New Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast+Skip Build 18963 (20H1) - Aug. 16 Insider

meebers said:

Mine is behaving oddly. Soon as I selected "Download" it started immediately @ 0% and progressed to 100% in ~ 12 minutes, then started Installing. (currently @ 40%) Got my fingers crossed!

Same for me, it skipped the phase about 'getting things ready' and went right to download then install completed normally, the whole process was about 40 minutes..

This Build just feels faster than the last few I can remember. Something must have changed because the last couple, especially, felt sluggish on my setup (admittedly an old one)

Well, my attempt to create an ISO from UUP dump files failed. On close examination I discovered that the file" Microsoft windows--Hello face package" was not downloaded properly. My two attempts to download the above file manually failed with the reason " Network error" and "Forbidden" respectively. I then refreshed the page and was then able to download the file to the UUP's folder. I then ran the file renaming script and after running the UUP convert script was able to generate the ISO successfully. I will now attempt to upgrade via windows update and see what happens.

Mooly said:

I have a white dot that looks like a stuck pixel but isn't. It is related to the icon for Notepad that I have pinned to the taskbar and it wasn't there before. The dot moves as you drag the icon and so it is related to that.

Edit... All my 'jump lists' pinned to Notepad have also gone.

There seems to be a problem with Notepad in this build on both my Insider PCs. The shortcut is missing from the Windows Accessories folder for the first time in my memory.

larc919 said:

There seems to be a problem with Notepad in this build on both my Insider PCs. The shortcut is missing from the Windows Accessories folder for the first time in my memory.

Agree and the icon looks different in the timeline for notepad..