Windows 10TP-9926 Release on Jan 23-2015 (Cortana Included)

Published on Jan 23, 2015 The new version of Windows 10 Technical Preview brings along some great new features and many changes compared to the previous editions.

According to Microsoft these are the problems you should expect to have with this latest build:

After installing this build, you may see a boot selection menu each time you reboot your PC. This is because a bug where a second boot option is persisted to uninstall the Windows 10 Technical Preview and roll back to the previous OS installed. When you get to this screen, if you do nothing it will automatically boot to the Windows 10 Technical Preview within 30 seconds by default or you can choose it on your own. Don’t worry, this behavior is only temporary.



Build 9926 includes a brand new user-interface, Cortana, new Modern UI apps and many more new features announced at Microsoft’s January event. If you're running build 9879, you can update directly through PC settings to this new build. If you're new to the Windows Insider program, you can download the Windows 10 Technical Preview from the download link below.



In version, Cortana is available right next to the Start button. Some of you might feel uneasy with your apps being pushed further to the right on the taskbar, but it makes sense to have the ability to turn off the Cortana feature on your taskbar and opt for a search button instead.



One of the new 'features' that is included with Windows 10 Technical Preview are the multi-tasking (virtual desktop) and search buttons that are in the taskbar. In the current release of Windows 10, these buttons are permanently in the bar and cannot be removed.

Thankfully, in upcoming builds, you will be able to remove these items if you have no use for them. Thanks to screenshots from build 9879, you can see in the image at the top of this post that shows how you can remove these two buttons.

It's a small addition to the OS but one we suspect many users will appreciate because if you don't use either of these functions, then they take up space on the task bar with little value.



That's not the only feature that is coming in the new builds as the notification center button likely will move further to the right and in some builds, we have started to see new lock-screen functionality too. But, we are not sure if the new lock-screen features will make it in to the next technical preview build.

And about build 9880, our forums (and our tip box) has been going nuts saying that this is the next public release. At this time, the build has not been distributed to the core testing groups that are the last to receive the build before it is released to the Insiders program. This build still could be the next release but the steps taken to release 9841 and 9860 have not occurred internally (yet) to make this build available to everyone.



You might expect some issues on this version of windows 10 because this is a preview version, remind that, as others most of the functions working perfectly in normal conditions of use

get the latest version as january 2015 on the links below


x64



x86