Windows 10: The next chapter

The good news is that users who want to perform clean install of Windows 10 build 10041 can now install the official ESD files of Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise editions right from Microsoft servers. The downloaded ESD file can then be converted to ISO using third-party tools such as the popular NTLite software.

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ShrimpBrime said:

Also about the key logger..... I can't find it, or even a process to have been installed for it. I did research one evening in access of 2 hours and it seems that it's not even on the OS.

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Ivy said:

A keylogger that is able to be detected is a bad logger... a good one is hidden the best way possible and able to reproduce itself countless times as soon as something deleted or detected. Although it can be used for "good" means, in most terms it is considered malware and usually a type of rootkit rooting itself even in kernel stuff or whatelse... even the best virus scanner could be unable to detect it, so dont expect it to be able to find in a wimp of 2h.

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Audioaficionado said:

Hopefully the key I got with earlier builds works.

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Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10049 now available
March 30, 2015 by Gabe Aul


Hi everyone,

Since the release of build 10041 for PCs we’ve continued to make steady progress, and as I said in the blog post with that one we’re working to bring you builds to the Fast ring faster than before. Builds last week were BIG ones for us as well, since “Project Spartan” was integrated into our flighting branch for the first time. That’s right, this means that today’s release includes the new Project Spartan browser and you’ll get to use it for the first time on PCs as it begins to show up across the Windows 10 device family.

Lots more about this here in Joe’s blog post.

As I mentioned on Friday, we are also working on the next build of Windows 10 for phones and plan to support a bunch of additional phones in the next build for phone as well as some great new features. As always, I’ll share info with you on that as soon as I can.

Build 10049 is about a week newer than 10041, so besides Project Spartan what you’ll see in this build will be mostly small improvements and fixes, as well as a few new known issues.

Here are some issues we fixed in this build

-We’ve fixed the issue from Build 10041 for when the Photos app on your PC crashes when you tap on the circular icon (your camera roll – thanks Rafael) at the top left to view the photo you just took.
-We’ve also fixed the issue from Build 10041 where you might end up in a state where windows open on your desktop are accidentally visible behind the Start Screen, Task View, Snap Assist, and when rearranging windows in Tablet Mode.
-You will no longer get stuck when you manually lock your PC (Windows Key + L) during the initial out-of-box experience.

Here are some known issues for this build

-After logging in, you may see a blue screen instead of your desktop. To work around this issue, lock your PC (with the hardware button or by pressing the Windows Key + L) and try logging in again. You can also try Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
-Indexing of new email in Outlook is not working, so search results will be limited to when the last index was built.
-If you have Virtual Machines hosted in Hyper-V on your PC running Windows 10, you will want to move to the Slow ring and wait for the next build as this build breaks the ability to run VMs.

There are 2 issues using Visual Studio 2015 preview on this build:
-The emulators will not boot and you won’t be able to deploy a Windows Universal app to the Mobile emulator.
-The XAML designer in VS and Blend will crash when opened.
-If you are a developer using these tools today to develop Windows Universal apps and need this functionality to work – we recommend switching to the Slow ring until we release a patch to fix these issues.

This build is pretty much all about Project Spartan, so we hope you enjoy getting your hands on it for the first time. As with all other new features we’ve introduced, we have a ton of work left to do with Spartan so expect to see some bugs and rough edges in this first preview. As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback via the Windows Feedback App.

Note – we won’t publish ISOs for this new build until we push it out to the Slow ring. Today we are only pushing to the Fast ring.

Thanks,
g

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Audioaficionado said:

I haven't even gotten to know it yet lol.

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c627627 said:

I just want to say thank you to 'Cuda340 for updating with latest info.

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WinToUSB is a free software that allows you to install and run Windows operating system on a USB hard drive or USB flash drive, using an ISO image or CD/DVD drive as the source of installation. In the newest version you can clone current Windows OS (Windows 7 or later) to a USB drive as a Windows To Go Workspace. WinToUSB also support creating bootable WinPE USB drive, it can help you to transfer the contents of WinPE to the USB drive and make the drive bootable.

WinToUSB's key features include:

--Easy-to-use wizard interface that provides step-by-step instructions for creating Windows To Go USB drive.
--Install Windows/WinPE from an ISO image or CD/DVD drive.
--Clone current Windows OS (Windows 7 or later) as a Windows To Go USB drive.
--Support for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Technical Preview/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 and WinPE 2/3/4/5.
--Use any edition of Windows 8/8.1/10 Technical Preview to create Windows To Go USB drive.
--Support for MBR and GPT disk layouts.

Important notes:

--Windows 7/2008 R2 does not have built-in USB 3.0 support, so Windows 7/2008 R2 will have to be booted from a USB 2.0 port.
--The common USB flash drives are very slow. It takes a long time to install and run Windows from a common USB flash drive, highly recommend using a USB hard disk, a Windows To Go Certified Drives or a SanDisk Extreme CZ80 USB 3.0 Flash Drive to create portable Windows.
--Windows To Go drives can be booted on different computers, so you can carry it to anywhere and use it on any computer.
--Windows 7/2008 R2 is not completely portable. You may have activation and driver problems when booting on different computers.
--You need to be an administrator on the computer you are installing the WinToUSB on.

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Microsoft loves to use codenames and from the past few years, there are two in particular that you may recall; Blue and Threshold. With Windows 10 (Threshold) coming to market sometime this summer, Microsoft is already starting to work on the next update for the OS.

Microsoft has said multiple times that Windows will be moving at a faster cadence than in the past and they are already working on a release for 2016. The codename for the project is 'Redstone', a popular item in the recently acquired game, Minecraft.

At this time, not much is known about Microsoft's plans for Windows vNext, but the company has now entered the planning stages of the update, as confirmed by two internal sources. This shouldn't come as a big surprise as the company is perpetually planning for the next iteration of its software, regardless of the platform.

We will be curious to see if any more codenames pop up using the Minecraft terminology. We have already seen several names from the Halo series spring to life, like the Spartan web browser and of course, Cortana too.

It would seem logical that this will not be a large update for the OS. Seeing that Windows 10 is an overhaul of the entire platform, Redstone will likely be relatively minor in comparison. Until Microsoft clarifies what the post-Windows 10 world looks like for the platform, there are many questions left to be answered.

It is worth pointing out too that Windows Server is expected to be released in 2016, so Redstone could possibly be related to this project as well. It's early days for the this project but as we learn more and solidify what Redstone will become, we will keep you updated.

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Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Redstone will be delivered automatically to Windows 10 users as part of the regular update process but that Redstone will be larger than the typical update and will provide new functionality. This update will be the vehicle for core Windows features that will not make the cut in time for Windows 10.

When Redstone does arrive, it will not be called Windows 11 or 13 or anything like that, it will simply be an update for the OS that introduces new functionality sometime in 2016. The timeline is still vague as Microsoft is still piecing together the plans for the schedule.

Through this release period, it is expected that the Insider program will remain intact, allowing you to test the updates before they are released to the general population.

That's about all that is known regarding Redstone, for the time being, but now that the cat is out of the bag, it would not surprise us if we start hearing more about the update in the near future.

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Redstone will come in two waves, the first wave is targeted to arrive in June of 2016 and the second wave is scheduled for October of the same year. As we previously reported, these waves will be trialed with Windows Insiders ahead of their release to the general population.

The features in Redstone are still unknown as they relate to the upcoming release of Windows 10; features that get cut from the RTM will be pushed to the Redstone release.

With these release dates still over a year away, they are subject to change and could slip, but they do provide us with a target of when to expect the updates to land on your machine.

If all this talk of Redstone seems a bit crazy since Windows 10 has still not hit RTM yet, it's because most of the features for the OS have been locked down and the company is moving towards a bug-fix only mode. This means that features that will not hit the RTM deadline get pushed to the next wave of release which we now know is Redstone.

What Redstone will include should become more visible sometime this summer once Windows 10 has hit RTM.

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