Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15014 for PC and Mobile Insider

After a reboot, mines back now too Kari.

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Don't have any "Organization" any more to organize my system, I'm disorganized enough as it is.
Also some nice stuff here:

EdTittel said:

... my immense respect for Macrium improved by going through the recovery/restore proces

Macrium Reflect is The Application Everyone Should Use!!!

I've been asked several times why I recommend and use Macrium to deploy a clean, fresh Windows instead of using traditional image capture & deployment solutions, or a simple clean install (re: Windows 10 Image - Customize in Audit Mode with Sysprep).

The answer is simply that Macrium does excellent job in record time. I usually do not clean install; instead, I prepare Windows, customize and personalize it including installing software on a technician Hyper-V VM in Audit Mode before any user accounts have been created, sysprep and generalize it, capture Macrium image and then use that image to deploy (with Macrium) to all computers.

If I compare this to a clean install of Windows 10, the benefits are clear.

A typical scenario for comparison:

• I clean install Windows 10, that's 15 to 20 minutes before I am on desktop
• I install my software, 30 to 45 minutes (Office 365 Business Click-to-Run install alone takes 15 minutes)
• Desktop customizations, theme, making workspace / desktop to work for me, 5 to 10 minutes
• All together I need at least an hour before it's all done
• Repeat this on all machines

Alternative scenario:

• Do all above only once on a Hyper-V VM, when done capture a Macrium image. Adds 15 minutes to total time
• Boot other machines with Macrium boot media, restore the master image. Takes 15 minutes per machine to get a virgin, clean fresh Windows install without any pre-set user accounts with all pre-set customizations and pre-installed software, just awaiting to go through OOBE and be ready.

I simply see no point in installing similar Windows & software setup individually on several computers when all I have to do is do it once on a VM, and capture & restore a Macrium image. Instead of using that at least an hour per machine, I need 15 minutes. Time saving even on a two machine network is remarkable.

The best part: As I am a Windows Insider, I like to get new builds as soon as they have been released. No problems; I'll just mount my master Macrium image with previous build, my customizations and pre-installed software with viBoot, upgrade it, write a new master Macrium image and use it in my next clean install ( or rather deployment).

Are you still installing? Why not deploy?

Kari

Fafhrd said:

Has the "managed by your organisation" anything to do with setting up with a local account, and not a Microsoft account - where an assumption is being made by Windows that if you are not an accredited MSA holder, you must be an employee or educational user within a larger organisation?

Wouldn't say so Fafhrd. I have that message and i have Pro version activated with MS account.

Announcement says:

Under Settings > Update & security > Windows Update you might see the text “Some Settings are managed by your organization” even though your PC isn’t being managed by an organization. This is a bug caused by an updated flight configuration setting for Insider Preview builds and does not mean your PC is being managed by anyone.

Had to go back to 15002 because previous version will not work on this one computer build.

A big size shrink (9%+ smaller) of this new build according to .iso file. Good job M$!

Here starts my Virtualbox VM

- so far very responsive..