New Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast+Skip Build 18922 (20H1) - June 19 Insider

MikeMecanic · 29 Jun 2019

f14tomcat said:

That site has been dead for quite a while.

Hidden agenda since then.

Wynona · 29 Jun 2019

lmod said:

I clean installed build 18922 a few days ago, and enabled the policy "Show clear logon background" using gpedit.msc. It is still showing that in Local Group Policy Editor.
But, I was still getting the horrible blur effect. Checked registry, and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon had not been added. I added it manually, and the blur is gone, at least for the 1st restart after making the registry change.

This doesn't work for you, Imod?

New Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast+Skip Build 18922 (20H1) - June 19-lockscreen.jpg

Edit: It's in Settings>Personalization>Lockscreen

lmod · 29 Jun 2019

Wynona said:

This doesn't work for you, Imod?

Edit: It's in Settings>Personalization>Lockscreen

Thanks, Wynona.
I had/have that setting "On." But getting rid of the blur was the problem, till I edited the registry to fix it. I expected that enabling the policy "Show clear logon background" using gpedit.msc would add the registry entry. IIRC that occurred on my other (non-Insider) devices. My post was to show that (on my Insider Fast system) the registry entry had not been auto added by enabling that policy.

CountMike · 30 Jun 2019

lmod said:

I clean installed build 18922 a few days ago, and enabled the policy "Show clear logon background" using gpedit.msc. It is still showing that in Local Group Policy Editor.
But, I was still getting the horrible blur effect. Checked registry, and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon had not been added. I added it manually, and the blur is gone, at least for the 1st restart after making the registry change.

There is a .reg file for that, you can download it from Tutorials. One click job. Disable_acrylic_blur_effect_on_Sign-in_sceen_background.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Created on: January 9th 2019
; Tutorial: Enable or Disable Acrylic Blur Effect on Sign-in Screen in Windows 10

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
"DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon"=dword:00000001

Mooly · 30 Jun 2019

kado897 said:

This gives more information on how Windows optimises SSDs. The real and complete story - Does Windows defragment your SSD? - Scott Hanselman

Thanks. That's a great article and one I hadn't seen before.

kado897 · 30 Jun 2019

Mooly said:

Thanks. That's a great article and one I hadn't seen before.

Thanks.

techquest · 30 Jun 2019

kado897 said:

This gives more information on how Windows optimises SSDs. The real and complete story - Does Windows defragment your SSD? - Scott Hanselman

Yes useful to know thanks

Edwin · 30 Jun 2019

Anyone else have 'Runtime Broker' in their File Explorer Taskbar jumplist?

New Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast+Skip Build 18922 (20H1) - June 19-001216.png

It opens a non-negotiable 'Windows Explorer' folder.

lmod · 30 Jun 2019

lmod said:

Neither "Check for updates" and "Store" are working correctly on my clean install on build 18922. (Clean install due to component upgrades.) Both continue to show activity, but do not complete.
Any suggestions?

Update on the above. After trying the Windows troubleshooters (couldn't fix the problem) Rebooted. I tried Brink's Windows Update reset batch file. It fell over. Rebooted. sfc /scannow told me that there were corrupted files it wasn't able to fix. DISM stalled at 90.0%, after about 15 mins I rebooted again. Tried DISM again, it stalled for a few minutes at 90.1%, then eventually completed. Ran sfc /scannow again, and this time it reported a clean bill of health.
Both WU and store are working now.

Edit. I didn't mention I tried, apparently unsuccessfully, to reset the Store, early in the processes I tried. But that may have had some influence on the finally successfull outcome.

Wynona · 30 Jun 2019

lmod said:

Thanks, Wynona.
I had/have that setting "On." But getting rid of the blur was the problem, till I edited the registry to fix it. I expected that enabling the policy "Show clear logon background" using gpedit.msc would add the registry entry. IIRC that occurred on my other (non-Insider) devices. My post was to show that (on my Insider Fast system) the registry entry had not been auto added by enabling that policy.

Hmmm, maybe that wasn't the button I pushed to get rid of the blur. But, somewhere in settings, I pushed a button and my blur was gone.