Windows 10: Windows 10 build 10176 has leaked onto the web

good call Lyn. Thnx 4 the work-around.
Had to change your first line to slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx etc.
No question this is an odd bird. Should make it all that much more fun to play with .. heh

 

I were busy all the day... Now I'm having some time to play with it.





*Smile

 

I don't know what you mean exactly with this, because I am not informed about this matter, but IF you mean that the Control Panel and the rest of the Windows components will get incorporated in the modern Settings menu, I surely hope so and I will appreciate it! Because everything in the Settings menu displays fine on my system and on my monitors, which I am obliged to use at a Zoom of 125%, all the time.

To all the new people who are trying / testing this new leaked build : if you please, take a few minutes and test what I reported in my post# 34. Are any of these happening to you, too?

Thank you.

 

Thanks for that, I am getting it as I type. *Smile

 

There is a temptation to install this, but I'll stick with the latest build from MS and look for a new update soon.

 

I will stick with the official MS release. There is no telling what is in these leaks.

 

As long as you know how to handle each build/leak, you should be fine.

 

Bored so I installed 10176 on a spare drive as an upgrade from 8.1. Went smoothly and I find no problems with it though it did need some help with activating *Smile. It does not have the watermark on the screen.
I will likely play with it for a while and then clean off the drive. There is certainly no compelling reason for using it on a production drive.
Boredom is dangerous. *Smile*Smile

 

Alright so here's my review of 10176 after 10 minutes of use:


1. OMG WINDOWS DESKTOP ISN'T BLURRY WHEN I RAISE FONT SIZE (display in Settings), but all other windows are still blurry (Skype, program installers, Steam, etc).

2. Still get that problem where a few programs won't terminate when I initiate a shutdown/restart........surprised this error still exists. I clean installed 10176 too.

3. Despite being unactivated, it still used the default theme, rather then the black Desktop previous versions of Windows used.

4. PLS MS FIX THE FONT INCREASE! I don't want blurriness in non-Modern apps.

5. Lol Cortana's unavailable. I wanted to ask her to dance .

6. MS Edge actually seems buggier then 10162

7. Under the Insider Program settings (MS Update) it shows that I can join the Insider Program (indicating that all W.10 users will probably have the option)

Conclusion: this build is NOWHERE NEAR RTM ready! No wonder MS delayed it, giving themselves 3 more days for fixing. The font size modifier HAS TO BE FIXED - since taskbar icons are smaller then Win7/8 by default, a lot of users will want to increase their size...without making non-Modern apps blurry.

 

After a day playing with 10176 I went back to 10166. Although 10176 is not bad I'm gonna follow the official track during the last days until RTM.

 

Yep smart move. And same here. Overall 10166 is actually pretty good and stable. No need to rush into other potentially unsupported builds at this point. As we are very close to a potentially large/RTM change, I'm just hanging on now too.

 

True, but for me, I wanna be on dat latest build *Biggrin (clean installed on a second partition, rather then touching my official one upgraded from 8)

Also 10176 was an RTM candidate....still easy to see why it didn't pass, though. MS definitely needs that extra week.

 

For these installers or other programs, (example : CPU-Z), right-click on the .exe and select Properties / Compatibility / Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.

For this issue apply the following Registry settings, if you wish :





The .reg file exists somewhere in this site, too...

Mine, when I was testing it, used a previous custom Theme I have created. It has to do with OneDrive...

YES, MS PLEASE DO THAT!

I'm back on 10162 waiting the upgrade, too.

 

I'm downloading the ISO now to mess with a bit in a VM.

 

I believe if you installed Windows 8.1 or 10 tech preview and signed into a microsoft account, your settings are saved which can be used to customize future OS installations, which could be why you found the same Theme in your current installation.

Just an educated guess.