Microsoft reveals the list of known issues in this build

Mar 4, 2016 18:41 GMT  ·  By

Since it’s just available for fast ring users, the newly-released Windows 10 Redstone build 14279 still comes with several bugs and Microsoft has detailed all of them in an announcement today.

First of all, it’s worth mentioning that Kaspersky software still doesn’t work in this build. This has been a problem with the latest Redstone build as well, and Microsoft says that it’s already working with the security software company to fix this.

“If you have Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Internet Security, or the Kaspersky Total Security Suite installed on your PC there is a known driver bug that prevents these programs from working as expected in builds from the Development Branch. We are partnering with Kaspersky to fix this issue for a future release, but at this time there are no known workarounds,” Gabe Aul, head of the Windows Insider program, explained.

Since no workarounds are available at this point, your only option is to switch to a different antivirus, and Microsoft says that Windows Defender is the best choice.

Surface bugs

Also, Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 4, and Surface Book are seeing a unique bug causing freezes or hangs, which in the end are leading to input methods such as the keyboard and touch to stop responding. Aul explains that the only workaround in this case is to force-reboot the device by keeping the power button pressed for about 10 seconds.

Furthermore, some apps might crash because of an unknown reliability issue that the Windows team is still looking into. The affected apps include QQ, Windows Live Mail, and Expression Encoder 4, but more could be impacted.

And last but not least, there’s a bug affecting the notification area, which might end up out of alignment in case you turn on the “always show all icons in the notification area” setting. There’s no workaround this time, so you need to disable this option completely.