Posted on 06/06/2015 7:44:19 AM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft has released ISO disc images of the latest Technical Preview build of Windows 10, but not because they think every tester should install it. Rather, it's because a bug is preventing even some of the more aggressive testers from receiving it through Windows Update.
The release, known as Build 10130, was released to the Windows Insider program's Fast release ring on May 29 - Fast ring testers get the buggiest copy whereas Slow ring signups get cleaner, but later, code. Anyone who configured their Windows 10 box to receive builds before they're thoroughly tested should have received it via Windows Update beginning around then – but that hasn't worked for everyone.
"We know that a bunch of Windows Insiders on the Fast ring are currently blocked getting to the latest build due a 0x80146017 error," Gabe Aul, Microsoft's official Windows Insider scoutmaster, said in a Friday blog post. "With the ISOs, they can mount the image and upgrade directly from the ISO and get unblocked."
Aul was quick to point out, however, that this isn't an indication that those on the Slow release ring will want to download and install Build 10130 this way. In fact, Microsoft has decided it might not release this build to the Slow ring at all, because it's still working on fixes for some key bugs in it.
"Once we have these fixes in hand and ready to push out to Windows Update, we'll consider pushing Build 10130 to the Slow ring," Aul said.
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(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso
It is NOT about the upcoming (July 29) regular release of Windows 10.
I have a little block on my computer screen that says “get Windows 10 now.” From what you’ve posted, I’m guessing that I should just ignore it, especially since I’m not computer literate enough to do testing and all sorts of technical stuff. Yes or no? Thanks,
I can't see how I would gain anything, I was very happy with XP.
If I didn't have classic shell 8.1 would drive me nuts. I don't use the preloaded apps.
If you’re not actively using the Windows 10 “Insider Preview” right now, this has absolutely nothing to do with you ... and the “Get Windows 10 Now” button just signs you up to get the release version of Windows 10 when it is released.
OTOH, if the phrase “Build 10122” means something to you, this matters ...
Typical microsoft, as if "0x80146017" has any meaning to more than a few hundred people on the entire planet.
I get a kick out of listening to geeks trying to impress other geeks with acronym-laden techno-babble. Sometimes I’ll introduce realistic sounding gibberish just to see if they’re paying attention - and sharp enough to catch it ;’)
Thank you for the input. Also, I was writing my question before Dayglored posted his notice of ‘tester only.’
The free version of Windows 10 will not be released until July 29th. While I have reserved a copy to update my Windows 7 desktop, I may be in no hurry to install it until the major bugs are fixed. Normally I wouldn’t be in a hurry to install new Windows versions. I held on to Windows XP until support was ending and did not rush to Windows 8. In this case Microsoft is more quickly ending support of Windows 7 and the upgrade is being offered for free. I guess in August I may either be pleased with the update or have a big case of buyer’s remorse.
Hint: it's only babble to those unfamiliar with the lexicon. Financial folks, lawyers, medical researchers, all have their lexicons of "techno-speak" and acronyms.
What actually happens when you "introduce realistic sounding gibberish" is NOT that you fool any actual technical people, you only fool the poseurs.
Gibberish is easy to spot; it makes you sound like a typical, ignorant, marketing suit. Which (I assume) isn't what you were trying to accomplish. ;-)
the win 10 block is just telling you to reserve your free upgrade to win10, i just ignored it
Well, as to that particular error code -- you're right. No one in their right mind is going to memorize all those hex codes.
But just like when you get an error code while doing Updates on a regular Windows system, you just paste that error code into Google and you'll get a handful of "real English" explanations. And of course a lot of indecipherable explanations as well, but you just skip them as with any other load of indecipherable Google results.
:-)
I’m telling you, dump Windows entirely and install Linux. You’ll be glad you did.
LOL.
I know what you mean. I've been a Unix user/developer for 30 years, and Linux for over 15 years. But Windows has directly or indirectly provided most of my income as an Engineer and System Admin for most of my career, so I have more than a passing acquaintance with it too. :-)
I understand what you're saying, but in fact most of those errors require a couple of paragraphs to explain in a useful fashion, not "a few dozen characters". What you could say in one phrase would have to be so compact that it wouldn't mean much to most people and they'd have to google it anyway. When you google the code, you're going straight to it. Googling a phrase is far less precise.
If you ignore the fact that the error code happens to be hexadecimal and just think of it as a name, it actually is a very good way to get an explanation that is known to be correct. I know, that's not a particularly satisfying answer....
It’s like answering the question “Where do babies come from?”.
The answer given by microsoft is encrypted for a post-doc biologist, and even they aren’t expected to now the minutia inplied in the code word, they expect them to either nod and acknowledge microsoft’s vast intellectual superiority, or to look it up in a vast index and trace out all the chemical, hormonal and physical pathways.
Most users would like a an answer more like one you would give to an 11 year old, enough to give a general idea without burdening them with graphic details. - ‘Oh! The printer and the computer aren’t quite speaking the same language! I get it!’
They don’t want a gobbledygook answer with a bland suggestion that they go to the local university and look it up in an advanced biology text.
Thank you
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