Microsoft rolls out fourth Windows10 preview

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 preview built for people participating in the Windows Insiders fast ring. Build 15060 is coming barely two days after the release of build 15058 and it is the fourth consecutive preview.

There were a number of fixes in the new 15060 according to Microsoft in a blog post written by Dona Sakar, a software engineer in Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Group on Thursday, 16 March, 2017. The fixes include an issue resulting in the Setting icon appearing plating in the taskbar.

“This issue also resulted in another issue now fixed, where if Settings had been pinned to Start, the tile would become greyed out after the first time it was clicked,” Microsoft said.

Another fix was an issue resulting in third party Input method editors (IMEs) not showing up in Settings after being installed.

Users will also no longer get error message in Microsoft Edge where quickly typing and deleting characters into a website’s search box while using the Microsoft Pinyin IME might result in the IME becoming stuck and the website showing “Not Responding”.

Similarly, Surface Pro 3 and Surface 3 devices should no longer fail to update to new builds if a SD memory card is inserted when a user have the latest Surface drivers and firmware installed.

Insiders who experience a crash, will be a able to launch their Microsoft Edge a few minutes even though previous instances are still suspended in the background.

Sakar also added “We fixed the issues occurring when exploring pages using the F12 Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge with cross-origin iframes (e.g. the DOM explorer shows only the iframe DOM, the Console frame selector does not fit the iframes, etc).”

Insiders will still experience some known issues on the build 15060 like being unable to download new additional language packs.

“If your PC fails to install this build on reboot with the error 8024a112, reboot manually again. If your PC appears to hang during the reboot, power your PC off and back on and the install will proceed. Some Insiders have reported seeing this error “Some updates were cancelled. We will keep trying in case new updates become available” in Windows Update. If you encounter it, please try deleting the registry key,” Sakar said.