Windows 10 Build 14959 (News and update)
Windows 10 Build 14959
Today, Microsoft released Windows 10 Build 14959 to Windows
Insiders in the Fast Ring with a couple of new features. The latest build of
Windows 10 includes a new Unified Update Platform, as well as some other bug
fixes and improvements.
What’s new
1.
Unified
Update Platform
o
This build for Mobile is being published using
our new update publishing system called Unified Update Platform (UUP).
2.
Controlling
the Display Scaling of your Virtual Machines (PC)
o
We’ve heard your feedback that Hyper-V Virtual
Machines sometimes aren’t scaled as you’d expect, so we’ve added a new Zoom
option in the View menu, where you can override the default scaling and set it
to 100, 125, 150 or 200 – whichever matches your preference. Along the way, we
also fixed an issue where certain VMs wouldn’t display the remote desktop
connection bar after entering full screen mode. We are still refining the
experience so there might be some rough edges. For example, although we added
zoom levels to handle high DPI more gracefully, when zooming you won’t be able
to see the VM’s whole screen without scrolling.
What’s fixed
·
For PCs
o
We fixed an issue for Insiders resulting in the
automatic brightness setting unexpectedly being turned off after upgrading. In
doing so, we’ve re-enabled automatic brightness adjust for users that have
never changed their auto-brightness setting. If you have already manually
configured your auto-brightness setting, then this fix will not affect you. If
you would like to enable or disable automatic brightness adjustment, please go
to Settings > System > Display, where you can adjust your preferences.
o
We fixed an issue Insiders on domain connected
PCs may have experienced where login might fail when the computer was
disconnected from its domain network.
o
We fixed an issue resulting in certain apps,
such as Outlook Mail and Calendar, failing to update for some Insiders with the
error code 0x800700B7.
o
We fixed an issue for Insiders with certain
device models where ejecting an SD card might result in a system crash.
o
We fixed an issue where disliking one of the
Spotlight lock screen images would show the new image immediately, followed by
a transition animation from the previous image to the new image.
o
We fixed an issue where launching an app from
another app while in Tablet mode no longer launched it side by side, and
instead launched it fullscreen (for example, when launching a web link from the
MSN News app).
·
For
Mobile
o
The data usage page in Settings via Settings
> Network & wireless > Data usage has been updated with performance
and UI improvements.
o
We fixed issues preventing Insiders from adding
cards to Wallet and paying using tap to pay.
o
We fixed an issue resulting in being
unexpectedly able to close Start in the task switcher.
o
We fixed an issue resulting in certain options
for default calling app via Settings > System > Phone > Default apps
from being unexpectedly missing.
o
We fixed an issue causing apps that play media
in the background, such as Groove Music, to stop when Battery Saver turns on.
o
We fixed an issue Insiders may have experienced
where the phone would get into a state where copy/paste wouldn’t work until the
device had been restarted.
o
We fixed an issue where Settings might hang
after unchecking “Let apps automatically use this VPN connection” in VPN
Settings.
What’s broken
·
For PCs
o
If you have a 3rd party antivirus product
installed on your PC – your PC might not be able to complete the update to this
build and roll-back to the previous build.
o
We’re aware of an issue where Internet Explorer
may crash a few seconds after launch and working.
·
For
Mobile
o
If you used the previous ‘date change’
workaround to update to Build 14951 or Build 14955: Please don’t use it any
longer! The Microsoft account (MSA) ticket on your device needs to expire and
then you’ll be offered today’s build. If you changed your date by 30 years…
you’ll want to do a device reset.
o
You will be unable to install additional
languages, keyboards, and speech packs on your phone for the next few weeks. If
you have existing languages, keyboards, and speech packs installed – they will
carry over when you update to new builds. You just can’t install any new ones.
If you do a hard reset of your phone on these builds – you will also be unable
to install additional languages, keyboards, and speech packs. You can use
Windows Device Recovery Tool to go back to Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows 10
Mobile, install any languages, keyboards, and speech packs you need and then
update to the latest build in the Fast ring as a workaround.
Reference
Here’s what’s new, fixed, and broken in Windows 10 Build
14959
By Sean Chan, Nov 3, 2016 at 17:09 GMT
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14959 for Mobile
and PC
By Dona Sarkar / Software Engineer, Windows and Devices
Group, Nov 3, 2016 at 13:21 GMT
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