Microsoft announced new release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277 with incremental new features, changes and fixes, available for Insiders enrolled in the Fast and Skip Ahead Ring on Nov. 7, 2018. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277 is the next major OS feature update codenamed 19H1 (1903) development branch, as the next Windows 10 feature update scheduled to release in April 2019.
Content Summary
Download Windows 10 Build 18277 ISO x86/x64
New Option for Focus Assist
Improving Action Center Experience
Introduction of Emoji Version 12 Emoticons
Cortana + Amazon Alexa Improvements
Windows Defender Application Guard Setting
High DPI Display Improvements
Refreshing the Japanese IME
Snipping Tool Improvements
Full list of general changes, improvements, and fixes
Known issues
Known issues for Developers
Reminder
Reference
If you are not yet enrolled in the Fast ring on Windows Insider Program, go to Settings > Windows Insider Program > Get Started and enrolling into the Fast ring.
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277 19H1 ISO includes all Windows 10 editions including Home, Pro, Cloud, Enterprise and Education Editions in one single ISO file. You can get the new Windows 10 build 18277 by going to Settings > Update and Security > Windows Insider Program or download the ISO files from the link below.
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What’s New in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277 19H1 Release
New Option for Focus Assist
Added new Focus Assist (Assistant Notifications or formerly Quiet Hours) setting to snooze any incoming notification, sounds and alerts when any app is running in full screen mode. Go to Settings > System > Focus Assist > toggle On for When I’m using an app in full screen mode to enable the setting.
Improving Action Center Experience
Quick Action for the brightness of the display switches from the simple button to slider and customize by rearrange, adding or remove the list of Quick Action shortcuts directly from Action Center.
Introduction of Emoji Version 12 Emoticons
Including new waffles, guide dogs, yawning, and sloth expressions. You will be able to use the emoji by going to emoji panel (WIN +.) and touch keyboard. Some of the emoticon expressions may be adjust in the final release.
Cortana + Amazon Alexa Improvements
launching new survey to request Windows Insiders to help with testing the integration of Cortana and Amazon Alexa by using Windows 10 PCs and Echo devices.
Windows Defender Application Guard Setting
Additional toggle to allows users to manage access to cameras and microphones while browsing with Windows Defender Application Guard for Microsoft Edge. Go to Settings > Privacy > Microphone & Settings > Privacy > Camera to enable the setting.
High DPI Display Improvements
Microsoft will automatically fix certain desktop apps running on main displays as part of effort to fix DPI settings for Win32 apps running on Windows. Reduce the number of times users see the “Fix blurry apps” notification.
Refreshing the Japanese IME
Redesigning how Japanese IME works with applications, update the IME candidate window interface with index and fully integrated into Settings.
Snipping Tool Improvements
Some Insiders may notice changes to our snipping experiences, as we explore ideas for the future – we’ll have more details to share later
Microsoft explains.
Full list of general changes, improvements, and fixes
We fixed the issue causing WSL to not work in Build 18272. Thanks for your patience.
We fixed an issue resulting in text not rendering on the screen if you had a large number of OTF fonts, or had OTF fonts that support the extended East Asian character set.
We fixed a recent issue where Task View failed to show the + button under New Desktop after creating 2 Virtual Desktops.
We fixed an issue resulting in Timeline crashing explorer.exe if you pressed ALT+F4 while it was visible.
We fixed an issue significantly impacting Start menu reliability in recent builds when pinning, unpinning, or uninstalling apps.
We fixed an issue where the expected context menu wouldn’t appear after right-clicking on a folder in File Explorer from a network location.
Some Insiders may notice small differences in File Explorer over the coming flights – we’ll have more to share later about this later.
We fixed an issue resulting in the home page of Settings having no visible scrollbar in recent flights if the window was small enough to need one.
We’re updating the icon used to identify the Region page in Settings.
We fixed an issue resulting in Settings crashing sometimes in recent flights when going to Sign-in Settings.
We fixed an issue where Settings would crash if you were typing in the search box with the embedded handwriting panel and went to switch languages within the panel.
We fixed an issue where playing videos might unexpectedly show a few frames in the wrong orientation when maximizing the window after changing the orientation of your screen.
We fixed an issue impacting Emoji Panel reliability in recent flights.
The touch keyboard’s feature to input a period after two quick taps on the spacebar was recently also accidentally enabled when typing with the hardware keyboard and has now been disabled.
We’ve made some adjustments to improve the performance of WIN+Shift+S bringing up snipping.
Some Insiders may notice changes to our snipping experiences, as we explore ideas for the future – we’ll have more details to share later.
We fixed an issue that caused Far Manager to have a significant pause during a long running command like ‘dir’ (see Microsoft/console#279).
We fixed an issue that caused Windows applications running from WSL through interop and applications using the *PseudoConsole APIs to redraw the top left corner excessively (see Microsoft/console#235).
We fixed an issue resulting in running “start .” from Command Prompt failing in the previous flight with an access denied error.
We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing bug checks (green screens) with the error KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED on the previous flight.
We fixed an issue where certain devices might hit a bug check (GSOD) when shutting down or when switching from a Microsoft account to a local admin account.
We fixed an issue resulting in wuaueng.dll repeatedly crashing in the background for some Insiders in the last few flights.
Known issues
Some users will notice the update status cycling between Getting Things Ready, Downloading, and Installing. This is often accompanied with error 0x8024200d caused by a failed express package download.
PDFs opened in Microsoft Edge may not display correctly (small, instead of using the entire space).
We’re investigating a race condition resulting in blue screens if your PC is set up to dual boot. If you’re impacted the workaround is to disable dual boot for now, we’ll let you know when the fix flights.
The hyperlink colors need to be refined in Dark Mode in Sticky Notes if the Insights are enabled.
Settings page will crash after changing the account password or PIN, we recommend using the CTRL + ALT + DEL method to change the password
Due to a merge conflict, the settings for enabling/disabling Dynamic Lock are missing from Sign-in Settings. We’re working on a fix, appreciate your patience.
Known issues for Developers
If you install any of the recent builds from the Fast ring and switch to the Slow ring – optional content such as enabling developer mode will fail. You will have to remain in the Fast ring to add/install/enable optional content. This is because optional content will only install on builds approved for specific rings.
Reminder
Microsoft advised people who aren’t comfortable with particularly unstable pre-release software to move between the rings, though, because the builds released to the Slow ring will have been more thoroughly tested.
Downgrading from the Fast ring to the Slow ring can disable extra features, including developer mode, so developers are discouraged from jumping through the rings.
It is advised that you go through the list of known issues if you intend to install the preview build, as they include update status issues and blue screens on PCs that are set up to dual boot. There may be risks involved in installed preview software, especially if you’re running them on your daily driver.
Reference
Microsoft Windows Blog: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277
Alex Lim
Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook
