Windows 10 build 14926 released for PC and Mobile

Microsoft just released the new build 14926 for Windows 10 Preview. The new build is available on both PC and Mobile, and all Insiders on the Fast ring are now able to download it.

Since Preview builds are still characterized as ‘early Redstone 2 builds,’ they don’t include any major new feature. Build 14926 is not different, but it does introduce a couple of new additions to the system. Along with these fresh features, the build also brings a lot of system improvements, and bug fixes.

The new build mainly focuses on the new features of Windows 10’s default browser, Microsoft Edge. Starting from build 14926, users are able to save websites as Cortana reminders, with a new feature called “Snooze”. Additionally, Microsoft Edge users are now also able to favorites from Microsoft Edge to an HTML file

Speaking of Microsoft Edge, the new build also brought two new extensions for the browser. One of them is TamperMonkey, a popular userscript manager, while the other one is Microsoft Personal Shopping Assistant. We’ve already written about this extension some time ago, and as it was predicted, Microsoft released it shortly after its announcement.

There are also some design and functionality changes on Mobile, where, just like it was mentioned before, Microsoft changed the looks the Wi-Fi settings page, to match its design on PC.

“Improvements and fixes for PC:

• We fixed the issue causing Adobe Acrobat Reader to crash when you try to launch it.
• We fixed the issue causing the Settings app to crash when navigating to Settings > Personalization.
• We fixed an issue where Windows icons and text are not rendered correctly on some devices with Intel Atom (Clovertrail) processors.
• We’ve improved scaling for full screen games where the aspect ratio doesn’t match the native display resolution, for example, when playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive using a 4:3 stretched resolution.
• We fixed the issue where some people would experience a bugcheck (bluescreen) after plugging/unplugging certain types of Kindles such as the Paperwhite and Voyage.
• This build improves the performance on websites with changes to large numbers of HTML Elements containing text by improving spellchecker efficiency. This results in substantially improved performance on websites like TweetDeck.
• We have addressed the largest cause of reliability issues in Microsoft Edge running on Insider Preview builds. This should improve reliability on major websites such as Facebook and Outlook.com.
• We fixed an issue resulting in certain links (for example, Facebook) displaying a default favicon in the Microsoft Edge Tab, rather than the logo intended by the website.
• We fixed an issue where the Wi-Fi icon in the taskbar might show full bars when connected to a Wi-Fi network with low signal.
• We have fixed the issue which prevented the wireless network adapter in Surface Pro 1 and Surface Pro 2 devices from working. This also fixes the issue with the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows not working. and other wireless network adapters from third-parties such as D-Link.
• We fixed an issue where File Explorer’s “Open Command window here” context menu option was opening set to the C:\Windows\System32 path, rather than the desired directory.
• We fixed an issue potentially resulting in the taskbar no longer auto-hiding when a full screen window has focus (for example, when watching videos, gaming, or when using Remote Desktop). Note: If there’s an app that is asking for attention, it’s by design that the taskbar won’t hide (so you can see that there’s something trying to notify you).

Other improvements and fixes for Mobile

• We fixed a scaling issue on devices such as the Lumia 635, 636, or 638 where the bottom of certain apps, like Messaging and Maps, would get cut off and rendered off screen.
• We heard you and we have addressed the largest cause of reliability issues in Microsoft Edge running on Insider Preview builds. This should improve reliability on major websites such as Facebook and Outlook.com.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the sound of key presses and lock/unlock being barely audible when the phone was using a moderate volume.
• We fixed an issue where, if Quiet Hours had been turned on, banner notifications might not start appearing again until Action Center was opened or an interactive notification popped up and was dismissed.
• We fixed an issue where Cortana would crash when trying to open Reminders page.
• We have improved the reliability of VPN Settings page via Settings > Network & wireless > VPN.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the thumbnail for portrait videos displaying with an incorrect aspect ratio in the Photos app when panning through the Camera Roll.”

Of course, just like any other build, this release has its share of known issues, as well. Here’s which problems you should expect upon installing Windows 10 Preview build 14926:

“Known issues for PC

• While using Narrator and Groove Music, if you navigate to the progress bar while a song is playing then Narrator will continually speak the progress of the song e.g. update with the current time of the progress bar every second. The result is you will be unable to listen to the song or hear any other control you navigate to.
• You may experience a black screen when signing out and switching to another user account and will be unable to log in to that account. A reboot of your PC should allow you to log in to that account.
• Oracle VM VirtualBox will crash on launch after upgrading to this build.
• Optional components may not work after upgrading to this build. To get it working again, go to “Turn Windows features on or off”, scroll down and check the right optional component and click ok.  After a reboot, the optional component will be enabled again.
• After updating to this build, built-in Windows 10 apps such as Calculator, Alarms & Clock, and Voice Recorder may not work. To get these apps working again, go to the Store and re-download/install them.
• For keyboard users, using tab to navigate the Settings app will not work in this build. The arrow keys should work as a temporary workaround.

 Known issues for Mobile 

• Some devices such as the Lumia 650 will fail to install this build with Error 0x80188308. We are currently investigating this issue.
• Action Center no longer closes if you swipe up on the empty space (area of Action Center that doesn’t show any notifications).
• Using your phone as a mobile hotspot will work the first time but subsequent attempts to use the feature will result in the inability to enable the hotspot until the phone is rebooted.
• ADDED: We are investigating small set of isolated reports that after upgrading to Build 14926, the pin pad is no longer visible to unlock the phone even after rebooting the phone. If you have hit this issue, you can follow the steps here for resetting an unresponsive phone (hard reset) which gets your phone back into a working state on Build 14926.
• ADDED: We are also investigating reports that after upgrading to Build 14926, some phones lose the ability to use their SIM card. A hard reset also fixes this issue as well.”

As usual, the list of actual issues that bother users in a build is actually much longer than Microsoft presented here. So, we’re going to search through forums, find issues reported by actual users, and write an article about it.

For those outside the Insider Program, Microsoft released new cumulative updates. Depending on your Windows 10 version, you can download updates KB3189866  for Windows 10 version 1607, KB3185614 for Windows 10 version 1511, and KB3185611 for Windows 10 version 1507 (initial July 2015 release).

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