Just hot from the presses, Cumulative Update for Windows Insiders Build #18312, bringing this build to 10.0.18312.1007
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Cumulative Update Windows Insider Build #18312 released
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Monthly Archives: January 2019
New login experience Windows 10
So I logged in to my favourite Windows 10 Insider machine yesterday and I was presented a new login experience.
Since I do out-of-the-box experiences while creating Windows Insider machines I had not setup anything yet in this machine.
So I was very delighted with the new wizard to configure PIN login and the Phone link 🙂
Yes, I have read about the comments that this wizard even comes when you already have setup Windows Hello os linked your phone. But hey, This is the Windows Insider Fast Ring! Something can and will change in future releases!
Let’s start:
You of course know that you can also use ‘letters and/or symbols‘ 😉
Yep, as always!
Link your phone, the number is taken from your MSA profile. You receive a SMS code and your phone will be linked to the device!
I like the picture, do you?
Login experience Windows 10 – version 1809
Login experience Windows 10 – version 1809
I just wanted to share the login experience for Windows 10 – 1809, with a domain-joined account. Well actually the machine does not get domain-joined during this process, but you get to create a local administrator account!
So why it is called like this, I don’t know.
As always with Microsoft, everything just takes a moment. And well actually this process doesn’t take to long altogether.
Choose your region
Then your keyboard, and you can add several even at this stage.
Something important 😉
Then the interessting part, the User. You can login with a Microsoft account (M365 or O365), but it can’t be a Microsoft MSA account (i.e. hotmail.com, live.nl or outlook.com et cetera)
Because if you try that:
So click: ‘Domain join instead‘
Then you have to fill out 3 security question. Keep in mind that the answers are CaSe-SensiTive….
And you are entering the Privacy chapter 😉
And after this you are ready to login to the Windows 10 1809 Build!
Happy Windows 10
Download Windows 10 Insider Program ISO files
If you are in the Windows Insider Program (you really should be! More info here) then you can switch from a regular Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 installation to a Windows 10 Insider Preview installation.
But if you do not want to go that way or if you want to test Deployment for instance 😉 then you need an ISO for that. And the good news is Microsoft provides these. Ok not for all the Builds, but they appear regularly!
The latest Build available is Build #18290. This build is from December, so you are pretty close to the latetst one.
Get your Windows 10 Insider Preview Build now:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewadvanced
Here you can choose which version you would like:
And the language:
Happy Download!
Why does desktop.ini file open in Notepad when I login?
Normally there is a desktop.ini file on the desktop. This file is hidden!
You can see it when you turn on ‘Hidden items’ and turned of ‘Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)’.
But when you do this, and then DELETE this desktop.ini file, hmmm well let’s say DON’T.
Because now when you login a desktop.ini file opens in Notepad. And it will keep opening again and again and again. Until you fix this!
FIX THIS:
Fix is easy, just make sure the desktop.ini file is in the right directories, AND with the right file properties!
Here you can see the right file properties (being Hidden and System!)
So how do we create and set the right properties for this file?
It lives in several places, but my experience is that the file in the %appdata% folder of the User is missing or missing the right properties.
So start up a Elevated Command Prompt and start typing:
attrib +s +h “%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\desktop.ini”
And/Or
attrib +s +h “%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\desktop.ini”
If that doesn’t work then there is the one in the %ProgramData% folder!
attrib +s +h “%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\desktop.ini”
But my best guess is the first one!
Happy login 🙂
Expose virtualization extensions to Hyper-V Virtual Machine
HOW-TO: Expose virtualization extensions to Hyper-V Virtual Machine
In the current world of virtualization it is possible to run Virtualization solutions inside a virtual machine.
So it is possible to run Hyper-V inside a Hyper-V virtual machine, or maybe you want to play around with one of the competitors like VMware ESX of Citrix Hyperviser (the former XenServer!). Microsoft, of course does not support these OSes, but you can always try 🙂
To do so you need a PowerShell line, because it is not (yet) possible for the GUI.
From the Microsoft Docs pages (VERY good info there!) you find the Prerequisites:
Prerequisites
- The Hyper-V host and guest must both be Windows Server 2016/Windows 10 Anniversary Update or later.
- VM configuration version 8.0 or greater.
- An Intel processor with VT-x and EPT technology — nesting is currently Intel-only.
To enable Nested Virtualization use:
Set-VMProcessor -VMName <VMName> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true
To disable Nested Virtualization use:
Set-VMProcessor -VMName <VMName> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $false
And because it is PowerShell you can do nice things in scripts for instance,
Get-VM | where state -eq ‘Off’ | Set-VMProcessor -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true
This enables the virtulization extension on all virtual machines which do not have it enabeld already.
HOW-TO: Enroll in the Windows Insider Program!
HOW-TO: Enroll in the Windows Insider Program!
Just a short blog on how to enroll yourself in the Windows Insider Program.
At the moment there are 2 Rings in which you can enter, the Slow or Fast ring.
In the Fast ring you are at the front edge of the development of the Windows client OS. You get the new features first and can participate in discussions with the developers. In the Slow ring the new features are already tested and you can get a glimpse on what will be delivered with the new feature update on you production or home device!
Get participating because: Sharing is Caring!
The Windows Insider settings can be found in the Windows Settings. That is in the Start Menu the little ‘Wheel’
Then go to ‘Update & Security’
Click ‘Windows Insider Program’
Of course we want to ‘Get Started’
Pick an account with which you want to participate in the Windows Insider Program
I use my account 😉
And then you have to make some choices. Like I said there are a few Rings in which you can enter. But also the level of content.
‘Just fixes, apps and drivers’
This gives you no new Windows features to test!
Then there is the ‘Active development of Windows’
Here you get to test the new features of Windows.
That can be in the Fast or Slow Ring!
As said, in the Slow Ring you get a more Stable Build, in the Fast Ring more new features!
Keep in mind that this is DEVELOPMENT! So no guarantees here!!
I go for FAST!
And there is/was a third option, ‘Skip ahead to the next Windows release’.
I say WAS, because this program is closed at the moment! (So Microsoft why is the option still here??)
And some disclaimers
A restart.
And here we are!
After the restart you can monitor the download and installation status in the Windows Update tab of the Settings page!
No not yet ;-( (Click ‘Check for updates’)
Ow yeah, there it is J
PLEASE keep in mind:
REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If this makes you uncomfortable, you may want to consider switching to the Slow ring. Slow ring builds will continue to be higher quality.