New Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast Build 18348 (19H1) - March 1 Insider

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  1. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #140

    kado897 said:
    Doesn't say it's VMWare.
    There are many there that do explicitly state VMWare, this is a better link:

    Feedback Hub - Windows Insider
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  2. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
       #141

    Hi there
    @f14tomcat

    There's several outstanding issues with vmware running these builds either as VM's or running vmware itself with these builds as HOSTS.

    The main defects a load of people seem to have when running vmware on these builds as host is that either the guest OS (whether Linux or Windows) will freeze as soon as you try and attach an external USB2 / USB3 device.

    If a Linux Guest you won't see the notification of the attached device and the system will hang as soon as you run any process within whatever GUI / Windows manager you have for your Linux system. I haven't tested yet with a Linux VM that doesn't have a GUI installed but when using any sort of Window manager (KDE, GNOME etc) is where you get the problem. Windows VM's (any version) will freeze at the same point.

    Another issue is that on the latest skippy vmware won't even install even when you do a clean Windows install.

    Using a Linux HOST and running these builds as guest VM's causes all sorts of different random errors

    There's a discussion on these issues on the vmware forums under the section vmware workstation.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  3. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #142

    jimbo45 said:
    Hi there
    @f14tomcat

    There's several outstanding issues with vmware running these builds either as VM's or running vmware itself with these builds as HOSTS.

    The main defects a load of people seem to have when running vmware on these builds as host is that either the guest OS (whether Linux or Windows) will freeze as soon as you try and attach an external USB2 / USB3 device.

    If a Linux Guest you won't see the notification of the attached device and the system will hang as soon as you run any process within whatever GUI / Windows manager you have for your Linux system. I haven't tested yet with a Linux VM that doesn't have a GUI installed but when using any sort of Window manager (KDE, GNOME etc) is where you get the problem. Windows VM's (any version) will freeze at the same point.

    Another issue is that on the latest skippy vmware won't even install even when you do a clean Windows install.

    Using a Linux HOST and running these builds as guest VM's causes all sorts of different random errors

    There's a discussion on these issues on the vmware forums under the section vmware workstation.

    Cheers
    jimbo
    Thanks. This fellow (Roger W) seems to have a fix/workaround for the safe_os hang currently the issue. I am going to try it and will report back.

    Feedback Hub - Windows Insider

    Code:
    Here is a fix. Add this to vmx file of your virtual machine:
    
    cpuid.brandstring = "VMware Fix for Windows 10 Build 18346 x64"
    cpuid.1.ecx = "0--------------0----------------"
    cpuid.1.edx = "-----------0---------0----------"
    monitor_control.enable_fullcpuid = "TRUE"
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  4. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
       #143

    f14tomcat said:
    Thanks. This fellow (Roger W) seems to have a fix/workaround for the safe_os hang currently the issue. I am going to try it and will report back.

    Feedback Hub - Windows Insider

    Code:
    Here is a fix. Add this to vmx file of your virtual machine:
    
    cpuid.brandstring = "VMware Fix for Windows 10 Build 18346 x64"
    cpuid.1.ecx = "0--------------0----------------"
    cpuid.1.edx = "-----------0---------0----------"
    monitor_control.enable_fullcpuid = "TRUE"
    Hi there
    would really be interested in this -- let's know how it works
    meanwhile I'm looking at why VMWare won't install on latest skippy build as HOST.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  5. Posts : 17,661
    Windows 10 Pro
       #144

    Any ideas?



    To clarify, when I am saying "always very slow", I mean the feature / Insider build upgrades are slow. In normal use, my virtual machines are quite fast, nothing to complain.

    Kari
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  6. Posts : 50,055
    Windows 10 Home 64bit 21H1 and insider builds
       #145

    Kari said:
    Any ideas?



    To clarify, when I am saying "always very slow", I mean the feature / Insider build upgrades are slow. In normal use, my virtual machines are quite fast, nothing to complain.

    Kari
    That happened so often in earlier builds for me that I just gave up on WU and used UUPDump to get an iso for upgrading. Recently I've not had that issue except for 18346 which bounced once. 18348 went through clean. This is in a VBox VM.
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  7. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
       #146

    Hi folks
    For insider builds I just use UUPDUMP as well - never a problem with it - once the ISO is created upgrades install very quickly.

    VM's run fast too (when they work !!!)

    For standard Windows 1809 I just use WU and let it do it's own thing -- as VM on Linux host it runs fast enough so I'm not sure what "Slow" really means -- If you run it as a VM on an SSD you shouldn't have any problems whatever Virtualisation software you use.

    My problem with the latest fast and skippy builds is that I just can't get the VM's to work without serious defects like VM freezing when I try and attach USB 3 HDD's etc.

    Currently posting this from a VM (1809) with latest updates) as I can't get the skippy / fast releases to work properly yet - I can run them as physical machines though.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  8. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #147

    jimbo45 said:
    Hi there
    would really be interested in this -- let's know how it works
    meanwhile I'm looking at why VMWare won't install on latest skippy build as HOST.

    Cheers
    jimbo
    @jimbo45

    Very glad to report this fixed it (worked around it) like a charm! The author of the VMWare tweak on Feedback made one small typo. The additional lines of code need to be added to the Config file, not the VMXF file. Adding them to the VMXF crashed VMWare when the VM was selected with an Access Denied error.

    Corrected instructions here:

    Code:
    Here is a fix. Add this to vmx file of your virtual machine:
    
    CORRECTION:  This needs to be added to the Config file, not the VMX file - 03/05/2019
    
    cpuid.brandstring = "VMware Fix for Windows 10 Build 18346 x64"
    cpuid.1.ecx = "0--------------0----------------"
    cpuid.1.edx = "-----------0---------0----------"
    monitor_control.enable_fullcpuid = "TRUE"
    I did the update fine on my Fast thru WU. Now I will apply the same to my Skippy, and update with an ISO. Will report back.
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  9. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #148

    Applied same fix to my Skippy VM, and it updated fine using an ISO. So that is a valid workaround.
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  10. Posts : 607
    latest Win10 Insider build
       #149

    Wynona said:
    I don't either, Keith. That said, though, I think maybe Microsoft is trying to make up their collective mind whether to add it or leave it off. I'd just as soon leave it like it is in 1809 myself. If you want to expand it, click the hamburger; if not, don't click.No matter which way it winds up, there are the same number of clicks, as far as I can see.
    In either case, I don't see anything useful coming from it expanded or not. Why would it matter if it auto expands or doesn't? You get the same thing in either case. Just curious what all the attention to this is all about? Did I miss something about "how" m$ planned to use this?
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