Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14986 for PC Insider

Update: Windows 10 Build 14986 released to Slow ring.

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cereberus said:

This upgrade has failed miserably on both my home and pro hyper-v versions! It just refuses to install. I reverted and used registry edit to download install.ESD but the failed as well.

I downloaded pro iso (from a member who has managed to create one) and tried to run setup.exe to upgrade and that failed as well.

I clean installed it and had to reactivate it. Stuck with Home version though.

That is odd. I have issues installing 14971 in Hyper-V, where it always crashes after copying files, when it is dosed to reboot, but upon activating fast ring, it always downloads 14986 and installs it without a hitch.

To make my VMs I have been using my old Windows 7 Pro TechNet keys left over (I used the Ultimate keys for my machines when I actually ran 7) and for the most part 14971 accepts the Win 7 Pro keys and gives me a digital entitlement license for WinX.

Were your VMs already activated?

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#WindowsInsiders : and the hustle continues to try and get a fast ring build out this week, but none today. Thank you! <3

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Wynona said:

Cereberus, if you have a key to the Pro version, I believe you can do the "change key" bit and just plug in your Pro key. I know you're savvy enough to get to the "change key" bit, but I'll list the path for others who may benefit from it:

Settings>Update & Security>Activation>Change Product Key.

Good idea. I still have a slew of TechNet keys that are N / K based that I haven't even touched yet. Time to make more VMs.

I am such a rube.

Remember when I couldn't account for the used space on my second SSD?

Yeah, this will make you laugh. So, default storage for Hyper-V .VHDs is on the Public folders. Which I moved on the host machine to that second SSD.

The first several times I played with VMs on WinX I would change the default location to a drive with a lot more capacity. That time I did not, because I erroneously misread the location as being on the SYSTEM drive, aka my whopping big 960 GB SSD, not my much smaller 256 GB SSD. 🤣

So, yeah, I did a complete reinstall for absolutely nothing....

And today Edge is refusing to load Google again.

johngalt said:

That is odd. I have issues installing 14971 in Hyper-V, where it always crashes after copying files, when it is dosed to reboot, but upon activating fast ring, it always downloads 14986 and installs it without a hitch.

To make my VMs I have been using my old Windows 7 Pro TechNet keys left over (I used the Ultimate keys for my machines when I actually ran 7) and for the most part 14971 accepts the Win 7 Pro keys and gives me a digital entitlement license for WinX.

Were your VMs already activated?

Yes but fortunately 14986 has just been released as an iso so I can probablh sort things now.

Wynona said:

Cereberus, if you have a key to the Pro version, I believe you can do the "change key" bit and just plug in your Pro key. I know you're savvy enough to get to the "change key" bit, but I'll list the path for others who may benefit from it:

Settings>Update & Security>Activation>Change Product Key.

Sorry I did not make it clear. I have a pro vm which I have updated. I also ha e a home vm which I could not update as I could not get an iso. However, iso has just been released on Slow Ring so should be ok.

Thanks to you anyway, my favourite Southern Belle 😍.