Windows 10 build 15025 to get new ISOs in a couple of days

Feb 2, 2017 07:03 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 build 15025 earlier today to the Fast ring of the Windows Insider program, but as the company explains, users of 32-bit versions of the operating system might be impacted by a bug that makes it impossible to download and install the new build.

As a result, the company is planning to release new Windows 10 ISOs in a couple of days, trying to give users experiencing this bug an easy way to update their computers to build 15025.

What’s important to know, however, is that the release of new Windows 10 ISOs doesn’t necessary mean that this particular build would be pushed to users in the Slow ring - in most of the cases, the company releases ISOs for insiders when builds land in the Slow ring, but this time, this isn’t happening, or at least not anytime soon.

“We have discovered a bug that impacts our ability to release this build to PCs running 32-bit (x86) versions of Windows 10 Insider Preview builds. Because the majority of Insiders in the Fast ring have PCs running 64-bit (x64) - we decided to go ahead and release this build with 32-bit PCs blocked until our next flight,” Dona Sarkar, head of the Windows Insider program, explained, adding that new ISOs would be shipped later this week.

Putting the focus on bug fixes

The new ISOs would allow for an easy clean install, making it possible for everyone to bring their computers fully up to date to the latest build.

Windows 10 Creators Update is projected to launch in April and the number of new features being added in these builds is gradually decreasing, which is a sign that Microsoft is slowly moving the focus on bug fixing and performance improvements.

Previous reports on the Windows 10 Creators Update roadmap indicated that no new features would be added beyond January in an attempt to spend more time on refining performance of the operating system and fixing bugs reported by users. A new bug bash is starting this week, and this could also be a sign that Redmond is making improving performance a priority.