14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041 last week, and everyone obviously rushed to download and install it, despite the fact that it was released as part of the fast ring, which in most cases means that chances of bugs are pretty big.
Earlier this week, when Redmond pushed the very same build to the slow ring, the company also introduced a total of three different patches, all of which were supposed to fix feature, performance, and security bugs in Windows 10, but at least one issue escaped unfixed.
That's why today the software giant has shipped a brand new patch to all systems running Windows 10 TP build 10041, as it discovered that, in many cases, users were unable to sign into their computers.
Only aimed at build 10041
Today's patch, officially known as KB3050653, comes to fix an issue causing “the user name and password box not to appear on the sign-in screen,” which pretty much makes it impossible for some testers to try out the operating system.
The same problem was reported on a big number of systems, and while it's hard to determine how widespread it actually is, there's no doubt that Microsoft assigned a high priority flag to make sure that more people get to try its latest Windows 10 build.
Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041 comes with several new features for Windows insiders, including Start menu and Start screen transparency, a new network fly-out, improved multiple desktops, and others, but at the same time, it also lacks a much anticipated feature.
Spartan browser, which was supposed to debut in this build, is not yet available for Windows insiders, as Microsoft needed more time to develop the first public preview. Spartan will replace Internet Explorer in the final version of Windows 10 and will be offered across all devices, including PCs, tablets, and smartphones.