Windows 10 January Technical Preview build 99xx Change Log

alphanumeric · 17 Jan 2015

BunnyJ said:

jeffrys said:

Alpha,

my Logitec solar keyboard does not show any light either

Jeff

I think that the issue has to do with the on/off button that each keyboard uses. If it's the num-lock then it might not work otherwise it might. I have a Corsair K40 and my on/off is separate from the num-lock.

I think the issue is that the indicator on the keyboard doesn't lite up when Caps Lock of Num Lock is on? You can't tell if Num Lock is actually on or off just by looking at the keyboard. I have my BIOS set so Num Lock is off on boot up. I never use it so that way I know its off.

alphanumeric · 17 Jan 2015

I just hope they fix Metro Snap so its at least as usable as it is in 8.1. The last build of 10 that I used Snap was useless for Metro Apps on my monitors. Desktop wise it was better but they screwed it up on the Metro side.
Something else I really wish they would change is the requirement for a "Certified" Windows to Go thumb drive. We should be allowed to use any drive as long as its big enough in capacity. I'm referring to the official Windows To Go utility in Enterprise. And yes, I know all about the roll your own variants on the go. That's a whole other story that I won't bore you with in this thread.

Vladimir · 17 Jan 2015

I installed build 10.0.9901 on bare metal and hated it !
I took some precious hours trying to understand how it is supposed to work, but simply couldn't do simple tasks efficiently ...

BunnyJ · 17 Jan 2015

Vladimir said:

I installed build 10.0.9901 on bare metal and hated it !
I took some precious hours trying to understand how it is supposed to work, but simply couldn't do simple tasks efficiently ...

That build was/is very buggy at best and MS dropped it fast, from my understanding.

blackroseMD1 · 17 Jan 2015

alphanumeric said:

BunnyJ said:

jeffrys said:

Alpha,

my Logitec solar keyboard does not show any light either

Jeff

I think that the issue has to do with the on/off button that each keyboard uses. If it's the num-lock then it might not work otherwise it might. I have a Corsair K40 and my on/off is separate from the num-lock.

I think the issue is that the indicator on the keyboard doesn't lite up when Caps Lock of Num Lock is on? You can't tell if Num Lock is actually on or off just by looking at the keyboard. I have my BIOS set so Num Lock is off on boot up. I never use it so that way I know its off.

The issue for me is that all the keys on my keyboard are backlit, and so none of them have worked since the last official build. It's turned some of my typed sentences into alphabet soup. Hahaha

That said, it's annoying, but not a dealbreaker, especially in a preview build.

Vladimir said:

I installed build

Vladimir said:

10.0.9901 on bare metal and hated it !
I took some precious hours trying to understand how it is supposed to work, but simply couldn't do simple tasks efficiently ...

Yeah, that build was all kinds of buggy.

Slartybart · 17 Jan 2015

This should be a good release - it's had a bit of time to mature behind the scenes.

They're packing everything into it - so it will be buggy

10.0.99xx ??? Shouldn't that be 10.0.1 ? Oh well, it's they're release schema

Codenames are usually for internal use - but what is better than awesome?
Ultra-awesome, Mega-awesome, Awesome 2.0 have been mentioned.
Awesome and Spartan are cooler than Metro (a train?) or Immersive (swimming ... therapy?)

The one I'm curious about, and Brink might have on this, is Continuum
Wasn't Q from the Continuum?

MS won't issue the errata until the RTM - they'll only let us know what they're planning to put in a Preview Release.

Superfly, thanks for that screen shot. Glad to see that purple is gone, might help folks who are colorblind read what they're doing. I'm not colorblind, but the contrast on the Win8 style install screen was very difficult to read

Bill
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whs · 17 Jan 2015

The January TP is not out yet - right? Or did I miss it.

BunnyJ · 17 Jan 2015

whs said:

The January TP is not out yet - right? Or did I miss it.

Nothing yet..

Edwin · 17 Jan 2015

Here's a cool idea!
Download the 'Awesome' iso the night before the briefing, install it, then your copy goes live when they go live with the briefing and it becomes a briefing/tutorial all in one!
No?
Okay, just a thought. :)

BunnyJ · 17 Jan 2015

Edwin said:

Here's a cool idea!
Download the 'Awesome' iso the night before the briefing, install it, then your copy goes live when they go live with the briefing and it becomes a briefing/tutorial all in one!
No?
Okay, just a thought. :)

I like it but the update might/should come first and then the ISO. It would be nice if the update was on the 20th but I doubt it.,