Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14905 for PC and Mobile Insider

Well.. Crud. Let's hope we get a new build next week when things settle down.

Is MS starting the phase out of IE??

If so that's earlier than I thought they would start.,

So much for prognostication. I just updated a VM of Windows 10 Pro N from 1511 to the latest media creation tool version which was 14393.82. Then successfully installed Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3176936). Now I'm really trying to find out whether my Preview Build 14901 contains patches or whatever is in this update - released yesterday. (can't get 14905 on my physical machine) Since as others have pointed out Update History contains no entries its pretty hard to see what has been applied. Just for fun I'm going to see if the new media creation tool will "reset" Insider Preview 14901. Like a presidential candidate says - "What do I have to lose?)

BunnyJ said:

The apps are far from a big deal and I for one have no idea what "controversial" code you're talking about.

W10 loves to reinstall Apps that have been removed (i.e. W10 ignores user choices).

I don't bother to uninstall them as W10 will just reinstall them whenever it feels like it.
I just remove them from the Start Menu (apart from the Weather App).

W10 also loves to randomly change user modified settings.
That is assuming that it is even obeying the user's choices in the first place (W10 Home ignores my Wi-Fi settings).

You've never heard of auto-updates, telemetry, data-sharing Apps and Cortana?
There have been multiple threads on this forum with people battling over those items.
If those items had to be installed (just like plugins for browsers) most of the complaining would have been eliminated.

MS could have saved themselves a lot of grief by offering:

• Free W10 including auto-updates, full data collection, telemetry and Cortana (no user adjustments and not removable)
• Retail W10 with no auto-updates, data collection, telemetry and Cortana (free separate downloads for those who want them)

Yeah, I have to say, the lack of user control over Windows Update is infinitely frustrating, to say the least.

simrick said:

Yeah, I have to say, the lack of user control over Windows Update is infinitely frustrating, to say the least.

I have always taken what they throw at me, and it always worked out well.
Note, I have no exotic hardware, just two stink normal, over the counter PCs, whos disks, and RAM I upgraded. Just no fancy drivers needed.

Windows Update does not even try to install any drivers on my machines.

Upgrades are still deactivating (for lack of better word) printers that are not connected and on during upgrade. My HP Lj1300 is always lost from printers list. I let it find driver that is not deleted but if I tell it to keep it when it asks, it fails to print. If I let it install the default driver it works until next build.