Windows 10 Issues Continue to Plague Even with the Latest Build

[steven36]

Ask anyone who’s upgraded or has Windows 10 pre-installed in their laptop about their level of satisfaction with the operating system and a majority of them will likely tell you they are not too happy about it. The Blue Screen of Death was not called as such for no reason, after all.

 

 

The first release came with some exciting features, along with bugs and problems. Any updates that have been rolled out since its release also came with some issues. So it is not a surprise that the newly released Windows 10 build 14295 also has problems. The funny thing though, the latest build doesn’t have any new features only bug fixes, which would likely need fixing at some point.

 

Issues on Windows 10 Start Menu

Many users reported a critical error telling them that the Start Menu isn’t working or doesn’t open. In some cases, the start button itself does not respond or work. It’s nothing to be alarmed about, but it definitely is annoying, especially because some of the suggested fixes are not that easy to do.

 

These include the use of Powershell, run system file checker, repair windows image, and make Start full screen.

 

If you hardly consider yourself tech-savvy, opening a command prompt, and then typing a command shown below would likely make you sweat.

 

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

 

What if you end up doing something wrong? You can only hope and pray that a system restart will do the trick the first time.

 

Known issues with Windows 10 build 14295

Before you upgrade to the latest build, be aware about the associated issues that Insiders have discovered.

• Some screen reader apps, such as Narrator, are unable to read menu options in the Feedback Hub.
• A red-colored “X” error indicator will pop up if you use Hyper-V or when your network adapter has a Virtual Switch configuration. The good news is, your network adapter will work just fine, even with an error indicated in the taskbar.
• Jumpy movement of a trackpad and glitch audio will happen on PCs with TPM chips. This is because the tpm-maintenance task would be constantly running in the background while the computer is operational.
• Failure to connect to a Miracast receiver will be experienced by users following the upgrade. But there is a workaround available, which involves dabbling with the Windows registry.
• Some apps, such as QQ, Expression Encoder 4, and Windows Live Mail reportedly crash after upgrade.
• Microsoft Passport service is launched when Windows Hello or a PIN is used to sign in to your PC. This will lead to other issues, such as Bluetooth repeatedly scanning for devices, audio glitches, reduced battery life, less responsive Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and a decrease in throughput of some features.

 

Mobile version of Windows 10 build 14295 also has reported issues.

 

Windows 10 has been fraught with bugs, some of which are urgent problems, but can be fixed, while others are more complicated. As of this writing, issues with the new build is under investigation, and people at Microsoft can only apologize for the inconvenience.

 

The Source

 

[Denyslav]

Acually I have problems wih my desktop computer. BSOD and starting up PC 3 times i a row is like every day.

My Acer laptop is working fine with win10 from the day I upgraded.

Maybe it's because I have pro version on desktop and home on laptop.

[Ryrynz]

I feel 10586.164 is working fairly well. Windows 10 will be a solid OS, eventually.

[steven36]

39 minutes ago, Ryrynz said:

Windows 10 will be a solid OS, eventually.

When ever that comes windows 7 even had loads of them they fixed most of them in SP1 2 years latter .

 

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1590887/windows-stability-issues

 

That;s why waited tell right before sp 1 came out i went 2 years and never even had to reformat that machine running Windows 7 24 hours a day it came with  xp on it  you could install x64 on it though .

 

I have another Windows 7 sp1  it came with vista  i never had to reformat it ether but i just use sometimes and it runs fine with Windows 7 tired windows 10 on it  had to roll it back too slow to boot with Windows 10 .  It could be a compatibility issue with  some the old software  on it,  but if i cant run my old programs on it . not worth updateing tell 2020  to windows 10 . You can upgrade any machine with win7 or 8.1 to windows 10 and roll them back  then they will activate  clean i guess tell 2025 you will get updates . Maybe when they they start changing for it  they will  talk more about what kind of update plain  does windows 10 have in the future  . So far everything is about updates now  but nothing on its service plain for the future.

[haxzion]

Ok first of all BSODs not always related to the OS.Might be a hardware failure,bad ram,bad cpu OC and so on.

But i have red many articles about windows 10 and driver related BSODs so manybe this is problem.

As we all know Win10 is actually still in beta stages and it will be for a very long time since they want to unify every electronic device with one OS.

"I might even update my stove to win10 and order new recipies from windows store."

The truth is that win10 is not a desktop OS and never will be.It's more like a tablet OS with a start menu full of bloatware, crapware and data sucking apps.

 

[steven36]

8 minutes ago, haxzion said:

Ok first of all BSODs not always related to the OS.Might be a hardware failure,bad ram,bad cpu OC and so on.

But i have red many articles about windows 10 and driver related BSODs so manybe this is problem.

As we all know Win10 is actually still in beta stages and it will be for a very long time since they want to unify every electronic device with one OS.

"I might even update my stove to win10 and order new recipies from windows store."

The truth is that win10 is not a desktop OS and never will be.It's more like a tablet OS with a start menu full of bloatware, crapware and data sucking apps.

 

I read they plain to do that make it  run in you're smart house  run on windows 10 even

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3050929/internet-of-things/microsoft-puts-windows-10-cortana-at-the-center-of-smart-homes.html

 

You will be able to tell Cortana to turn the lights off and on , and turn on the coffee pot etc

[Sylence]

Windows 10 latest stable build Working fine here on 3 laptops and 5 PCs with hardware ranging from 2010 to 2015, all working fine despite the fact that some of them are very old. 

 

I'm wondering how a BSOD (blue screen of death) would look like in Windows 10. any screenshot? 

[Ryrynz]

Windows 10 has been pretty good, I've installed it on quite a few display (for sale) laptops at work (upgrading from 8.1)
I believe in it's current state (10586) it's generally a better OS than 8.1, but there are still apparently some issues that I'm hoping Redstone will sort out.
Will likely upgrade my mother's laptop to "stable" version of Redstone when I deem it suitably bug "free"

[steven36]

If you look it up on YouTube about About 36,600 results popup on how fix Windows 10 BSOD  so it must  be pretty common

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=windows+10+bsod+

 

101 pages of topics on BSOD at Ten forums

http://www.tenforums.com/bsod-crashes-debugging/

 

I guess i could read watch  about Windows 10 bsod for like a week

 

When i had trouble with updates on windows 10 i went to  Ten Forums and fixed it . You dont come to forum that post the pc centric news to work on  a o/s you go to a support forum .

 

 

[straycat19]

3 hours ago, steven36 said:

I read they plain to do that make it  run in you're smart house  run on windows 10 even

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3050929/internet-of-things/microsoft-puts-windows-10-cortana-at-the-center-of-smart-homes.html

 

You will be able to tell Cortana to turn the lights off and on , and turn on the coffee pot etc

 

I'll run Windows 10 when Cortana can do a Monica Lewinsky.  I'll even turn the lights off for her. 

[straycat19]

3 hours ago, saeed_dc said:

Windows 10 latest stable build Working fine here on 3 laptops and 5 PCs with hardware ranging from 2010 to 2015, all working fine despite the fact that some of them are very old. 

 

I'm wondering how a BSOD (blue screen of death) would look like in Windows 10. any screenshot? 

 

Where did you find a stable release of Windows 10?  They haven't released one yet, everything is still beta.  When an OS is stable you don't see all these changes to the core components of it and especially you don't see them wiping out all the tweaks and changes that individual users have made to customize the system to their liking.

[Holmes]

There are many users using windows ten without problems and yes most are driver related.  If your using technical preview your using a beta if you buy windows ten you get the stable version for those that get the stable version and its unstable your doing something wrong or just having negative luck.

[D1v1n3D]

i find old programs work but not threw the upgrade program Upgrade program has and probably will always be garbage from microsoft I remember vista upgrade AHHHH nightmare then windows 7 from xp nothing upgraded lol you had to reinstall everything and windows 7 to 8 depending on drivers and some software BSOD central same issues with windows 10 persists I think its on purpose to make us by new hardware. What I recommend is either download a ISO of Win7 or Win8 with all the latest Updates patched into the install ISO or make your own then install then run updates make sure non are missed DO NOT install any software OR DRIVERS. Do your Upgrade Everything should work fine I have done this on 30 computers now worked like a charm every time.

[eurobyn]

if,if i had not upgraded  ?... do a clean install of windows 10 from a usb stick .

if the installation fails its the rams .

if you can install bu you get a bsod after updates ... you have a ati vga card (problems)

if after a clean install no problems are visible then it means youre hardware is ok.

if you have problems after clean install and you install other software ?

 

NEVER upgrade to another windows.

just a clean install is the best you can do.

 

 

[pc71520]

Hardware can be the reason; not just the OS (software).

 

Windows: BSOD  <=> Linux and OS X: Kernel Panic

 

 

 

[steven36]

13 hours ago, pc71520 said:

Hardware can be the reason; not just the OS (software).

 

Windows: BSOD  <=> Linux and OS X: Kernel Panic

 

 

 

Only Linux has  1.8 % PC market share it dont seem this would effect  the masses  because Masses or over on Windows having BSOD  and on smart phones with its problems . I been using Linux everyday for a good while and i never had a Kernel  Panic .  Common causes include things like faulty RAM or malfunctioning peripherals, drivers or software plugins, or even badly written programs.  If you're use a nice stable distro  and dont install crap thats not compatible  with you're Distro  Kernel  Panic  is the lest of you're worries .

 

While Linux  is not used very  much as a Desktop/Laptop PC  its widely used as  servers and runs  a lot of the internet and these servers  stay up for months at a time  and never have  to be rebooted . Microsoft  just hired  the head of Oracle  Linux  so Microsoft Linux for there Cloud  platform may become a reality   .

 

This is the same guy who made Linux  for  Oracle to compete against Redhat now he works for Microsoft .

 

Head of Oracle Linux moves to Microsoft

http://www.zdnet.com/article/head-of-oracle-linux-moves-to-microsoft/

 

One topic you will see some complain about Linux  but Microsoft is inventing  tons  of money in it and the next topic you will see some complain about smart phones but Microsoft is investing tons of money in it . Microsoft  needs this stuff to stay profitable .

[lurch234]

On 2016-04-04 at 0:02 AM, steven36 said:

Microsoft can only apologize for the inconvenience

 

An apology is far from enough. You can sue in court for damages for pain and suffering. I would love to see the day that microsoft has to give you money for all the headaches they are causing

for their os they are giving away. And they should pay you anyways. People with win10 are just beta testers for the company...Most of them in an involuntary way for sure.

[steven36]

1 hour ago, lurch234 said:

 

An apology is far from enough. You can sue in court for damages for pain and suffering. I would love to see the day that microsoft has to give you money for all the headaches they are causing

for their os they are giving away. And they should pay you anyways. People with win10 are just beta testers for the company...Most of them in an involuntary way for sure.

You knew me a very long time  and you know I always liked Windows tell they started  using bad business  ethics . And I agree any company  that has billions of dollars  should pay people to test they dont need charity . They keep laying off workers allover  the world and  are using people too work for free .

 

Microsoft's hopes with giving Windows 10 away free is they will get you hooked on windows 10 store apps and sell them to you to make up for not making much money from Windows since 2013 .

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/16/8227847/how-microsoft-makes-money

 

 

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“We delivered double-digit operating income growth in non-GAAP constant currency while investing in key strategic areas that position Microsoft for continued long term growth,” said Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Microsoft.

Revenue in Productivity and Business Processes declined 2% (up 5% in constant currency) to $6.7 billion, with the following business highlights:

·         Office commercial products and cloud services revenue grew 5% in constant currency driven by Office 365 revenue growth of nearly 70% in constant currency

·         Office 365 consumer subscribers increased to 20.6 million

·         Dynamics revenue grew 11% in constant currency with Dynamics CRM Online seat adds more than doubling year-over-year for the fifth consecutive quarter

Revenue in Intelligent Cloud grew 5% (up 11% in constant currency) to $6.3 billion, with the following business highlights:

·         Server products and cloud services revenue grew 10% in constant currency

·         Azure revenue grew 140% in constant currency with revenue from Azure premium services growing nearly 3x year-over-year

·         Over one third of the Fortune 500 have chosen our Enterprise Mobility solutions, up nearly 3x year-over-year

Revenue in More Personal Computing declined 5% (down 2% in constant currency) to $12.7 billion, with the following business highlights:

·         Windows OEM revenue declined 5% in constant currency, outperforming the PC market, driven by higher consumer premium and mid-range device mix

·         Surface revenue increased 29% in constant currency driven by the launch of Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book

·         Phone revenue declined 49% in constant currency reflecting our strategy change announced in July 2015

·         Search advertising revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs grew 21% in constant currency with continued benefit from Windows 10 usage

·         Xbox Live monthly active users grew 30% year-over-year to a record 48 million

“It was a strong holiday season for Microsoft highlighted by Surface and Xbox,” said Kevin Turner, chief operating officer at Microsoft. “Our commercial business executed well as our sales teams and partners helped customers realize the value of Microsoft’s cloud technologies across Azure, Office 365 and CRM Online.”

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2016-Q2/press-release-webcast

 

 

 

 

Microsoft  makes less on Windows PCs and Phones than any of its other products  and W10  is just a promotional stunt in hopes they can profit from selling you other software  and you using its software to search . There making money off device %s  that  use Windows Just there not making  money on Legacy devices that effects the masses on windows . Like desktop  and Laptop units .Actually  they lost money on it in 2015. There money from windows 10 came trough Bing and ads   . Microsoft's Net Worth: $70 Billion $12.7 Billion still  a whole lot of money but it keeps losing profits  in the O/S units   they can afford to promote a free O/S  to profit from ads  and selling Windows Store apps to try make up from there loss in that market . And a company  with 70 billion  dont need charity .   Look at all the money Google  pays to there customers  that use there ads  and to researchers that finds things wrong with there software. 

 

[Karlston]

7 hours ago, steven36 said:

Microsoft's hopes with giving Windows 10 away free is they will get you hooked on windows 10 store apps and sell them to you to make up for not making much money from Windows since 2013 .

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/16/8227847/how-microsoft-makes-money

 

Nailed it in one. The Apple and Google model (free OS, charge for apps), Microsoft style.

 

With the Windows store not being an... ahem... raging success and Windows Mobile looking even less successful, one wonders if there's a Plan B for Windows 10 revenue. *cough* subscription model? *cough*.

[lurch234]

8 hours ago, steven36 said:

Microsoft's hopes with giving Windows 10 away free is they will get you hooked on windows 10 store apps and sell them to you to make up for not making much money from Windows since 2013 .

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/16/8227847/how-microsoft-makes-money

 

Ha! There is a world of difference in being hopeful and being delusional! Microsoft being more and more the latter.

[Holmes]

I hope they dont go with a subscription based payment method they are doing that with office three sixty five and I dont like that.  I wouldnt use any apps from microsoft store or any of the free apps.  No one really knows what there going to do and windows ten store apps are not for everybody and I personally would use my own apps my question is what does any of this have to do with the topic issues that are plaguing the latest build?  Someone drifted off topic and everybody has decided to follow that person.