brotkasten
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Huh. I didn't realize that you could manually resize the menu! Thanks for the tip, it looks much better now.
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Microsoft Announces Windows 10
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Huh. I didn't realize that you could manually resize the menu! Thanks for the tip, it looks much better now.
Can you help me dLMN8R? I'm trying to find the latest update but I can't do anything on the update screen because it's just blank except for the loading circle .
This is how it looks:[/url][/IMG]
On build 10049 btw
Try this.
1) open admin-elevated command prompt (right-click cmd / run as admin)
2) net stop wuauserv
3) Delete everything under c:\windows\softwaredistribution
4) net start wuauserv
Try Windows Update again
Just added in the latest build
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwi...-technical-preview-build-10061-now-available/
Thanks man! It actually worked!
Syphon Filter
Member
In the feedback app when choosing recent i think it is broken. I noticed when i choose steam for giving feedback that the topics aren't steam related. It worked before but since about two updates ago it has been broken when the feedback app got more updates.
Upsidedown Fuji
Member
Installed after work last night. It installed a lot faster for me compared to the last one which took a couple of hours.
I like the new transparency in the start menu as well as the ability to resize. The new recycle bin icon is nice to see. I like it.
The mail/calendar app is broken on the store for me. Is there a work around to sideload instead?
I like the new transparency in the start menu as well as the ability to resize. The new recycle bin icon is nice to see. I like it.
The mail/calendar app is broken on the store for me. Is there a work around to sideload instead?
Mail app crashes for me. Looks better than the current one from the glimpses I got.
Probably the same with calendar. Haven't tried yet.
Upsidedown Fuji
Member
I wonder why this particular app has so buggy on the majority of the tech preview builds. It's not even an essential part of OS. Oh well it's not like my life is over. I can do things in a browser.
I guess maybe something with the networking/mail protocol. After all, OneDrive works in a different manner.
Syphon Filter
Member
Can you show a screenshot of the new recycle bin?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yeah, new build totally broke Spartan for me. At first, it just wouldn't take any address I plugged into it, and shut down when I tried to hit the feedback button. Now it just shuts down after a couple of seconds.
Syphon Filter
Member
Nice. I wonder why the icons on the taskbar are smaller now? I thought they were better before.
This is the first time I'm not installing unreleased versions of windows on my primary machine but it seems to be coming along real nice. Only thing left for me to be totally satisfied is a swipe keyboard, losing that border around the notification center and a new explorer styled with metro 2.0 controls and fonts along with the dark them.
Upsidedown Fuji
Member
I'm still at work but here's a link that goes in detail about the changes, including a shot of the recycle bin.
http://www.neowin.net/news/in-windows-10-build-10056-the-recycle-bin-icon-has-been-updated
Click Start and begin typing "Disk clean". Run the program Windows shows at the top of the search list and choose your OS drive. You should get something like the below screen:
Click on "Clean up System Files" and choose your OS drive again. You'll eventually come back to the same screen, but there should now be a box in the list that says "Previous Windows Installations". Tick that and press OK and confirm. It will warn you about removing the old files but if your updated install is working fine you're safe to delete
Click Start and begin typing "Disk clean". Run the program Windows shows at the top of the search list and choose your OS drive. You should get something like the below screen:
Click on "Clean up System Files" and choose your OS drive again. You'll eventually come back to the same screen, but there should now be a box in the list that says "Previous Windows Installations". Tick that and press OK and confirm. It will warn you about removing the old files but if your updated install is working fine you're safe to delete
Alternatively, you can run an elevated admin cmd prompt and type:
Code:
cleanmgr /dCThe C in dC is the drive letter where Windows is installed.
That way, the computer doesn't have to double scan.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Improvement although still needs to beat Chrome.
Was expecting a larger jump from IE 11 to be honest
Steelyuhas
Member
Nothing worked after I updated to 10061, but I did a refresh and that seemed to fix everything.
Pretty impressive build. With the exception of Start being wonky, it's stable and fast. UI elements are coming together and I like the new apps.
Pretty impressive build. With the exception of Start being wonky, it's stable and fast. UI elements are coming together and I like the new apps.
Each newer build improves the score by +10.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Does the Live Tile text on the start menu look blurry to anyone else?
Click Start and begin typing "Disk clean". Run the program Windows shows at the top of the search list and choose your OS drive. You should get something like the below screen:
Click on "Clean up System Files" and choose your OS drive again. You'll eventually come back to the same screen, but there should now be a box in the list that says "Previous Windows Installations". Tick that and press OK and confirm. It will warn you about removing the old files but if your updated install is working fine you're safe to delete
Thank you but I already did that. It doesn't get rid of RecoveryImage folder just Windows.old folder.
LukasTaves
Member
The new outlook app is so sweet.
They just have to match the outlook.com in features (categories, actions, sweep, support formatting and pictures on the signature, color themes, etc) and it will be glorious.
Edit: Though I really dislike the hamburger menu coupled with the setting gear button underneath.
None of the Ms apps have nailed the flyouts yet as well. Every single one of them is quite ugly (and inconsistent, in some apps the hamburger calls a flyout, in others it resizes the app lateral bar, and even them in some it's animated, and in others not)
They just have to match the outlook.com in features (categories, actions, sweep, support formatting and pictures on the signature, color themes, etc) and it will be glorious.
Edit: Though I really dislike the hamburger menu coupled with the setting gear button underneath.
None of the Ms apps have nailed the flyouts yet as well. Every single one of them is quite ugly (and inconsistent, in some apps the hamburger calls a flyout, in others it resizes the app lateral bar, and even them in some it's animated, and in others not)
Think that folder contains the latest build upgrade that's downloaded from Windows update. That serves as the installation media folder.
Text file in there says not to delete possibly due to backup/recovery reasons without disk.
Good to know. Do you have any information how old is this build and whether we should expect any bigger changes between this one and the build we probably get after Microsoft's Build Developer Conference?
I still don't like a lot of UI elements - they look or work inferior to the ones in Win7 and 8; some panels look like they haven't even be styled yet - just basic buttons, links and inputs thrown together on a grid (maybe they really are). And Windows 10 still has the problem that Windows 8 had - it looks like two different OS merged together, and thus a lot of things look inconsistent. It's still better than Windows 8 (and I like all those small animations here and there), but it's not there yet.
And I really dislike that the power button was moved down above the All apps button. Why? It made more sense where it was in the same row as user avatar, which works as the lock/switch user button; and at least while being there it didn't unnecessarily occupied space on the app list. :/
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Has there been any word of OS level support for controllers? It's a long shot, but I was thinking it would be pretty cool if Win10 shipped with support to use your gamepad on the desktop environment. Right stick emulating mouse cursor probably.
No.
I put that in the feedback app. The last time I checked, it was the most up-voted although only in the 100s I think.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Seems like such an obvious PR win for gamers / media centre folks. Shame.
killer rin
Member
Honestly, that and a tabbed explorer window are my two most wanted features for Windows. I've been voting for them in the Uservoice every time one pops up
LukasTaves
Member
I would hope that mouse emulation was an option for legacy apps, but new universal apps had an appropriate UI when using a controller (kinda like, are you using the music app with keyboard+mouse? You get the current interface, but if you plug in a controller it switches to the xbone one)...
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Yeah there's no excuse for it in universal apps that literally already run on xbox. I was meaning for desktop environment in general.
Vipershark
Member
why DOESN'T explorer have tabs yet?
That seems like it would be such a simple thing to implement.
*complains yet again about titlebar text not changing to a light color on a dark window border*
That seems like it would be such a simple thing to implement.
*complains yet again about titlebar text not changing to a light color on a dark window border*
Jzero
Member
They have a "dark theme" now and the bar stays gray.
Vipershark
Member
It's still not a dark border and the text is still black.
That isn't a solution to the issue.
That isn't a solution to the issue.
I don't understand why haven't they add that already. I've been using a program (forgot the name now) to emulate mouse & keyboard with gamepad: left stick is mouse, right stick is scroll, d-pad works as arrow keys, trigger and face buttons are various function or modifier keys (Shift, Tab, Enter, Esc, Alt, Ctrl etc.). The only thing that's missing to make the whole thing work perfectly is a on-screen keyboard automatically showing up whenever you click on text input field; oh, and sometimes games get confused which input device you're using.
Syphon Filter
Member
Is there a light theme? Seems like its only dark for now?
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
I have build 10049 running on my work PC. We have a disclaimer once the PC comes on that you have to click OK to continue to the login screen. The disclaimer is pushed out via Group Policy. I restarted my PC to try and install build 10061 and I click the OK button and it just refreshes the page. Can't get past it.