Well its full release day for Windows 11 and the build release 22000.194 is a good release. I have been running it for a while in the beta ring on a production machine added as an upgraded Win10 image that was AADJ and using it every day and is a solid as can be - no compatibility issues, no upgrade issues, using the corporate VPN, custom apps, no issues just works! This is the expectation I have come to the table with in running Windows 11 - It just works. For me I have bot

Well the #windowsinsider team pulled a fast one on us June 28th and released the full Windows 11 build 22000.51 to the Dev ring for Windows Insiders I must say that the new build is as clean as the lock screen - its very complete, and the new interface is pleasant. One of the newest features for Windows 11 is the new security posture it takes in implementing hardware requirements for security, including enforcing secure boot and utilizing the TPM 2.0 chip. These security req

Last year was an all around hard year for my family and I didnt get as many #windowsInisders posts out as I feel I should have. Its time to get down to work and spark up a more formalized blog routine! Today I had a reader reach out and that made me realize that the more I blog, the better chance that I can actually help some one out. The article was from 2019 about how I had to re join a machine to AAD after an upgrade botched it. This was fixed in one of that years #WIn

It looks like its time for a new Post, its been a while for me as I have been heads down testing - and a trip to Pilot the Millennium Falcon! Back to work, so when relevant issues surface - its time to talk! In following the Feedback Hub and Twitter, some of the burning issues for #windowsInsiders are encountering is the dreaded 0xc1900101- xxxxx This error is a fairly generic catchall for a number of significant errors that deal specifically with hardware. There is a great

Well folks its been pretty quiet lately on the blog as I have been doing some heavy lifting but its time to get back into the groove and get serious with 20H1! On that note, the first year of OnTheWinSide.com has been a great success for me. The main focus of my Blog has been to surface and document my travels as a #WindowsInsider. Being a WindowsInsider is a great treat, kind of like Halloween - My blog anniversary, where you get a new little something every place you go,

While we were on our Holiday this summer, I got to upgrading a few of my #WindowsInsider machines while we were not out hiking. One thing I have encountered on a few of the newer Windows 10 20H1, 189xx builds is that after the upgrade is complete and the VM or physical machine has idled for a day or two, the network adapter goes to the Globe image, and shows that it is not connected to the internet - even though you can surf on the internet - there are a couple of FeedBack H

Today marked a pretty good day with the release of the much anticipated 19H2 release. This release was pushed into the slow ring and was a really easy upgrade. Flip your build to the slow ring from the 18362.175 build and you get the 18362.1000 build, the first of the 19H2 releases. There is some good info as usual on the insider site about the build and how 19H2 will be released only via the slow ring and that with the initial .1000 build there were only minor updates for

As a #WindowsInsider, testing software means that as new builds get released a chapter in the era of testing is over - This is one of the most satisfying times that we can have as a Windows Insider. With the release of 1903, one of the best releases of windows hits the consumer ring. Some of the best new features out there are visually pleasing with Light and Dark modes, functionally forgotten for far too long, Clipboard History, to being a testers dream with the Windows San

Now that we have helped mature a #WindowsInsider build through its life cycle, it leaves a warm feeling inside for me and the all of the community that have helped launched the 2019 May release - As this goes forward there are always what I call micro builds that have small but very necessary changes that were most likely identified in testing but didn't have enough influence at the time within the Feedback Hub to bubble up - In cases of stability and functionality these cha

As I watch all the posts and tweets about the MVP summit in Seattle this week, seening a couple of people I know attending, I was really wishing that I would have had my application to become a #WindowsInsider MVP endorsed and actually became a MVP. Well that didn't happen so instead of being in on all the great NDA sessions, I will be hanging out in Regina, #YQR working on my next improvement on my program that gets you Insider information on your current builds. My next i

While I am still trying to shake the end of this cold snap we are seeing in Canada that has lasted all of February, I have been updating computers as with a busy build week! If you ever see the sun like this, you really need to be inside testing a #WindowsInsider build! In between builds I have been watching updates via the MS Technology Forums and the MS Answer Forums, both a great place to find new items and help solve existing issues. If you haven't been active on eithe

So I have been discussing my methodology on being a #WindowsInsider and how my approach to testing can have a real effect on the way that you go through each build and how you review each new item to be tested. Previously in Part1 and Part2 I talked about whether you are casual or serious, rings and Bare metal or upgrading - In Part 3 I am going to talk about x86, x64, and Arm (via Raspberry PI) testing. This week in testing we had to have the "Build Patrol" come out and sav

Well now that I proved that you can actually run a Raspberry PI with #WindowsInsider 18334.1 While waiting for a new insider build, I am going to tell you how I tweaked it to make it a little bit more useable. One of the things that is important to understand is that Windows 10 Pro was not really meant to run on this little device. That being said, the Windows Build team via @DonaSarkar has sure made some leaps and bounds in efficient memory management with the new #WindowsI

Well after the post on TomsHardware about running Windows 10 on a Raspberry PI I thought I would take this to the next level and put a #WindowsInsider build on my Pi that was running IOT Core! I followed the instructions from Toms webpage and downloaded the Raspberry PI installer, generated a 18334.1 ISO, extracted the install.wim, downloaded the core package and proceeded to build myself a new Raspberry boot drive. This proved to be a challenge! Most of the machines I was u

I have been investigating the root problem to error CAA5004B - coming out of the Feedback Hub and I think I can better explain the issue and offer up a clear sky solution to the issue! As with every solution there is always a few things that cloud the issues. In this case the error CAA5004B and other errors like not being able to login to your computer with your Azure AD account after an upgrade of your #WindowsInsider build is directly related to the fact that during the up

So its time to fire-up the second part of my blog on developing a Testing approach to being a Windows Insider. Part one found Here talks about being a Casual tester or hardcore as well as being on the fast or slow rings. Part 2 is specifically going to address - Bare metal or Upgrade testing or both Bare metal testing is when you start your Machine or VM from a formatted disk - nothing is on the machine at all - The image is usually laid down from an ISO or built up from a r

In my upgrade testing I have been experiencing some issues with machines connected to Azure AD and its been quite a ride to figure out how to correct it! I have mapped out what exactly has happened and now the sun is now rising again as I have a tested and working solution! I just need to get Microsoft to confirm that the upgrade is causing the issue and help work out the issue as to why this is happening. Here is my synopsis of the issue, I know I am not the only one that ha

As #WindowsInsider build 18323 rolls out and #bugbash is underway the way that you install, test, experiment, troubleshoot and use the insider build is an important step in the whole Windows insider process. Your testing options are as open as the sky but you should develop a personal strategy that you can use over the build cycle that you can use as a reference approach. Some basic essentials that you should think about while testing are: 1) Casual testing or more then casu

Well being a #WindowsInsider is certainly not boring! One of the things as a windows Insider that you must be prepared to do is troubleshoot and figure out how to navigate through the forest to straighten out some of the issues that sometimes we run into on Insider builds One of the first things PRIOR to installing a new insider build is for you to always review the new features and the blog settings and educate yourself on the known issues to see if perhaps you will run int

Updated Jan 1, 2019 Happy 2019! As a #WindowsInsider you will almost certainly reach a point where you will have an issue with the build you are working with. Having the right tools is an important step to troubleshooting the problem, but as with every issue we run into sometimes you need to know if a hammer or screwdriver is the right tool to use to address the issue. Follow these steps in troubleshooting your #WindowsInsider issues - There is a good chance you will can foll