mood Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Microsoft Moves Everyone in the Beta Channel to Its Latest Windows 10 21H1 Microsoft introduced Windows 10 version 21H1 in February. The company allowed Insiders in the Beta Channel to install this new version but didn't force the version on everyone following the "seeker" experience. That changes today as Windows 10 21H1 is now being offered as a "recommended update" to Insiders in the Beta Channel, the company confirmed through a tweet. This means that even if you chose not to install version 21H1, you will automatically get it now if you are signed up with the Beta Channel. You can always push the update through Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Download and Install 21H1. To confirm, type "winver" in Windows Search to check if you are already running version 21H1. Windows 10 21H1 Build 19043.844 brings the following fixes Windows Hello multicamera support to set the default as the external camera when both external and internal Windows Hello cameras are present. Windows Defender Application Guard performance improvements including optimizing document opening scenario times. We fixed an issue that causes a one minute or more delay when you open a Microsoft Defender Application Guard (WDAG) Office document. This occurs when you try to open a file using a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path or Server Message Block (SMB) share link. We improved Robocopy’s performance when copying files that total over 400 MB in size. We fixed an issue that causes a WDAG container to use almost 1 GB of memory (working set) when the container is idle. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy Service (GPSVC) updating performance improvement to support remote work scenarios. We fixed an issue that causes changes that the Active Directory (AD) administrator makes to user or computer group membership to propagate slowly. Although the access token eventually updates, these changes do not appear when the administrator uses gpresult /r or gpresult /h to create a report. Apart from the above fixes, Windows 10 21H1 (which is another minor feature update) focuses on improving security, remote access, and quality. More details available in this earlier blog post written by John Cable - Vice President, Program Management, Windows Servicing and Delivery. Source: Microsoft Moves Everyone in the Beta Channel to Its Latest Windows 10 21H1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aum Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Ready or not, here I come! The next version of Windows 10 is most definitely inbound after Microsoft began forcing the code onto its loyal band of unpaid testers last night as a "recommended update." Originally emitted as a "seeker experience" to the beta channel in February, meaning Insiders had to opt to download the update, the situation changed last night and "Insiders who previously didn’t choose to install 21H1 will now automatically receive 21H1 in the Beta Channel." The company had previously warned this day was coming, and now here we are. The good news is that users are unlikely to notice what is effectively a jumped-up service pack slithering onto their systems. Aside from tweaks to the multicamera support in Windows Hello and a bump in Windows Defender Application Guard performance, there is precious little in the update. The bleeding edge (assuming one rubs one's thumb really hard on a really blunt blade) of the Windows Insider Dev Channel has not faired much better. Aside from occasionally borking the operating system for the tiny proportion of users equipped with ARM64 devices, the channel has been bereft of excitement for quite some time. The most recent emission, build 21322, ripped one of the last vestiges of years past from the OS with the removal of the 3D Objects special folder from File Explorer. Unfortunate timing, considering the frankly barking mad Microsoft Mesh mixed reality platform announced at Ignite. Mesh, a real-world demonstration that Microsoft has too much money to spend on keynotes, is the latest attempt by the company to punt the concept of distributed teams taking part in virtual meetings via "holoportation". Once again, the idea of user avatars fiddling with holographic models was rolled out, this time with added integration with Teams and Dynamics 365. Still, the pushing of 21H1 is further evidence that the next update will soon be upon Windows 10 users and herald what current Windows supremo, Panos Panay, described during the Ignite event as a "massive year" for the operating system. Then again, Panay is also notable for the missing-in-action Surface Neo and the impressively underwhelming and overpriced Surface Duo phone. Insiders will be fervently hoping that once 21H1 is out of the way, Panay's definition "massive" consists of more than a thwacking of the Windows GUI with the fluent stick. ® Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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banned Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 If I do an in-place upgrade to 19043 using ISO (uupdump), is a Microsoft/Insider account required to keep me up-to-date? I do not sign in to my PCs using a Microsoft account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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