Windows 10: January Windows 10 build 9926 ISO now available

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January Windows 10 build 9926 ISO now available
Hi everyone,

I hope that you were able to watch our live stream on Wednesday, where we shared more details on the Windows 10 experience. If you missed it, you can watch the video on demand anytime and read Terry Myerson’s blog post that recaps the latest Windows 10 news. As Terry mentioned, we continue to be humbled by the amount of feedback and excitement we’re seeing from the Windows Insider community.

Some of the new features that Joe demoed on Wednesday will be available for our Windows Insiders starting today with our newest build – 9926. However, not everything you saw on Wednesday is included in this new build. Much is still in-progress and we’re getting it out to you as fast as we can – so you can try it out and give us feedback. Over the course of the next few builds, you will see us refine Windows 10 and continue to improve the experiences as well as quality and stability.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Windows Insider Program, this is our community who is helping us build Windows 10. If you’re not a Windows Insider yet, we’d love to have you join – see below. Also make sure you read the list of known issues at the end of this post before getting started.

We’re pushing Build 9926 out widely, flighting simultaneously to both “Fast” and “Slow” rings simultaneously as well as available on ISOs since it has been a while since we’ve released a new build out to you. I know it was tough to wait for a new build. The gap between 9879 and 9926 is the longest you should expect to see with the program, because of the holidays and the need to add and stabilize feature payloads. We’ll get new builds out faster moving forward – thank you for being patient with us.

Getting started:

If you haven’t yet signed up for the Windows Insider program, start here.

If you’re currently configured for the Fast or Slow rings, the build is available now.

Just like last time, this new build will come to you automatically via Windows Update, installed during your maintenance window if your PC is plugged in and on or sleeping.

If you don’t want to wait for it to download and install on its own – you can go to PC Settings, Update and recovery, Preview builds and click the Check Now button to go get it now.

This is a full build, and it will be installed as an in-place upgrade, so you’ll go through those colorful “installing your apps” screens again. This is because your account is being re-provisioned after the upgrade.

With this build we further converge our preview build distribution with Windows Update, and the new Settings app (which I’ll talk about below) introduces a different way for configuring how you receive new builds from us (whether you’re on the Slow ring or Fast ring) as a Windows Insider.

To configure the way you receive builds from us in Build 9926, open the Settings app and go to Update & recovery > Windows Update > Advanced options. You’ll notice that there is not a separate “Check Now” button here. This is because the button to check for WU updates now also checks for new builds.

Here’s what’s new:

This video from Joe shows off a lot of what’s new in this build:

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Cortana on the desktop: We’re excited to include Cortana as an integrated part of the desktop in Windows 10. Cortana is one click away on the taskbar, helping you find the things you need while proactively bringing you information you care about. Cortana can help you search in Windows 10 for apps, settings, and files as well as searching the web. You can access Cortana with your voice by clicking the microphone icon, then speaking to set reminders or ask about weather, sports, finance and other content from Bing. If you’re really adventurous, go into Cortana Settings, enable hands free use to say “Hey Cortana,” and you won’t need to click on the microphone icon. Cortana can learn your preferences and provide smarter recommendations over time. You can manage Cortana’s Notebook to add interests from Bing like news, sports, finance and weather so Cortana can proactively offer recommendations and information for you. Keep in mind, Cortana is new to the desktop – things might not work as expected. Also, for this build, Cortana is available for U.S. English only. Search will work in all languages. But don’t worry, we’ll be making improvements in future builds, adding new capabilities and more languages.

New Start menu: You’ll see some big changes to the Start menu in this build, including the ability to expand to a full-screen experience. This really shines on 2-in-1 PCs when switching into Tablet Mode (part of “Continuum” which we demoed in September and showed on Wednesday) You can also customize the color of your Start screen. A big change that you won’t see is that we actually rebuilt Start in XAML, which is one type of code developers can use to build apps for Windows 10. The work on Start isn’t done yet, and we’ll have more changes that will show up in future builds including more personalization (and transparency!), drag and drop, Jump Lists, and the ability to resize the Start menu.

New Settings app: We’re working hard to evolve the Settings experience in Windows and in this build, you will see a lot of this work come together. This is where you will go to manage your device and things like your display, network, and account settings. As I noted above, the new Settings app introduces a different way for configuring how you receive new builds from us too. Even better – the Settings experience will be consistent across all your Windows devices. We’ve made the homepage easier to scan and reminiscent of Control Panel, which many of you were familiar with. It’s icon-based and we re-organized the categories to be more familiar. You can also use search within the app to find the setting you want. Search will even find Control Panel pages that aren’t in the Settings app.

Connect to wireless audio and video: We’ve made it much easier for you to find and connect to wireless audio and video devices that support technologies like Bluetooth and Miracast. You can access the experience either by clicking on the “Connect” button in the new Action Center, or by using the Windows + P keyboard shortcut from anywhere. In the Connect panel, Windows will discover nearby Miracast devices and Bluetooth speakers, allowing you to simply touch or click to connect. Pairing to devices happens right inline, so you never have to navigate away to settings. When connecting to wired and wireless screens, you can also control their projection style, choosing to either “Duplicate” or “Extend” their desktop.

New Photos and Maps apps: In Joe’s demo on Wednesday, he showed off many of the new and updated apps that are coming with Windows 10. And in this build, you can give the new Photos and Maps apps a try for yourself. The Photos apps will show your photos stored locally on your PC, as well as in OneDrive, and make them look great. You can also edit your photos too. Some features like the ability to create albums are not enabled just yet.

Windows Store Beta: In this build, you will see the first look at the Windows Store Beta. It’s important to note that the NEW Windows Store Beta is a *grey* tile in the Start menu or on the taskbar and the current Windows Store remains available in the build as a *green* tile. Sorry it’s confusing to have two, but we wanted to give you an early preview of the new Windows Store. It includes a new visual design which will be common across PCs, tablets, phones and the web. It works well within a window and can be updated independently from the OS (this matters because it allows for more frequent updates). Keep in mind this is a preview. You can expect both the app selection and markets where the Store Beta is available to be limited and you will find that only basic functionality is available in this release. You can browse and search, as well as download apps. You can pay for those apps and games with options such as international credit card, gift cards and PayPal. In-app purchase is not available for apps downloaded through the Store Beta, though apps you already own with in-app purchase can be used. The ability to purchase additional in-app content is currently disabled. Finally, you can purchase apps on a device running Windows 8.1 and use those apps in this build of Windows 10 but not vice versa. We’ll have a lot more information about the new Windows Store in Windows 10 to share later and more functionality will light up in future builds.

Xbox app: You can give the new Xbox app a try in this build. For details on the functionality the Xbox app has in this build – check out this blog post on Xbox Wire.

These are just some of the new things in this build. I’m sure many of you will discover others!

Here are some changes based on your feedback:

We love highlighting specific features we’ve changed based on your feedback. We’ve implemented some top feedback requests in this build. As with previous builds it’s impossible to list them all, and many things are invisible – like the crashes & hangs that your problem reports helped us track down. Here’s a sample of a few things you told us you wanted that we’ve addressed:

You’ve asked us to support more languages so we’re bringing you more languages: Japanese, Russian, German, French, French (Canada), Korean, Italian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Traditional Chinese, Swedish, Finnish, Turkish, Arabic, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Thai, Vietnamese (Language Interface Pack), Catalan (Language Interface Pack), and Hindi (Language Interface Pack).

The new Windows Update UX in the Settings app provides a progress bar for preview build downloads which was a top request for Insiders. When you navigate away after starting the download/install, it will know that the download and install is still in progress when you return (instead of looking like a blank slate. And progress is now determinate, instead of just a spinning circle.

We received feedback that ALT+TAB was too jarring (everything on screen changed) and that some people found it confusingly similar to Task View. Some people wondered why Virtual Desktops were not accessible from ALT+TAB. So, we merged the previous ALT+TAB design with the Task View to produce an approach that retained the large thumbnails that people like, but with an overlay that is familiar. Now, it feels far less jarring and while it looks like it belongs to the family of Task View and Snap Assist, it retains its unique strength of being a great keyboard switcher. Finally, this change makes the work we’ve done with precision touchpads feel better too. Now when you quickly three finger swipe left/right, ALT+TAB feels lighter-weight.

We also heard that folks wanted Persian calendars support and you’ll find that in this build. The Persian calendar format will appear on your Lock screen, your taskbar clock, and on timestamps on files in File Explorer.

Another top request from you was to have the option to pick the default folder when opening File Explorer, and the team responded and added this feature.

We saw feedback from Insiders that it was hard to find how to make apps full-screen in the “hamburger-style” menu seen in previous builds so we’ve added a full-screen button in the title bar. We’ve also made the title bars for both desktop and modern apps title bars feel more harmonious.

Finally, I know that a TON of Insiders were unhappy about the bug where keyboard lights weren’t working when Caps lock/Num lock/Scroll lock is toggled. I’m super happy to report that we’ve fixed that issue in this build. Thank you for being patient with us on that one.

Some known problems:

Here is a list of a few issues with Build 9926. As with the last builds, we may release updates to fix some of the most prevalent issues and others may be fixed in subsequent builds.

After installing this build, you may see a boot selection menu each time you reboot your PC. This is because a bug where a second boot option is persisted to uninstall the Windows 10 Technical Preview and roll back to the previous OS installed. When you get to this screen, if you do nothing it will automatically boot to the Windows 10 Technical Preview within 30 seconds by default or you can choose it on your own. Don’t worry, this behavior is only temporary.

Xbox Live enabled games that require sign-in will not launch correctly. If you see the below dialog box the game requires Xbox Live sign-in. A fix for this will be distributed via WU shortly after the release of Build 9926.

Battery icon shows on lock screen of PCs without batteries.

Tiles on the Start menu show truncated app names (such as the Windows Feedback app).

Remote Desktop has some painting issues that result in tiled pixelation.

Connected Standby enabled devices like Surface Pro 3 may experience shorter than expected battery life.

In Cortana, reminders can’t be edited and more complex reminders might not get created. The first reminder you create in Cortana in this build might not pop up, but subsequent ones will. Completed reminders also don’t move to the History page in Cortana’s Notebook.

The Music app will disappear if minimized within 16 seconds of launch. Just leave it in the foreground for 20 seconds or so and it should work just fine.

Occasionally, the Start Menu is improperly registered and will fail to launch.

In closing:

Thank you again to our Windows Insiders for your continued support and participation. Next month, we’re excited to extend the Windows Insider Program to include Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones as well as PCs, and we’ll share more information about how that will work as we ready our first build for broad availability.

Thanks,
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Source: http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwin...sider-program/

See also: https://www.tenforums.com/windows-10-...l-preview.html

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Brink, Jan 22, 2015

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FGGG

fggg Win User

Windows 10 Build 9926

Can i have windows 10 Build 9926 Enterprise iso?

fggg, Jan 22, 2015

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DEEKAT

DeeKat Win User

Checking "Windows Update" process hangs without proceeding

Try this
http://pureinfotech.com/2015/03/20/fix-windows-10-build-10041-install-failure-reverted-to-build-9926/ is the only thing to work for me.

DeeKat, Jan 22, 2015

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IOWNAMONEYPIT

IownAmoneyPit Win User

January Windows 10 build 9926 ISO now available

Downloading the 64 bit ISO now, Thank's Brink and to labeeman who first posted a link.*Smile

IownAmoneyPit, Jan 22, 2015

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KINGSTONIAN

kingstonian Win User

Thanks Brink, 15 min to finish download....

kingstonian, Jan 22, 2015

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GZT7D8

gzt7d8 Win User

I took the upgrade route and all seems fine for the moment. I noticed when it starts up, I still have 2 images before the desktop loads.

Start menu has changed as we know, I guess I'll have to work with it awhile before I pass judgement.

One update already,

gzt7d8, Jan 22, 2015

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IOWNAMONEYPIT

IownAmoneyPit Win User

If you want to set up a local account using this build you must click the back button at the "Set up my account page" and disconnect from the internet as I did not see any other option to skip setting up a M$ account.

See step 19 here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

Thank's for the link Brink, My eyes must be playing tricks on me as I did not see the "Sign in without a Microsoft account" link when first clicking on "Create New Account"

IownAmoneyPit, Jan 22, 2015

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WINUSER

Winuser Win User

January Windows 10 build 9926 ISO now available

Downloading now. I went through Windows update.

Winuser, Jan 22, 2015

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ROBINB9

Robinb9 Win User

did I hear this correctly? Windows 10 will be a free upgrade from 8.1?

Robinb9, Jan 22, 2015

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DAVE44

Dave44 Win User

did I hear this correctly? Windows 10 will be a free upgrade from 8.1?
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yes you heard correctly *Smile

Dave44, Jan 22, 2015

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CAPERJACK

caperjack Win User

did I hear this correctly? Windows 10 will be a free upgrade from 8.1?
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that is correct ,also free to win7 users .it will be available for 1year after the official release date of win10 later this year

caperjack, Jan 22, 2015

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ROBINB9

Robinb9 Win User

wow, that is a first, I am impressed, does anyone know when Microsoft plans to release it to the public?

Robinb9, Jan 22, 2015

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BUNNYJ

BunnyJ New Member

January Windows 10 build 9926 ISO now available

wow, that is a first, I am impressed, does anyone know when Microsoft plans to release it to the public?
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Yes, if you have a qualifying PC and a copy of Win8.1 or Win7 it's free to all.

BunnyJ, Jan 22, 2015

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CAPERJACK

caperjack Win User

wow, that is a first, I am impressed, does anyone know when Microsoft plans to release it to the public?
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later this year,September or maybe a bit later, I read different dates myself

caperjack, Jan 22, 2015

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ALPHANUMERIC

alphanumeric New Member

It's up on MSDN too. I downloaded the 9926 TP 64 ISO and the Enterprise 9926 TP 64 ISO. Making my thumb drive now. Not sure if I'll install tonight or not. I have to open my case an add another drive etc. My back is bothering me so I may put it off until tomorrow.

alphanumeric, Jan 23, 2015

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