How to Enable Insider Preview Build Updates In Windows 10

How to Enable Insider Preview Build Updates In Windows 10

Did you know Windows 10 comes with a built-in option which allows you to receive the latest preview builds of Windows 10 whenever Microsoft rolls them out? Called the Insider Preview builds, these can be grabbed with the flip of a button right from your Windows 10 machine, and we show you how, right here in our step-by-step guide below.

Microsoft recently released the first Insider Preview build of Windows 10 since the public launch of the OS in late July. The new build brings in a few improvements in how memory protocols are handed, as well as some additional color tweaks. There’s no real word on when the next build will land, but Microsoft has already announced the Windows 10 will be handled as a service, unlike previous versions of Windows.

So if paltry improvements and fresh new tweaks entice you enough to test out these builds on your own PC, let’s get down to business.
Prerequisites:

A genuine activated copy of Windows 10 Home, Pro, or Enterprise installed on your PC. A working Internet connection.

Instructions:

• Step 1: To begin, launch the Settings app (Windows key + I), and head to Update & Security.
• Step 2: In the Windows Update section, click Advanced options.

Step 3: Scroll down below, and you should see a header titled Get Insider builds, along with a button reading “Get started”. Click it.

Step 4: Windows will now prompt you to sign in using your Microsoft account. Once you have signed in, simply follow the on-screen instructions to start receiving Insider Preview updates in Windows Update.

If the “Get started” button – as highlighted in Step 3 – is not active and is grayed out for you, do not be alarmed as this can be fixed. Simply launch Settings and navigate to Privacy > Feedback and diagnostics and click the menu under Send your device data to Microsoft to invoke a drop down menu. Make sure “Enhanced” or “Full” is selected in the menu.

It is important to note that Preview builds are meant for the more experienced and advanced Windows users who want to test the latest features before anyone else. These builds in some cases can cause issues, too. We recommend enabling them on a test machine rather than your main primary work machine.

Windows 10 Uses Your Bandwidth To Push Updates To Other Users, Here’s How To Turn It Off

Windows 10 Uses Your Bandwidth To Push Updates To Other Users, Here’s How To Turn It Off

Are you tired of hearing about Windows 10 yet? No? That’s great news. July 29 saw Microsoft’s latest iteration of Windows landing as a free-of-charge upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 users, and let’s be honest here, it’s a wonderful update with a multitude of enhancements and feature additions. With that said, nothing is ever perfect, and it seems that individuals are taking exception with how Microsoft utilizes a user’s Internet connection to share updates with other Windows 10 users across the world.

The Windows Update Delivery Optimization feature is essentially designed to make sure that users all over the world get updates as quickly and efficiently as possible. It’s also enabled as default in Windows 10 Home and Pro which will immediately irk a lot of people. Think about it along the same line as how a torrent works. Your computer is unwittingly used as part of a peer-to-peer network to distribute files, which basically means its using your upload bandwidth to deliver updates to other computers. Thankfully, users are able to “opt out” of such an experience, but really, Microsoft shouldn’t have turned this on by default, and even more shouldn’t have hidden the menu away so deep inside Settings.

Here’s how you can quickly disable Windows Update Delivery Optimization:

Step 1: Launch Settings (Ctrl+I) and head into the Windows Update settings option.

Step 2: Click on Advanced options.

Step 3: Select the Choose how updates are delivered option.

Step 4: From here, turn the toggle to off, as shown in the screenshot below.

In theory the Windows Update Delivery Optimization (WUDO) feature is actually extremely clever and innovative and will ultimately provide some benefit to users. With that said, it is entirely possible for a user’s Internet connection to be throttled and interrupted at busy periods and having Microsoft consume bandwidth essentially in stealth could definitely contribute to this. Hence why it needs to be toggled off for good.

Microsoft is however keen to stress that the newly introduced WUDO feature doesn’t noticeably slow down an Internet connection, and that it uses a “limited portion” of idle bandwidth to perform its duties. Nice to know, but i guess we are better off with it being turned off.

Source : redmondpie