Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16257 released

Microsoft as released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16257 for PC in Fast Ring. There are two branches for Redstone 3 (Fall Creators Update) and Redstone 4 (Version 1803).


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The new build has been announced within Windows Blog, where also Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 15237 has been introduced (I won't cover mobile device builds here).

What's new?

Yesterday, Microsoft announced Eye Control, which makes Windows 10 more accessible by empowering people with disabilities to operate an on-screen mouse, keyboard, and text-to-speech experience using only their eyes. The experience requires a compatible eye tracker, like the Tobii Eye Tracker 4C, which unlocks access to the Windows operating system to be able to do the tasks one could previously accomplish with a physical mouse and keyboard. We are starting by supporting the EN-US keyboard layout, and we are looking to expand to more keyboard layouts in the future. Microsoft has released this feature as a beta.

A Tobii Eye Tracker 4C is required (Coming next will be support for Tobii Dynavox PCEye Mini, PCEyePlus, EyeMobile Plus, and I-series.)

Eye Tracking
(Source: Microsoft)

There are also improvments in Microsoft Edge, in console, in Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG). Details may be read within Microsoft Blog post.


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Bug fixes and improvements

Below is a list of fixed issued within this build.

  • We fixed an issue where the battery flyout might have shown unexpected text for the % charged (specifically "%1!s!%2!s!% until fully charged").
  • We've fixed an issue resulting in certain network setting being lost on upgrade and reverting to default. Specifically, static IP address configuration was reverted to DHCP, and networks marked private were reverted to public.
  • If you had installed Builds 16226-16237 and had found Storage Spaces to not be working, today's build expands upon the fix in 16241 to remediate those PCs that had upgraded from the impacted build range and were still in a bad state. Thanks again to the Insiders that have helped us investigate this!
  • We fixed an issue where if you switched to a new tab and back in Microsoft Edge, Narrator would start reading from the top of the page again, rather than remember where you had been on the page.
  • We fixed an issue where right-clicking on a folder in File Explorer and saying Scan with Windows Defender wouldn't work if the folder name contained #.
  • We fixed a rare issue where the Windows Search Service might get stuck on initialization after upgrade, resulting in File Explorer showing "Working on it…" infinitely when accessing certain folders.
  • We fixed an issue resulting in certain games such as Wargaming's World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes appearing to hang/freeze shortly after launch when played on x86 PCs in recent flights.
  • We fixed an issue where some Insiders were not being offered builds higher than Build 16241.
  • We fixed an issue where connecting to a VPN using a solution downloaded from the Windows Store may result in a system crash.

Kown issues

The list of issues are really short:

  • Start, Action Center and notification toasts may at times have a background that is 100% transparent. A fix will be available in later flight – for now, if you encounter this issue, try ending ShellExperienceHost.exe via Task Manager or rebooting to resolve the issue.
  • We're investigating reports where Action Center shows it has some number of notifications but when you click to open Action Center, there are no notifications shown.
  • We're investigating reports that suggested apps are visible in Start despite the related setting being off. For now, if you encounter this please try toggling Settings > Personalization > Start > "Occasionally show suggestions in Start".
  • When installing or updating a Windows Store app, you may see error 80070057. As a workaround, you can get the latest app by uninstalling the older version of the app from your device and reinstall latest version from Store.

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