New Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast + Skip Build 18329 (19H1) - Feb. 1 Insider

Fabler2 said:

Tired of repeats.Makes the post uninteresting.

Feel free to block me then.

linw said:

All went very well, here.

Edwin, all those win x items run fine for me. Have you tried without Win x classic running?

Strange that the Windows Insider Svc is running on some comps but not others. Wasn't running on previous build and not this one, either. And, no, I am not disappointed!!

I ran into a problem - I was installing drivers, and after one particular driver, for my Epson V330 Scanner, the computer rebooted ... into automatic repair. I tried every option there to try ot fix, no joy, not even the system restore from prior to the drivers (collectively) being installed. I cannot say for a fact that it was that one driver, because I had already buckled my system down and set everything up in terms of items in the Settings panels.

So, I restored my Macrium backup made just after moving my \Users tree and am starting fresh. This time, I'm making restore points after each driver (gotta love Snappy Drive Installer Origin) and seeing which, if any, made things unbearable.

My suspicion is that I enabled Storage Sense before updating the driver for my Marvell SATA 6 Gbs chipset driver. This time around, I've managed to get that driver installed (while storage sense is disabled) and all seems to be well.

We'll see, though.

magilla said:

When I try this link you suggested I get a block from smartscreen.
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Kari said:

UUP Dump Downloader on that page is no longer working. The correct, risk-free and safe address to get Insider build ISO images is UUP dump

Kari

^^^^ this

Kari said:

I have two issues with this build. First, Windows Search service does not start, which makes indexing not to work. I posted about it earlier.

The second issue is that Windows Hello Fingerprint does not work.

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I can update the driver and fingerprint works until next reboot. I can lock PC and sign back in with fingerprint, but at sign-in screen in next reboot it's no longer working. I sign in with PIN or password, go to Device Manager and update the driver, and again fingerprint works until next reboot.

Kari

Hmmm - I wonder if there is a latent driver issue with my system as well. I'm slowly but surely working my way through my drivers to see where the above-mentioned failure occurred.

I certainly hope it wasn't actually the Epson driver - I need my scanner working....

DooGie said:

@Wynona. Download version 1.2.0 of UUPDump Downloader from here Tags · UUP dump / downloader · GitLab

Create a new directory to put it in then start it up, there's a search box at the top so just type in 18239. You get a choice between 64-bit and 32-bit so just highlight the one you want and then click on choose selected build at the bottom of the window. You then get the option to choose language and either pro or Home. Also select where you want the download to be saved to then click on Start Process. All the files will be downloaded and compiled into an iso file. It takes quite a while though, usually around 20 minutes for me.
Hope this is of some help.

Thanks, very much, Doogie. I read all the follow-ups to this post, and made the decision to go with the .exe and wonder of wonders, I succeeded in creating the ISO.

kado897 said:

@Wynona Download the 7 zip version not the exe as Defender doesn't like it. You may also have trouble getting to the site as some AVs don't like it. It is perfectly safe so you can ignore the warnings.

I tried the 7zip version, but wound up getting confused. I'm not sure why, but 7zip didn't work like I remember it should.

sgage said:

Defender doesn't like the 7 zip version, either.

Dunno, but neither did something like the .exe version. I told it to "do it anyway" and things seem to have turned out like they should.

kado897 said:

Never had any issue with the 7 zip version and Defender but I don't leave it lying around for Defender or MB to scan.

I can just see the file laying on the floor, with you kicking it aside so Defender won't see it . . .

sgage said:

While downloading using Chrome, Windows Defender kicked in with 'Failed - virus detected'. WD reports "Remediation Incomplete". That's a new one on me. Let's try with FF... yes, the exe trips WD, but the 7zip version gets through. What a world! Who do we trust?

Edit: I double-clicked on the 7zip file and IE11 came up! Shortly thereafter, there was a WD warning, and the file went away - whoosh! Too much trouble.

Whoops! Maybe I'm glad I opted for the .exe. Although I think it was Defender that complained, when I told it to go ahead anyway, after awhile it seems I have a new ISO for Build 18329.

Bottom line here is that although I already had the ISO from TC, I wanted to try UUP-Dump to see if I could do it. And I can!

Thank you all once again for the help and encouragement. I really do appreciate it!

AndreTen said:

Here are facts:

Skip ahead (made with UUP2ISO on amd fx6300 system)

Name: 18329.1.190129-1504.19H1_RELEASE_CLIENTPRO_OEMRET_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO
Size: 4211052544 bytes (4015 MiB)
SHA256: B32762BC5C995DDFEC2A55B10F9BBDB780087238B2C353FBA9A0EE400279E488

Fast (made with UUP2ISO on Intel Skylake system)

Name: 18329.1.190129-1504.19H1_RELEASE_CLIENTPRO_OEMRET_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO
Size: 4211048448 bytes (4015 MiB)
SHA256: 6521824C29719CC784F1BC30AEB71783FF2F66A28E19D3D0E3E6B6656B407E51

So, from this, I gather that Skip Ahead is about 4096 bytes larger than Fast Ring. Which leads my very unscientific mind to think that those 4096 bytes difference could be what it took to send one to Fast and the other to Skippy?

DooGie said:

Anyway I seem to have taken this thread OT for too long so I'll shut up now

Not at all off topic from my point of view, Doogie! Everyone of you involved in this discussion have helped me to understand and be able to use UUPDump in order to get Build 18329 installed, which is the point of this whole thread anyway!

Well, that doesn't sound right . . . the point of this thread is to get Build 18329 installed for everyone; not just to help me get it installed.

In actuality, I feel like I'm not the only one who's been helped by this particular discussion. Next time something like this pops up, I'll know what to do!

The UUP Dump Kari linked to is really slick and easy to use. Much more so than UUP Dump Downloader.
I'm downloading 18329.1 X64 now just to have.

Thanks again Kari.

Kari said:

Geeks, if you can't even clean install the latest build, there's a workaround that usually works because it completely bypasses the Windows Setup offline phase and contains all working drivers. This does of course not help those who want to upgrade, but makes life easier for those wanting clean installed latest Insider build without crashes and GSOD in Windows Setup.

Might look complicated and time consuming, but this is in fact easy, straight forward and relatively fast.

First, clean install a plain vanilla official release of Windows 10, at the moment version 1809. Upgrade it fully to be sure you have all drivers working. When done, export the drivers to a folder (see Part Two in this tutorial).

Get the Insider upgrade downloaded but do not restart to offline phase, just create the ISO using UUPtoISO. Alternatively, use UUPDump to get ISO. When done, mount the ISO and inject the current, working 1809 drivers to its install.wim file (Parts Three to Five in tutorial)

Delete the original install.wim (or install.esd) file on your USB install media you used to clean install 1809, WIM or ESD file is located in %USB%\Sources folder. Copy your custom install.wim, which now contains all required drivers, to %USB%\Sources folder.

At this point, you have an install media with everything except install.wim being original 1809, WIM file being for latest Insider build.

Boot from this USB. On region selection screen, press SHIFT + F10 to open Command Prompt:

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In Command Prompt, run DISKPART (#1 in next screenshot) and enter command LIST VOL (#2) to list existing volumes. Check the Volume number and letter for your Windows partition (#3), and drive letter for your install media containing custom install.wim.

Enter command SEL VOL #, replacing # with actual volume ID for Windows partition (#4). Enter following command to format Windows partition (#5 in screenshot):

format fs=ntfs quick label=Windows

Enter command EXIT to quit DISKPART (#6)

Enter following command to deploy custom Windows Insider build image containing your drivers, replacing drive letter D in ImageFile switch with actual drive letter for your install media, and C in ApplyDir with actual drive letter for Windows partition (#7):

dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:D:\Sources\install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:C:\

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Close Command Prompt, close Windows Setup region selection. PC will reboot directly to OOBE, completely bypassing Windows Setup offline phase.

That's it. You have now a clean installed latest Insider build.

Kari

Thanks, Kari. Saved for the next problem!

magilla said:

Wynona, so glad you are on build 18329. Glad you’re like that dog with a bone!

Me too, Magilla. It's been a rough ride, but I know a lot more than I did before I started.

Kari said:

UUP Dump Downloader on that page is no longer working. The correct, risk-free and safe address to get Insider build ISO images is UUP dump

Kari

It worked for me, Kari, but yours is simpler!

Ztruker said:

The UUP Dump Kari linked to is really slick and easy to use. Much more so than UUP Dump Downloader.
I'm downloading 18329.1 X64 now just to have.

Thanks again Kari.

Agreed, Truker! I'm gonna save that link to my bookmarks! I'd download that one too, but I already have two, and I think that's enough. Gotta leave a few for others to get . . .

Kari said:

I have two issues with this build. First, Windows Search service does not start, which makes indexing not to work. I posted about it earlier.

The second issue is that Windows Hello Fingerprint does not work.

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I can update the driver and fingerprint works until next reboot. I can lock PC and sign back in with fingerprint, but at sign-in screen in next reboot it's no longer working. I sign in with PIN or password, go to Device Manager and update the driver, and again fingerprint works until next reboot.

Kari

I can't test the fingerprint thingie, since I'm on a VM and don't even have a reader on any of my laptops.

For the Indexer part, I'm fairly confident it works for me, because I was watching it do its thing in Task Manager alongside .net optimizations right after the upgrade. Will check this one out a bit further once the system has settled.