Technical Preview: NKJFK-GPHP7-G8C3J-P6JXR-HQRJR Technical Preview for Consumer: 334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT Technical Preview for Enterprise: PBHCJ-Q2NYD-2PX34-T2TD6-233PK Technical Preview Single Language: 2NCXJ-T36QP-HQMH2-9672W-WBYW3
Notes
This build includes the new Xaml Start Menu.
There are a naming bugs like Task Manager is ''Windows Shell Experience Host'' and the Camera has its full name.
Some options in the Settings App are broken and let the application or Windows crash.
x86 Enterprise
SHA-1 English: 011FAC2F84B5144648ACB32EDB9B2B1FFB255707
x64 Professional
SHA-1 English: 0E2FDA76F5D678CB00FEC08135115053A9655D2B
x86 Professional
SHA-1 English: 17937B3F392E9D6A603DB3F8AF74F3F668BBE85C
x64 Single Language
SHA-1 English: 0ADB445FE3DCAE5354C5680FA67560DE033BE3B9
x86 Single Language
SHA-1 English: DE4E677F43F25A7771B7224A11C5EE3A16B23006
Fixes
Installation
These are *.esd files.
It are encrypted installations, it only contains one SKU per file, but includes the complete installation wim, boot.wim and setup.
You need to use a decryption program with the right key to decrypt, you can then save just the install.esd or convert to install.wim. There is also an option to create iso files.
Original these files are non bootable unless converted to iso.
EFI Requirement
We recommend using VMWare Workstation 11, which has EFI support out of the box.
Windows Default Lock Screen
There is a new Default Application included which has already been introduced on Windows Phone as a Beta App.
It is called the Windows Default Lock Screen App.
Run it by executing: explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.WindowsDefaultLockScreen_8wekyb3d8bbwe!LockApp
Cloud Experience Host
Run it by executing: explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.CloudExperienceHost_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
Print Dialog
Run it by executing: explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\Windows.PrintDialog_cw5n1h2txyewy!Microsoft.Windows.PrintDialog
Show Notifications Up / Below
Show the UI Toasts at the bottom or the top.
This setting requires an explorer.exe restart (or sign-out and in again).
Disable/Enable Notification Center
Set last 1 for activation or 0 for deactivation, restart explorer.exe after running the script below to take affect.
Return to the old Windows Update UI
To return to the old Windows Update UI in Settings so everything works again use following script.
Set 0 for the old UI and 1 for the new UI.
New login screen
This build features a new login screen with a transparant overlay and new layout on the login screen itself.
Active it by setting Threshold to 1 and 0 to deactivate.
Enable Start Screen and 9841's Start Menu
You can return to the previous Technical Preview Start Menu by running the script.
After disabling the new Xaml Start menu you can also return to the Start Screen from Windows 8.1.
Set it to 0 to deactivate.
Set it to 1 to active.
Clock & Calendar
Windows includes a new digital clock and modern calendar.
Set it to 0 to activate.
Set it to 1 to deactivate.
Internet Explorer Edge
Enable Internet Explorer Edge.
This could break hardcoded websites.
Set it to 0 to deactivate.
Set it to 1 to activate.
Internet Explorer Experimental Features
You can enable some Experimental Features in Internet Explorer.
Type in the Internet Explorer URL bar: about:Flags
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