AMD fans forced to sit out latest Windows 10 Insiders build due to 'bug impacting overall usability of these PCs'
(2020/07/16)
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Microsoft teased a future that Intel could only dream of as it unleashed a new Dev Channel build of Windows 10 that was deemed unsuitable for AMD CPU-equipped PCs.
[1]Build 20170 followed 20161, which featured exciting user interface tweaks (for some Insiders)... and some processor borkage. Microsoft was tight-lipped on what it had managed to break, saying only that AMD-powered PCs would be left alone "due to a bug impacting overall usability of these PCs."
Someone less kind than us might suggest that the tinkering done by Microsoft over the years to its flagship operating system has done far more harm to usability than inadvertently breaking support for the chips lurking in some of its own Surface Laptop 3 lines.
Broken AMD support aside (which will get fixed in the next flight), the paucity of toys for testers this time around was accentuated by improvements in sound settings to permit the selection of default devices and, er, a new Settings icon.
Other tweaks include an experimental implementation of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 enabled by default and Notepad shorn of its ability to persist open windows across restarts and updates while the gang "work on improving reliability."
Those nostalgic for times past will be happy to note a return of anti-cheat issues in this build for players of games from the Microsoft Store. Other issues include the lingering HYPERVISOR_ERROR bugcheck and 0.00GHz CPU usage in the performance tab of the task manager for some users.
Old-school security hole perfect for worms and remote hijackings found lurking in Windows Server DNS code [2]READ MORE
While 20170 may never see life outside the Dev Channel, Microsoft also dropped an update this week for Beta Channel testers prodding Windows 10 20H2, due for release at some point before the end of the year.
[3]Build 19042.388 arrived replete with the updates that formed [4]Microsoft's epic patch Tuesday . The cumulative update contained what the software giant delicately referred to as "Quality Improvements."
The usual swathe of updates aside, Beta Channel testers received fixes including one dealing with the printer borkage introduced by the 9 June update and another to resolve [5]problems with the OneDrive app that had left some users of legacy file filters unable to download new files or open those previously synced or downloaded. ®
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[1] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/07/15/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-20170/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/15/july_2020_patch_tuesday/
[3] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/07/14/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-19042-388-20h2/
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/15/july_2020_patch_tuesday/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/03/files_on_demand_fix/
[6] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
[1]Build 20170 followed 20161, which featured exciting user interface tweaks (for some Insiders)... and some processor borkage. Microsoft was tight-lipped on what it had managed to break, saying only that AMD-powered PCs would be left alone "due to a bug impacting overall usability of these PCs."
Someone less kind than us might suggest that the tinkering done by Microsoft over the years to its flagship operating system has done far more harm to usability than inadvertently breaking support for the chips lurking in some of its own Surface Laptop 3 lines.
Broken AMD support aside (which will get fixed in the next flight), the paucity of toys for testers this time around was accentuated by improvements in sound settings to permit the selection of default devices and, er, a new Settings icon.
Other tweaks include an experimental implementation of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 enabled by default and Notepad shorn of its ability to persist open windows across restarts and updates while the gang "work on improving reliability."
Those nostalgic for times past will be happy to note a return of anti-cheat issues in this build for players of games from the Microsoft Store. Other issues include the lingering HYPERVISOR_ERROR bugcheck and 0.00GHz CPU usage in the performance tab of the task manager for some users.
Old-school security hole perfect for worms and remote hijackings found lurking in Windows Server DNS code [2]READ MORE
While 20170 may never see life outside the Dev Channel, Microsoft also dropped an update this week for Beta Channel testers prodding Windows 10 20H2, due for release at some point before the end of the year.
[3]Build 19042.388 arrived replete with the updates that formed [4]Microsoft's epic patch Tuesday . The cumulative update contained what the software giant delicately referred to as "Quality Improvements."
The usual swathe of updates aside, Beta Channel testers received fixes including one dealing with the printer borkage introduced by the 9 June update and another to resolve [5]problems with the OneDrive app that had left some users of legacy file filters unable to download new files or open those previously synced or downloaded. ®
Get our [6]Tech Resources
[1] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/07/15/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-20170/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/15/july_2020_patch_tuesday/
[3] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/07/14/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-19042-388-20h2/
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/15/july_2020_patch_tuesday/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/03/files_on_demand_fix/
[6] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Don't cheer too loudly
Steve Davies 3
or MS will start charging us 'Borkage'
Time for one of these methinks [see icon]
Like Castle Anthrax
redpawn
Can't I just have a little excitement?
No! It's too exciting.
Not The Only Issue
Richard Jones 1
Three of my PCs are not even offered 2004, due to unspecified 'issues'. One PC is an almost exact copy of the machine that did get 2004 a month ago, it was offered the package, but a day or so later it was no longer on offer but waiting to be fixed, whatever.
However, the 'advances' appear less than interesting, that I wondered why they even bother to release it all. Maybe it should be an options pack, for those who might find it has something of value
Re: Not The Only Issue
s2bu
Same here. One Lenovo I have upgraded, the other one they've blacklisted. It's really weird. The page it links you to doesn't even really tell you why.
George Spiggott
Some Intel security fix impacting AMD users ?
Should be seen as another win for AMD. MS gets to beta test it's crap on Intel victims first.