Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10041 now available

rvbfan · 19 Mar 2015

CountMike said:

Another reason to keep current and some older drivers handy.

Didn't give an option to install drivers. 5 copies wouldn't have helped. Just did not see the Realtec DAC

datruck · 19 Mar 2015

tracit99 said:

Has anyone notice that the "show hidden icons" arrow on the taskbar has changed in 10041. Furthermore, it does not work for me. It does not do anything at all. It should show tray icons not currently displayed in the system tray.

Yes, I found the same thing after updating to the 10041 build. However I didn't notice it until I changed my account from a local account to a microsoft account. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.

I did find a workaround however you have to disable "auto hide taskbar" in the taskbar properties. Try it out and let me know if it works for you.

datruck · 19 Mar 2015

I'm also having some trouble pairing my phone with bluetooth. It was working in the previous build. ~~I tried reinstalling the drivers to no avail.~~

EDIT: Reinstalling my manufacturer bluetooth drivers and re-paring seems to have worked.
Will now see if my phone reconnects automatically when in range. This was not working for me in the previous build.

I'm also noticing other bugs/glitches.

I had to uninstall Chrome and reinstall it. When starting it no window would appear but it was running in task manager. Killing all the chrome processes had no effect. Had to reinstall.

meebers · 19 Mar 2015

When I installed the first TP, I upgraded over my 8.1. (I had a clone of 8.1) and thru out the other upgrades, I had little to no trouble thru 9926. I then decided to use an ISO and install 9926 clean, that seemed to diminish the feel of 9926 as compared to previous installation, but everything worked and I had a lot of adjustments/additions/deletions to get it to where I wanted it. So along comes 10041 and I did an update over 9926 and other than a slow download which included 2 MSE updates, it went very smooth. Up and running on the first try. With about 30 minutes of tinkering with it, seems to work fine, brought all my extra stuff over from 9926 including cyberfox. It slightly mangled with the apps on the front but was easy to get back in shape. One minor change I see is the start menu (expand start/restore) has a different icon there, vrs what 9926 had. So far no issues.

redstar57 · 19 Mar 2015

rvbfan said:

Exact same problem for me. Update found the needed driver, but windows said there wasn't any sound card there. I couldn't even manually install. Rolled back and everything working as before.

i fix the sound problem with this solution and the red x is gone and i have sound again
Troubleshooting: how to install the Microsoft HD Audio class driver - Matthew van Eerdes web log - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

brummyfan · 19 Mar 2015

tracit99 said:

Has anyone notice that the "show hidden icons" arrow on the taskbar has changed in 10041. Furthermore, it does not work for me. It does not do anything at all. It should show tray icons not currently displayed in the system tray.

You can customise by right clicking Taskbar Properties, Notification area- Customise then select from drop down menu for each item.

mart44 · 19 Mar 2015

redstar57 said:

i fix the sound problem with this solution and the red x is gone and i have sound again
Troubleshooting: how to install the Microsoft HD Audio class driver - Matthew van Eerdes web log - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Thanks for that redstar57. It didn't go quite as per the instructions but after bit of trial and error, the sound now works (red x gone).

f14tomcat · 19 Mar 2015

Wynona said:

This didn't work for me. And I cannot show a screenshot because there's no browser button.

Wynona, totally off the subject, but look at this. Screenpresso: The Ultimate Screen Capture Tool for Windows Kari put me on to this screenshot program, and I just love it! Dick...

silv55 · 19 Mar 2015

datruck said:

Yes, I found the same thing after updating to the 10041 build. However I didn't notice it until I changed my account from a local account to a microsoft account. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.

I did find a workaround however you have to disable "auto hide taskbar" in the taskbar properties. Try it out and let me know if it works for you.

datruck; how do you upgrade to 10041 build? i don't see any updates or upgrade notification.

play2mefish · 19 Mar 2015

Installed but the first thing I noticed was the Windows Mail app isn't working...