Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast+Skip Build 17017 for PC Insider

Well, this didn't pan out. 16299,19 to 17017 is a no go on this PC. It doesn't even want to stay on Skippy but defaults to

Switched to Fast and now it's apparently installing and downloading.

CountMike said:

Well, this didn't pan out. 16299,19 to 17017 is a no go on this PC. It doesn't even want to stay on Skippy but defaults to

Switched to Fast and now it's apparently installing and downloading.

I don't think Skippy exists anymore.

kado897 said:

I don't think Skippy exists anymore.

It does exist, but one can not officially join anymore. There exist a registry hack that might let you get back in.

My current build 17017.1000 is still on Skip Ahead and it will continue to be so until I exit. What will happen is that for now I will be receiving RS4 Fast Ring builds at same pace as other Fast Ringers who are not in Skip Ahead until MS start to develop RS5. At that point I will get RS5 builds while everybody on Normal Fast Ring will receive the final RS4 builds at a fast pace.

CountMike said:

Well, this didn't pan out. 16299,19 to 17017 is a no go on this PC. It doesn't even want to stay on Skippy.

kado897 said:

I don't think Skippy exists anymore.

slicendice said:

It does exist, but one can not officially join anymore. There exist a registry hack that might let you get back in.

Tested now. A Hyper-V Vm created and installed W10 Enterprise 16299.15 on Tuesday:



No issues opting in to Skippy with registry edit:



17017 started downloading immediately:



Kari

Did a clean install of 17017 and it worked without any problems. Not going to keep it now as I have it on other PC so I just restored 1299.19 and going to leave on slow for now until next build comes. May have better luck then.

Kari said:

Tested now. A Hyper-V Vm created and installed W10 Enterprise 16299.15 on Tuesday:
No issues opting in to Skippy with registry edit:
17017 started downloading immediately:
Kari

It is unnecessary to do the skippy regedit to upgrade from 16299.19 to 17017.

I just tested in VM, by joining in Fast Ring, and searching for updates - as you can see it is downloading 17017.

cereberus said:

It is unnecessary to do the skippy regedit to upgrade from 16299.19 to 17017.

I just tested in VM, by joining in Fast Ring, and searching for updates - as you can see it is downloading 17017.

That's because the fast ring and skippy have merged.

kado897 said:

That's because the fast ring and skippy have merged.

Yes - I know but a few posts back, people were asking would the skippy regedit still work. I was showing it was no longer needed for precisely your answer above.