(Released) Windows 10 Insider Builds For Spring 2019

[Corrine]

Following up on a suggestion, this thread will track the Insider Builds released following the October 2, 2018 version update to the Spring 2019 update.  The previous builds release information is in the topic at Windows 10 Insider Build Update.

Now we start with the next phase!

Windows Insider Preview Build 18252 Released to Fast and Skip Ahead:  Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog.

In addition to the usual new features/known issues, the blog post has an Insider recap of Ignite 2018.

[Digerati]

FYI - I just implemented insider on another machine and Skip Ahead is no longer an option. That option is now closed to new participants. Those already participating will continue to get the Skip Ahead offerings.

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Windows Insider Build 18262 Released to Fast Ring and those who have opted to Skip Ahead:  Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18262 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog

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.

[winchester73]

18262 also gives the user some options to remove pre-installed bloatware: https://www.techspot.com/news/76991-microsoft-latest-windows-10-test-build-you-remove.html

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Windows Insider Preview Build 18267 released to Fast Ring:  Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18267 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog.

[Digerati]

Glad to see they are expanding ("Enhancing") search to all drives and folders, but am I lacking caffeine this morning?

Make sure you plug in before you start, indexing is a resource-intensive activity.

What do they mean by "plug in"?

External drives?

[Corrine]

I believe they mean connect your laptop/tablet since the resource-intensive activity will drain the battery.

[Digerati]

Hmmm - that makes perfect sense but I have to admit, I never would have thought that is what they meant. For one, my primary computer is a PC so I typically come at things from that direction.

But for another, I use my notebook when I am "on the road" and I don't do major upgrades when running off battery. I guess I have a bit of tunnel vision in that respect.  :-[

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Windows Insider Preview Build 18272 Released to Fast Ring:  Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18272 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog.

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Windows Insider Preview Build 18277 released to Fast Ring:  Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog.

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From Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog:

UPDATE 11/13: We have released Cumulative Update Build 18277.1006 (KB4470200) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. This Cumulative Update contains the following fixes/changes:

• We're putting an update block for this build in place for a small  number of PCs that use Nuvoton (NTC) TPM chips with a specific firmware  version (1.3.0.1) due to a bug causing issues with Windows Hello  face/biometric/pin login not working.
  
• We've fixed a media display bug that was causing unexpected display rendering for some users.
  

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18282 (19H1) released to the Fast ring:  Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18282 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog

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Windows Insider Preview Build 18290 (19H1) released to Fast Ring:  Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18290 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog.

Note the information in the blog post about builds expiring:

As pre-release software, Insider Preview builds have a built-in expiration date that we call a "timebomb". This has been included ever since the first Windows 10 Insider Preview build and helps ensure Insiders stay up to date with the latest features and quality updates. Once a build expires, Insiders will be provided a warning that the build has expired and will get that warning once a day. In addition to that, Insiders will also see User Access Control (UAC) warnings as well. Insiders in both the Fast and Slow rings need to make sure they are running the latest builds offered to those rings. Insiders in the Fast ring need to make sure they take the update to 19H1 Build 18290 (today's flight) in order to avoid hitting the timebomb set to Dec. 14th . Additionally, Insiders who used ISO for Build 18272 also need to take the Build 18290 flight to avoid hitting the timebomb. We will be removing these ISOs from the download page shortly. Insiders in the Slow ring running older builds need to update to Build 17763 (the final build for the October 2018 Update) to avoid hitting the timebomb in older RS5 builds. Insiders can check their flight settings and verify they have the latest builds by going to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Insider Program.

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Windows Insider Build 18298 (19H1) Released to Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18298 - Windows Experience BlogWindows Experience Blog.

There a lots of changes and fixes in this build.

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Windows Insider Preview Build 18305 (19H1) Released to Fast Ring:Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18305 | Windows Experience Blog.

Note: This will be the last major WIP build of 2018, although a cumulative update may be released in the coming days.

A major addition is the introduction of Windows Sandbox.  See the referenced blog post for information about that, known issues, changes to the Protection history experience in Windows Security as well as Tamper Protection for Windows Defender.