Microsoft launches two new Windows 10 previews with mixed reality, Edge, Time, Update and Gaming enhancements

Microsoft today released two new Windows 10 previews for PCs. The first version comes from the RS5 branch, which represents the update of Windows 10 that the company plans to release later this year, and the second from the 19H1 branch which, as its name indicates, will arrive in the first half of next year.

It is rare for the Windows Insider program to get two new releases on the same day (the last time in March), but this certainly happens more often nowadays than in previous years. Microsoft is more and more comfortable developing two Windows 10 updates at once.

Windows 10 is developed as a service, which means that it regularly receives new features. Microsoft has released five major updates: November Update, Anniversary Update, Creator Update, Autumn Creator Update, and Updated April 2018.

Windows 10 build 17723

feature called Flashlight, which allows you to look in your physical environment without removing your helmet. This build allows you to see in the real world anytime via the Start menu, a button shortcut or a voice command. The feature opens a low latency pass-through camera stream connected to your controller.

Edge has received new group policies and new MDM settings for IT administrators. On the other hand, Edge lost the XSS filter, which Microsoft believes is no longer needed thanks to modern standards such as Content Security Policy. Edge also adopts Unicode 11 and its 157 new emoji.

This release also brings improvements to the weather itself. There is a new interleaved second support (synchronizes UTC with average solar time), a precise time protocol (provides much more accurate time samples at the end point) and a software timestamp (eliminates the software delay introduced by the Windows network stack). 19659002]

There is now a simplified access setup page (Settings => Search for "Assigned Access" => "Configure Kiosk") that allows device administrators to easily configure their PCs as a kiosk or digital sign. In addition, Edge now works with assigned access, enabling IT administrators to create a custom navigation experience designed for kiosk devices: digital / interactive display, public browsing, public browsing, and normal mode.

Regarding the updates, Microsoft says that it has formed a predictive model that can accurately determine when the right time to restart the device is. Windows 10 will not only check if you are using your device before rebooting for an update, but also try to predict if you have just left the device for a few minutes.

As for gaming, Microsoft makes the gamebar easier to access. You can now discover the menu bar on the Start menu or display the menu bar using the Win + G shortcut. [19659002] This desktop version includes the following bugfixes and general improvements:

• Fixed a problem causing the "…" menu did not work in several applications (including Microsoft Store, Photos and Screen Sketch ), by clicking on one of the items, the menu disappeared.
• Issue resolved: In some cases, on computers with multiple monitors, all windows may have appeared shifted "up" and the mouse input in the wrong place.
• Fixed a problem where SNMP and the Windows Event Log service could start using an unexpected amount of CPU in the last flight. Fixed issue with Windows Defender Application Guard not working after installation of Build 17713.1002 cumulative update.
• Fixed a problem with the last flight where at reboot to begin the upgrade to the build, the system booted ck in the current version rather than the new one
• Fixed a problem causing the failure of upgrades from the previous version with the error 0x8007001f
• Fixed a problem of the previous flight where Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) did not launch resulted in the break of " Reset this PC "and" Advanced startup "that seems to do nothing.
• Fixed a problem that caused a CRITICAL PROCESS DIED bug check when the PC was paused by closing the lid and
• Fixed a problem resulting in ShellExperienceHost overwriting. exe when trying to pin apps to the Start menu by drag and drop.
• Fixed a explorer.exe crash when launching the Default Settings page via WIN + R & # 39; control / name Microsoft.DefaultPrograms / page pageFileAssoc & # 39;
• Issue Resolved: .mkv files used a generic application icon in the File Explorer instead of a thumbnail.
• Fixed a problem where suggestions on the main settings page appeared after a delay, making the parameter categories unexpectedly shifted.
• Fixed an issue where notification settings listed all possible fast actions in fast actions. section, even those that are not applicable to the PC used (including two Focus Assist inputs).
• Fixed an issue where the systray overflow area could end up drawing slightly below the taskbar.
• Fixed a problem in the potentially outdated taskbar in recent versions (showing that there was no connection when there was, and vice versa).
• Fixed an issue where pinging PCs by name on the same LAN would perform a case-sensitive name check. ] Fixed a problem where the use of v6v4tunnel to establish a tunnel did not work.
• Fixed a problem in the command prompt of the previous flight where if a string typed around a second line, you could only delete it until t
• fix of a problem that was causing the task view / timeline to crash at launch for some Insiders in recent releases.
• Fixed an issue where right clicking on an activity in Timeline was missing the "erase all of the day" option.
• When you open a PDF file with the help of Microsoft Edge, the activity is now listed in the timeline.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes windows suddenly pop up quickly after leaving the job view without selecting a window. a problem of recent generations where the taskbar clock was leaking graphic device context handles (HDCs) at each new operation, which resulted in performance issues plus the PC was active. Several factors can affect performance. If you continue to notice problems after upgrading to this version, note Performance Tracking with a brief description and short description.
• Resolution of a problem not being able to distinguish the border between two windows of overlapping command prompt
• The home screen has been replaced by the chain Previous "These updates will protect you in an online world."
• Tweaks to the Cortana & Search landing page, specifically in situations where Cortana is not activated / supported.
• Fixed a problem causing Microsoft Jigsaw to crash at launch in recent versions.
• The settings menu in Microsoft Edge ("…") is now acrylic. 19659013] When you right-click a book in the Microsoft Edge Books pane, you now see an option to share the book.
• Resolved a problem that could cause spelling of Microsoft Edge even if spell checking was disabled n Settings
• Fixed a problem where using the mouse wheel in Microsoft Edge unexpectedly made a browser history back / forth if the address bar was active and "Scroll inactive windows" was disabled. when you use certain sites to listen to music in Microsoft Edge, your mouse may experience a slight crash if it moves when the song is changed.
• Resolved a problem resulting in the crash of applications such as Adobe XD during recent flights. problem that could cause a hang on some devices after using the pen in ink.
• Fixed an issue where the touch keyboard would still have a launch animation even though "Show animations" was disabled in the ease of access settings. ] Fixed an issue where running regedit.exe (or any .exe file that requires elevation) from a non-elevated cmd window using the "start" start command was causing an error "parameter is incorrect ".
• Correction of a problem causing the speech of the Narrator to disappear in standby mode
• Correction of a problem where the error "Your fingerprint could not be recognized. Try to use another finger. "Displayed unexpected characters instead of apostrophe.

In the RS5 branch, this update hits Windows 10 build number for 17713 PCs ( made available to testers on July 11.

This build has 14 known issues:

• The clock and calendar icon may not appear until Start is displayed or Action Center (and they will both appear at the same time.) This same problem may also result in notifications not appearing before Start or Action Center is open.
• You may see unexpected light colors on these surfaces in dark and / or dark on dark text.
• this bui ld you will find that the taskbar flyouts (network, volume, etc.) have no more acrylic background.
• When you use the Text Ease setting, you may see some text-clipping problems when you set up Microsoft Edge as a kiosk application and you configure the start-up / new page URL tab from the affected access settings, Microsoft Edge may not be launched with the configured URL. The fix for this problem should be included in the following flight
• On Build 17723 (but not on Build 18204), the notification count icon may overlap with the extension icon in the Microsoft Edge toolbar when an extension contains unread notifications.
• On Windows 10 Mode S, the launch of Office in the store may not launch with an error on a .dll file not being designed for Windows. The error message is that .dll "is not designed to run on Windows or contains an error. Try to install the program again …" Some people were able to work around this problem by uninstalling and reinstalling Office from the Store. If that does not work, you can try to install an Office version not coming from the store.
• When Narrator Quickstart starts, Scan mode may not be enabled by default. We recommend that you browse the Quickstart with the Scan mode enabled. To verify that Scan mode is enabled, press Caps Lock + Space.
• When using Scan mode, you may encounter multiple stops for a single control. An example of this is if you have an image that is also a link. It's something we're actively working on.
• If the Narrator key is set to Insert and you are trying to send a Narrator command from a Braille display, these commands will not work. As long as the Caps Lock key is part of the Narrator key mapping, the Braille feature works as expected
• There is a known problem in automatically reading dialogs where the title of the dialog box is spoken more than one. time. For more information on the new Narrator keyboard layout and other known issues, refer to the section (Introduction to the new version of the Narrator Keyboard.)
• There is a problem with Clipping applications in tablet mode (missing pixels).
• If you install one of the recent versions of the ring fast and you go to the slow ring, optional content such as developer mode activation will fail. You will need to stay in the Quick Ring to add / install / activate the optional content. This is because optional content only installs on approved versions for specific rings.

Windows 10 build 18204

This 19H1 version is for Windows Insiders who have chosen the Skip Ahead option, which means that they continue to receive builds from the RS_PRERELEASE branch. Only a small subset of Insiders can choose Skip Ahead because Microsoft still needs testers to help RS5. 19659002 There is not much difference between these two versions, beyond their branch The first version has an additional problem, as noted above, but that's about it all. In the future, of course, both will diverge as the RS5 bugs are overwritten and 19H1 gets new features.

Do not install builds on your production machine.