Windows 10: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15046 for PC

Successfully created a Build 15046 in a VM and have burned it to a DVD for use in re-installing to my physical machine. One of my objectives is to ensure that the new Product Key which appeared unbidden by me is still good for activation. I'm not sure anybody else has gotten this gift. I have upgrade keys from Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows 81. purchased when Technet subscriptions didn't cost thousands of dollars. I'm much happier using a genuine Microsoft DVD and only used Russian sites when Microsoft made it difficult or impossible to obtain a "genuine" one.

I'll start the uplgrade after I finish a Virtual Lab on Windows 10 and Windows Serverr 2016 virtualizations.

 

Marty, I don't recall seeing or getting any "gift of keys", from legitimate sources or elsewhere. Could you explain more, please?

 

I've made an ISO file successfully and am clean installing 15046 in Hyper-V.

 

To tell you the truth I simply cannot explain this. I've never heard of it. I have an a Windows 8 key and a Windows 8.1 key I have used for what seems forever (since 2014) to install Windows 10. Each are linked to one of two hotmail accounts and display either Marty Felker or Martin Felker. The physical machine I use now was installed from a 14393 ISO using the Windows 8.1. After upgrading to 15031 I happened to run the program PK0setup which is one of several portable apps that can scan and print Microsoft Product Keys. It displayed the Windows 10 Pro Insider key as being different from the 8.1 key I used. I trashed that VM immediately after I installed it - I only wanted to test the key. If I had more information (other than the key(s) themselves of course!*Smile I share that. Many strange things have happened in my decades in this field (including a data transmission which was corrupted by a cosmic ray switching a "0" to a "1" <very long story> but this is one of the weirdest. For all I know the key won't work. I'll never know until I try. An imagae of the working is available to me naturally (as well as my other mutli boot environments Windows Server 2016 and openSUSE Tumbleweed).

 

VM-WIN10-15042u is up-and-running!





Next thing is updating to /15046. Since my update to /15031 I'm still on the Fast Ring, no update changed that option back to Slow Ring again. Before, I had to change it back manualy.





Cheers

 

3rd time in a row, updated on first try. Smooth install no issues so far. -.-

 

Back. Didn't take very long at all. I will have a bit of work to get back to the triple boot but BTBM (Terabyteunlimited) makes this quite easy and pretty much foolproof. I'll try to stay "pure Microsoft" for awhile but the urge to install FF is already strong. The "gift" product key worked just fine.

 

Windows as a service:

 

The /15046 update is already preparing its install, being my quickest update so far!





Cheers

 

Darn I havent been able to install 15042 now its trying unsuccessfully to install 15046.




Source: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15046 for PC - Windows Experience Blog




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I fixed it. Two warnings popped up, one about a driver that did not automatically update. That one I took care by using settings>update>troubleshoot>hardware and other devices>Run the Troubleshooter. the other was warning about turning off Edge warnings *Smile

 

Another boring upgrade!!

Did notice Defender ignoring Region settings (had US date format). Feedback posted.