Microsoft propose depuis quelques heures une nouvelle construction de Windows 10 Redstone 3. La build 16179 est disponible pour les utilisateurs du programme Insider. Elle s’accompagne d’une importante nouveauté, le Power Throttling.
Windows 10 Redstone 3 build 16179 est uniquement proposé pour les plateformes PC. Cette itération est accessible à la communauté Insider inscrite à l’anneau rapide du programme. Elle introduit deux nouvelles fonctionnalités.
Le Power Throttling prend la forme d’un curseur dans le centre de notification. L’utilisateur peut jouer sur un certain niveau d’efficacité afin d’accroitre la durée de vie de la batterie de son appareil. Sur ce point Microsoft annonce qu’il est possible d’augmenter l’autonomie jusqu’ 11%. Le Power Throttling optimise les tâches en cours d’exécution afin de mettre en place des économes en énergie.
Cette fonction été normalement prévue pour débarquer avec Creators Update mais pour une raison inconnue, Microsoft a retardé son arrivée.
La deuxième nouveauté tourne autour des paramètres « VM ». Cette build 16179 profite ainsi d’une fonction de création de points de contrôle. L’objectif est de facilité un retour en arrière
A tout ceci s’ajoute beaucoup d’autres améliorations et des corrections de bugs. Vous trouverez les détails en fin d’article. Par sa nature, cette nouvelle construction s’accompagne de problèmes connus et non résolus. Elle ne peut donc pas être préconisée comme une solution de production sur un PC principal.
Windows 10 Redstone 3 build, tous les détails
Changes, improvements, and fixes for PC
- We fixed the issue causing apps that use the Desktop Bridge (“Centennial”) from the Store such as Slack and Evernote will cause your PC to bugcheck (GSOD) when launched with a “kmode exception not handled” in ntfs.sys error.
- We fixed an issue where adding Hindi to your language list and downloading the on-demand language resources would result in Microsoft Edge crashing on launch and file search returning no results via Cortana or Windows Explorer.
- We fixed an issue where desktop icons would sometimes move around unexpectedly when “Auto arrange icons” was set to On and “Align icons to grid” was set to Off.
- The existing Group Policy to disable the lock screen is now available for those on the Pro edition of Windows 10. Appreciate all who shared feedback on the subject. Note, the Group Policy text has not yet been updated to incorporate this change, that will happen with a later flight.
- We fixed a rendering issue from previous flights where specific multi-monitor and projection configurations could fail depending on the hardware used. This could have impacted all Surface (Surface Book, Surface Pro, etc.) devices as well as other devices using similar chipsets. Another symptom may have been to see screen flickering and potentially being logged out when any screen mode change occurred.
- We fixed an issue resulting in the location icon being continually on in the taskbar after the first time the Action Center was opened if the night light quick action was visible.
Known issues for PC
- Some Insiders have reported seeing this error “Some updates were cancelled. We’ll keep trying in case new updates become available” in Windows Update. See this forum post for more details.
- Double-clicking on the Windows Defender icon in the notification area does not open Windows Defender. Right-clicking on the icon and choosing open will open Windows Defender.
- Surface 3 devices fail to update to new builds if a SD memory card is inserted. The updated drivers for the Surface 3 that fix this issue have not yet been published to Windows Update.
- Pressing F12 to open the Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge while F12 is open and focused may not return focus to the tab F12 is opened against, and vice-versa.
- exe will crash and restart if you tap any of the apps listed in the Windows Ink Workspace’s Recent Apps section.
- Insiders who use Simplified Chinese IMEs or the Traditional Chinese Changjie or Quick IME to input text will find that the candidate window doesn’t appear when typing into certain apps. If you press space, the first candidate will be finalized. Using the number keys will not finalize any other candidate. If the candidate you need is not the first one, for now you will have to enter your text into an app where the candidate window appears, such as Notepad, and copy it into the desired text field.
- Navigating to Settings > Update & security > Windows Update may crash Settings app. You can simply re-open the Settings app again and it should work again.
- The “Save” dialog appears to be broken in several desktop (Win32) apps. The team is investigating.