The tool comes in especially handy if you're, say,
testing a Windows Insider release and want to return to a stable OS build.
Not exact matches
They also had to be members of the
Windows Insider program, which is a community that
tests out early versions of Microsoft's software.
The company said only that it often
tests new features in early versions of
Windows, which it makes publicly available via its
Windows Insider program.
This is a big update for
Windows; we're looking forward to
Insiders getting their hands on this new feature for further
testing, and we'll have much more to share on what it is and how it works soon, so stayed tuned.
All
Windows engineers are expected to
test the internal - only flights before the builds go out to our
Insider rings — both on PC and on mobile.
Microsoft has released a new
Windows 10 Mobile preview build today, giving Fast Ring users of the company's
Insider program the ability to
test a range of new features and improvements in their upcoming smartphone operating system.
If you've been using the
Insider Preview, you have the opportunity to leave the
Insider Preview program and return to the stable version of
Windows 10 when the build you're
testing becomes stable.
In addition to these builds, users can opt - in to
test preview builds of new features as «
Windows Insiders,» just as people could
test preview builds of
Windows 10 before it was released.
We started
testing our new rendering engine by rolling it out to a portion of
Insiders using the
Windows Technical Preview in November.
If you opt into the
Windows Insider Preview Program, which is designed to help
test pre-release versions of
Windows 10 and fix problems, you're automatically set at the «Full» level.
In a new
Windows 10 preview build released today, Microsoft is adding two new privacy settings and dividing members of its
Insider preview program into groups that will
test alternative setup configurations.
Microsoft's
Windows 10
Insider Program offers users a chance to
test out the latest
Windows features before the general public.
The
Windows Insider testing process should hopefully catch most bugs before the update rolls out of
Windows 10 Home PCs, anyway.
So this feedback is based on unreleased features which haven't been
tested by the
Windows Insiders you're thanking for their feedback?
When these are released, they'll first be
tested by people who have signed up to
test new builds of
Windows as «
Windows Insiders.»
We have been
testing with
Windows Insiders a preview of the «Messaging everywhere» feature that allows you to receive and send text messages from your
Windows 10 phone directly to and from your
Windows 10 PC.
Story Remix is being rolled out to
Windows Insiders in the Fast ring as part of A / B
testing.
Windows Insiders in the Release Preview ring will be helping
test the update path from the
Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Build 14393) that customers will be taking.
By doing so you are also helping us
test the upgrade path that millions of
Windows Phone 8.1 customers will take to upgrade to
Windows 10 Mobile, so we appreciate the adventurous
Insiders who choose to go this route and give us feedback.
You can grab it by signing up for
Windows Insider, a relatively new program for
Windows beta
testing, here.
Available for
Insiders to
test now as part of
Windows 10
Insider preview build 17115, the additional features include a new Skyloft environment to explore, improved performance and haptic feedback for SteamVR games, and more.
If you're running
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations and don't mind your system eating up some additional electricity,
Insiders who have opted into the program's «Fast» ring — allowing them to receive features faster than regular
Insiders — will now be able to
test a new
Windows 10 power scheme called «Ultimate Performance.»
Microsoft shows that the
Windows Insider program that helps
test Windows 10 builds is made up of a wide variety of people in a new video that celebrates the program's second anniversary.
«I'm currently in the
Windows Insider Program and would love to be able to
test more business - oriented features internally.
Microsoft's new push to promote coding is a further example of its efforts to harness the collective knowledge and enthusiasm of its
Insider community, beyond simply
testing new
Windows 10 preview builds, the latest of which was released today.
Going forward, we won't be publishing blog posts to announce new Cumulative Updates for
Windows Insiders to
test.
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore has just announced that the company's
Windows Insider program now has over one million people signed up to
test the recently launched
Windows 10 Technical Preview.
NOTE: I'm
testing the Lancet to see if it supports the
Windows 10
Insider Preview right now.
Initially our
Insiders will download and then sideload extensions for
testing purposes, but ultimately we will make extensions available to all of our customers via the
Windows Store to ensure the quality of the end - to - end experience.
If you are a part of the
Windows Insider program for
testing future builds of
Windows 10 and
Windows 10 Mobile, you will be joined in the near future by your counterparts on the Xbox preview program, and vice-versa.
As Build 2016 enters into its third and final day, Microsoft's
Windows Insider head Gabriel Aul took a few second to thank the 7 million members of the
Insider program for their help and feedback in
testing builds of
Windows 10 and
Windows 10 Mobile.
For the
Windows Insiders helping to
test Windows 10, there are two paths: Those who wish to keep receiving and trying out
Windows 10 preview builds, even after the RTM version is shipped out on July 29; and those who wish to opt out after July 29.
We
tested a number of phones for this, and the method didn't work on on any
Windows phones that are in the Slow or Fast rings of the
Insider Program, so it seems safe to say that this won't be an issue with the Creators Update.
Microsoft releases first
test build of
Windows Server 1803 Microsoft is releasing to
Insiders the first
test build of the next
Windows Server «semi annual channel release.»
Aul takes the time to answer a ton of questions on his account from
Windows Insider members who have been
testing both
Windows 10 and
Windows 10 Mobile for the past several months.
Availability of
Windows Updates for normal users means that the updates have already been
tested by
Windows Insiders.
If you're a
Windows Insider, you can start
testing some of the new features, including the new dark theme and some new tweaks, by updating your computer to
Windows 10 build 14316 via the Fast ring of updates.
Today, the company has begun its general rollout of the Creators Update, making it more widely available to PCs around the world, following months of
testing with the help of ten million people on the
Windows Insider Program.
One of the main reasons I wanted to try out the Surface Pro again was because I needed a dedicated
Windows Insider machine for
testing the latest builds.
I have a number of phones running
Windows 10 Mobile, but I primarily used a Lumia 950 and a lower - end Lumia 640 to
test, using the
Windows Insider program in advance of the formal rollout.
Windows Insiders who don't mind living dangerously with unfinished software have been
testing these new features in
Windows 10 preview builds for months, and now it's time for the Anniversary Update to hit the masses.
Last weeks
Windows 10
Insider Preview build came packing a whole bunch of new features and enhancements, so we put together a super quick video walk through showcasing all the newest noteworthy features
Insiders are now
testing in the Fast ring.
Starting very soon, Microsoft will allows
Insiders who are keen to get
testing the next
Windows 10 update (the one after the upcoming Fall Creators Update, codenamed Redstone 4) on their machines with a new «skip ahead» feature that will split the Fast ring into two groups, one for the Fall Creators Update and one for Redstone 4.
Microsoft is now
testing this new eye tracking technology with the latest
Windows 10
Insider Preview builds, and will be available for the public when the Fall Creators Update begins its rollout.
Stay on the unstable,
Windows Insider testing builds!
The most recent
Windows Insider Preview release (build 10547) contains a new set of features now available for
Insiders to
test — we encourage you to check out our Microsoft Edge changelog to see what's new and try out the build for yourself via the
Insider Program.
Right now, the tool is in
testing with
Windows Insiders, so it only works on machines running
Insider build 14342 or later, but the end goal is to have it working on the public release of the Anniversary Update.
For the best experience, visit the
Test Drive in a modern browser that supports font - variation - settings and font - optical - sizing, such as Microsoft Edge on
Windows Insider Preview build 17120 or higher.
The millions of enthusiastic
Windows 10 users who are part of the
Windows Insider Program, install the
Insider Preview builds on their systems so that they can check out the new features,
test the build and report bugs, etc. back to Microsoft.
Gabe Aul said in a previous post that from now on, known issues will be listed in the
Insider Hub, which kind of sucks for me, as any time I have to write about the known issues of a build, I'll have to use my
Windows 10
test machine to get them.