14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just rolled out Windows 10 Redstone build 14295, and contrary to the previous versions, this new one is focused specifically on improving performance and addressing bugs reported by users.
As a result, there are no new features, but the change log includes several important bug fixes that certainly come in handy to Windows 10 insiders.
First of all, starting with this Redstone build, you can finally connect an Xbox controller without your computer freezing. Although Redmond originally expected to see this behavior on a limited number of PCs, it turns out that it was actually a pretty widespread issue, so the company tried to fix it as fast as possible.
At the same time, build 14295 also addresses a several builds-old bug that made it impossible to use Kaspersky security solutions on PCs running preview versions. According to Microsoft “we have fixed the driver bug that prevents Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Internet Security, or the Kaspersky Total Security Suite installed from working as expected in builds from the Development Branch.”
Additionally, the software giant has corrected a problem causing the Xbox app and other Xbox Live apps and games not to sign in, but also a Microsoft Edge browser issue that led to an unexpected page refresh if you pressed the caps lock key in a password field.
Known issues
Although this build clearly brings an important collection of bug fixes, there still are some problems, and Microsoft lists them all in the known issues section.
One very important problem that you might come across impacts the audio quality on some PCs with TPM chips, such as the ASUS Zenbook UX31.
“You may experience glitchy audio and jumpy movement when using the trackpad due to the ‘tpm-maintenance’ task running constantly in the background instead of once per boot-up like it should,” Microsoft explains, adding that the only workaround is to disable the tpm-maintenance task in Task Scheduler.
There are several other known issues and bug fixes, and you can check all of them in the box after the jump (keep in mind that, since it’s a preview build, you could come across other unmentioned bugs too).