Yesterday, Microsoft pushed out Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16212 for PC and Mobile to users on the Fast, Slow, and Release Preview rings and the Retail version. Unfortunately the buggy build wasn’ t intended to go out, causing problems for anyone who installed it.
Yesterday, Microsoft pushed out Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16212 for PC and Mobile to users on the Fast, Slow, and Release Preview rings and the Retail version. Unfortunately the buggy build wasn’ t intended to go out, causing problems for anyone who installed it.
Apologizing for the “inconvenience”, Windows Insider chief Dona Sarkar explains it “happened because an inadvertent deployment to the engineering system that controls which builds/which rings to push out to insiders.” While Microsoft was quick to pull the update, it was too late for some.
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Microsoft says that its analysis “shows only a small portion of folks got these builds” and offers the following tips for those affected:
Remember, if you have installed the build on PC you only have 10 days to roll it back, and this won’ t work if you’ ve used Windows Disk Cleanup to free up space.
There is some good news for non-Windows Insiders who saw the build. Microsoft says “these builds will not install on devices that are not joined to the Windows Insider Program (a.k.a. ‘retail’) .”
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