Here's what's fixed, improved, and still broken in Windows 10 build 20170

[Karlston]

Here's what's fixed, improved, and still broken in Windows 10 build 20170

After last week missed out on a new Windows 10 build, Microsoft is back on track with build 20170 for Insiders in the Dev channel (formerly the Fast ring). This week's build comes with some changes to the audio settings experience, but it's not that overwhelming in terms of new features.

 

Of course, as usual, there are also some smaller things worthy of note in this release. Some known issues have been fixed, and whole new ones have popped up, while others might just have stuck around from previous builds. Starting with what's been fixed:

• We fixed an issue resulting in flickering when resizing certain apps when snapped side by side in tablet mode.
• We fixed an issue when using an IME where holding down the mouse left click key would eventually lead to input hanging.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the master volume slider in Sound Settings not working after removing and re-pairing certain Bluetooth devices.
• We fixed a race condition that could result in update notifications not appearing or appearing multiple times in quick succession.
• We fixed an issue resulting in typing not working on certain keyboards in the previous flight – appreciate your patience while we investigated.
• We fixed an issue that could result in modifier keys like Shift and CTRL sometimes being dropped over a remote desktop connection.
• We fixed an issue resulting in a small number of Insiders experiencing an issue where Start wouldn’t launch in the previous build.
• We fixed an issue that was increasing the amount of time it took for logoff to happen for some Insiders in the last few builds.
• We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders finding that their screens became dimmer after upgrading to the last few builds.

As for the known issues in this release:

• We’re working on a fix for an issue where some Microsoft Store games protected with Easy Anti-Cheat may fail to launch.
• We’re working on a fix for an issue causing some systems to crash with a HYPERVISOR_ERROR bugcheck.
• We’re looking into reports of the update process hanging for extended periods of time when attempting to install a new build.
• We’re aware of an issue where Task Manager reports 0.00 GHz CPU usage in the Performance tab.
• We’re working to fine tune the tile animations in Start to avoid flashes of color.
• We’re investigating reports that sleep is not working for some Insiders.

Dev channel builds aren't tied to a specific release of Windows 10, so the new features we're seeing in the Insider program might not make it to the general public anytime soon. Regardless, these builds give us a glimpse at the future of Windows 10. Build 20161 from a couple of weeks ago included some changes to the design of the Start menu, and if you'd like to take a look at them without installing the build yourself, you can check out our hands-on video with it.

 

 

Here's what's fixed, improved, and still broken in Windows 10 build 20170

 

[Karlston]

Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 20170 to the Dev channel with improved sound settings

 

It's Wednesday, and that means that there's a new Windows 10 Insider Preview build in the Dev channel. Building on top of the massive feature-dump from two weeks ago, build 20170 has a one more. There was no new build last week.

 

This build just brings over more audio settings from the Control Panel, bringing them over into the Settings app. Here's the full changelog:

Improving your Sound Settings experience

Last week we mentioned we were planning on bringing more Control Panel capabilities forward into Settings, and here’s another one – we’re updating Settings > System > Sound > Manage sound devices to now let you know which device is default, and if not, enable you to set it as your default device or default communication device.

 

We’ve also updated the volume mixer to include a link to the per app audio settings, which you can use to redirect audio endpoints per app.

 

There is more work on the way in this area – stay tuned!

There are also a few miscellaneous changes and improvements:

• As part of our ongoing efforts to update the iconography across Windows, Insiders will notice we’re introducing a new Settings icon in this build. The new Settings icon looks great on the Start menu with the theme-aware tiles introduced in Build 20161!

  

• While we work on improving reliability, we’re temporarily turning off Notepad’s ability to persist open windows across restarts and updates.
• An experimental implementation of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 is enabled by default starting with Insider Preview Build 20170. IIS/HTTP.SYS have TLS 1.3 enabled by default. SSPI callers can use TLS 1.3 by passing the new crypto-agile SCH_CREDENTIALS structure when calling AcquireCredentialsHanlde. SSPI callers using TLS 1.3 need to make sure their code correctly handles SEC_I_RENEGOTIATE.

That's about it for this build. It comes from the Iron development branch, although this build isn't tied to 21H1 specifically. That means that new features that you see now might not arrive in next spring's update, and might not arrive at all. This is the nature of the Dev channel, and being in a perpetual state of prerelease builds from the active development branch.

 

If you've got a PC with an AMD processor, it's worth noting that you'll have to skip this build, thanks to a bug.

 

 

Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 20170 to the Dev channel with improved sound settings

 

[masterupc]

How can you break completely a brand of CPU's?
Ask Microshit!

[coromonadalix]

they excels at creating more problems than solve them  loll