate using Tab and arrows key. Alternatively, you can restart Narrator to work around this issue.
• Clicking on web links in PWAs such as Twitter doesn’t open the browser in this build. We’re working on a fix.

 

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/08/31/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-17751/#5B2OeTHqflzmvFKc.97

[Od1sseas]

Which is the LATEST version Windows 10 Insider Preview? (Not Fast Ring, the Normal one or whatever it's called)

[GoodBytes]

22 minutes ago, Od1sseas said:

Which is the LATEST version Windows 10 Insider Preview? (Not Fast Ring, the Normal one or whatever it's called)

Official Release	1803	17134	(Redstone 4 - April 2018 Update)
Slow Ring	1809	17744	(Redstone 5 - October 2018 Update)
Fast Ring	1809	17751
Skip Ahead	1903	18219	(Redstone 6)

 

 

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If you guys have an Android phone, you can now SMS on your PC via the Your Phone app.

https://www.windowscentral.com/your-phone-sms-integration-android-now-rolling-out-insiders-windows-10

 

 

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25 minutes ago, Arokhantos said:

Whoever still uses sms just turn on mobile data and send message there which is 1000 times cheaper.

In US and Canada, SMS are usually unlimited and free. Internet cost a kidney and 6 gold bars, and if you pass 1 MB from your plan, you'll to get a mortgage at the bank

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On 9/7/2018 at 1:52 PM, Arokhantos said:

Speaking of which maybe just dumb luck but my gaming performance went down by least 25% to 50% sometimes more on latest fast ring build i just went back to live build already confirmed nvidia issues are still there anyway in build 1809

Sorry, I haven't game on my PC for a very long time. My PC is a potato, and my Switch is getting all the attention...

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Oh boy....

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-recommend-edge-users-who-are-trying-install-chrome-or-firefox-windows-10-version-1809

 

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4 hours ago, gabrielcarvfer said:

Ads inside Windows instead of fixing the thing...

Linux is looking more tempting for my laptop every day

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15 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Linux is looking more tempting for my laptop every day

Yea, but the new Skip ahead build that just got released, and I'll make a post once I get home, has blurry login background.

 

Can't beat that, can you, Mr Linux? No you can't!

 

On a serious note, I get that Microsoft want people give Edge a chance, and it is true it got massively better since its released. But lots of work needs to be done, and I think Microsoft should focus on making Edge better, instead of putting valuable resources to make silly pop-up and the back-end system for the app recommendation. Cather to power users, and power users will recommend to others to use Edge (and whatever else), and your average user will follow. I mean, any of us that setup a computer for someone... what do we install? Chrome or Firefox, and basically remove Edge icon (or IE back in the days), or tell them to use that instead, and say how great it is, and that is what they use. Simple as that.

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Just wanted to say on a side note: I started to find a good use for the emoji menu (Win+[.]).

I was tying notes (for work) on OneNote, and I wanted to put icons next to items, like check marks, X marks, and a few other symbols. I could have opened charmap and search for one, and fight for 10 min to get just my check mark to show, or do Win+[.] and pull it from there. ✔

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New skip ahead Build 18237

 

Microsoft continue with its Fluent Design integration to the OS a bit. In this version, they updated the lock/login screen to present with the acrylic glass look on the background after you swipe/hit a key/click to get to the user selection/password screen. The result is as pictures above in my silly joke.

 

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With today’s flight we’re adding acrylic, a type of brush from the Fluent Design System, to the sign-in screen background.  The translucent texture of this transient surface helps you focus on the sign-in task by moving the actionable controls up in the visual hierarchy while maintaining their accessibility.

 

If you have the Microsoft app on your Android phone, as you are an Insider there, the app also got updated and is now called "Your Phone Companion"

 

 

What's fixed and improved:

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• We fixed an issue where Task Manager couldn’t be resized in the previous flight.
• We fixed and issue resulting in Settings crashing when navigating to Accounts > Sign-in in the previous flight.
• We fixed an issue resulting in reduced Action Center reliability in recent flights.
• We fixed an issue where if you opened one of the taskbar flyouts (like network or volume), and then quickly tried to open another, it wouldn’t work.
• We fixed an issue for people with multiple monitors where if the Open or Save Dialog was moved between monitors some elements might become unexpectedly tiny.
• We fixed an issue resulting in certain apps crashing recently when setting focus to the in-app search box.
• We fixed an issue resulting in certain games, like League of Legends, not launching/connecting properly in recent flights.
• We fixed an issue where clicking on web links in PWAs such as Twitter didn’t open the browser.
• We fixed an issue resulting in certain PWAs not rendering correctly after the app had been suspended then resumed.
• We fixed an issue where pasting multi-line text into certain websites using Microsoft Edge might add unexpected empty lines between each line.
• We fixed a crash in recent flights when using the pen to ink in Microsoft Edge’s web notes.
• We fixed a high hitting Task Manager crash in recent flights.
• We fixed an issue resulting in Settings crashing for Insiders with multiple monitors when changing various options under Display Settings in the last few flights.
• We fixed a crash when clicking the Verify link on the Accounts Settings page in recent flights.
• We’ve added a new group policy for preventing the use of security questions for local accounts. This can be found under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Credential User Interface.
• We fixed an issue where the contents of the Apps & Features page wouldn’t load until the apps list was ready, resulting in the page appearing blank for a time.
• We fixed an issue where the list on Settings of built-in phrases for the Pinyin IME was blank.
• We fixed an issue in Narrator where activating Microsoft Edge history items would not work in Scan mode.
• We made some improvements in Narrator Selection when moving forward in Microsoft Edge. Please try this out and use the Feedback hub app to let us know any issues you encounter.
• We fixed an issue where Narrator would incorrectly report some standard combo boxes as “editable combo box” instead of “combo box”.

 

Known issues:
 

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• Narrator sometimes does not read in the Settings app when you navigate using Tab and arrow keys. Try switching to Narrator Scan mode temporarily. And when you turn Scan mode off again, Narrator will now read when you navigate using Tab and arrows key. Alternatively, you can restart Narrator to work around this issue.
• You may notice the background of notifications and the Action Center lose color and become transparent (with an acrylic effect). We’re aware that for notifications this can make them difficult to read and appreciate your patience as we work on a fix.
• If you install any of the recent builds from the Fast ring and switch to the Slow ring – optional content such as enabling developer mode will fail. You will have to remain in the Fast ring to add/install/enable optional content. This is because optional content will only install on builds approved for specific rings.

 

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/09/12/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18237/#2QODe7P74O76LWTd.97