14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just released a new Windows 10 preview build for users in the Beta and Release Preview channels.
Windows 10 build 19042.572 ships as cumulative update KB4579311, and it obviously comes with only performance improvements and bug fixes without any new features.
Since it lands on a Patch Tuesday, the new build also comes with security fixes, with Microsoft saying that it resolved a possible elevation of privilege in the win32k component. At the same time, there’s a fix for a bug affecting how null ports are created with the user interface.
Additionally, this build includes “security updates to Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Authentication, Windows Virtualization, and Windows Kernel,” as Microsoft explains.
And last but not least, there are improvements for the Group Policy service, as the software giant itself says today.
“We fixed an issue with the Group Policy service that might recursively delete critical files in alphabetic order from %systemroot%\systm32. This issue occurs when a policy has been configured to delete cached profiles. These file deletions might cause stop error “0x5A (CRITICAL_SERVICE_FAILED)” boot failures,” the Redmond-based firm says.
Hello, Windows 10 October 2020 Update!
Windows 10 October 2020 Update, previously called version 20H2, has already reached the final development stage, and Microsoft has shipped the final build to users in the Windows Insider program.
As far as the rollout to production devices is concerned, Microsoft is likely to begin the release later this month, and the whole thing will happen in stages. In other words, not everybody will receive the new update on day one, as part of an approach that Microsoft uses for every new feature update.
Windows 10 October 2020 Update, however, won’t be a massive update, as it’s more of a service pack with small improvements under the hood.