technical preview

If you were paying attention closely today the writing was on the wall that a new build of the Windows 10 Technical Preview for Windows Insiders was going to be released. When a new Xbox app for Windows 10 was revealed this morning and introduced several new features on Windows 10, one of which...

If you've been following along, you know the last Build release of Windows 10 for phones didn't go well for some participants in the Windows Insider program. Some Lumia owners found their handsets would brick during the update. Many more found the latest release to be almost unusable, even if...

When Microsoft issued the latest build of Windows 10, build 10049, to Windows Insiders last week it had two known issues according to Microsoft. As we have heard from our Ring Master, Gabe Aul, on a regular basis one of the risks associated with getting faster builds is they will come with some...

The wait is over. Microsoft has been teasing the capabilities of Project Spartan for months. Those that have held their breath with news of each new Build release can finally exhale. Today, Microsoft is rolling out a brand new Windows 10 build to Fast Ring Windows Insiders, build 10049. And...

Although we do not know when the next build of the Windows 10 Technical Preview is due to be delivered for Windows Insiders the usual leaks of later builds continue thanks to Windows screenshot leaker Wzor. In this set of screenshots you can see what is happening in build 10036 of Windows 10...

When you are testing the Windows 10 Technical Preview on a desktop or laptop it is easy to set things up so you do not lose the ability to have a solid production system running or immediately available. I have successfully installed Windows 10 Build 9926 in virtual machines using Hyper-V on...

Microsoft's Gabe Aul, the ring master of the Windows 10 Technical Preview, just tweeted that a new update rollup was released today for the Windows 10 Technical Preview and that it contains performance and reliability improvements. Here is the list of fixes and improvements it brings to your...

Microsoft may have demonstrated its new Start menu earlier this year, but thanks to a recent “Windows 9” leak we’re now seeing every single part of the company’s plans for bringing back this popular feature. German site WinFuture has posted a two-minute video that demonstrates how the Start menu...

Two German technology blogs have leaked screenshots of the upcoming Windows 9 Technical Preview, which is billed as build 9834. Here's a further analysis of the shots and what they reveal about the next Windows. As noted previously, Winfuture.de and Computerbase.de originally leaked the shots...