Windows 10: new build 9860

**Midknyte** · October 22nd, 2014, 03:25 PM

http://www.infoworld.com/article/283...-features.html

Build 9860 arrives just three weeks after the original build 9841. While there are some minor changes to the user interface, the major focus is on moving three apps from Windows Phone to Windows 10. Those three apps are little more than stubs at this point, but they point in a decidedly more mobile-friendly direction...

If you have Windows Technical Preview installed, the new build will come rolling out to you -- eventually. Microsoft is pushing build 9860 out to all Windows 10 machines via Automatic Update. Since all Windows 10 machines have Automatic Update turned on, sooner or later you'll get 9860. You can tell which build you're running by looking at the watermark in the lower right corner of the desktop.

If you don't have 9860 yet and you're impatient, just click Start, PC Settings, Update and recovery, Preview builds. If there's no new preview shown, click the Check now button. Then click Install. The installer has to grab between 2.1 and 2.7 gigabytes of data, and the upgrade process takes a long time. If you're on a fast machine with a fast line, figure on an hour. If you're running a virtual machine, don't be surprised if it takes twice that long. No, Microsoft is not making an ISO available -- at this point, your only option is to upgrade online.

**Midknyte** · October 23rd, 2014, 03:06 PM

MS has issued 2 patches for build 9860, KB 3008956 and KB 3010668:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/283...b-3010668.html

**2damncommon** · October 24th, 2014, 09:36 PM

Thanks for the post, Midknyte.

I'll just mention that I had to click to check for previews, to download the preview, and to install the preview. And then click to install updates.