Windows 10 Build 14915 - Mostly fixes to Redstone 2 OneCore

On August 31, MS released Windows 10 Build 14915 to Fast Ring Insiders.  This is the third release of the Redstone 2 branch and was available for both PCs and Mobile.

 Build 14915 contained about a dozen or so fixes for both PC and Mobile.   For me the biggest was regarding Cortana text-to-speech which is what I use for listening and replying to text messages.   

 MS still calls out that Adobe Acrobat will crash on launch - but I have noticed that clicking on PDFs works.  

 At the same time - MS also released another set of firmware upgrades that addressed some of the notable battery issues with Surface 3.  

 14915 installed fine on all of my desktop, tablet and mobile devices.  I have not experienced any freezes or blue-screen hangs that others have been reporting - with any of my platforms.  

 The only feature update per-se was regarding what MS likes to call Delivery Optimization for Updates.   Basically this is a peer level sharing capability to reduce the number of direct pulls from the MS Site.   

 Personally I don't understand why MS feels the need for this considering they have an extensive Content Delivery Network capability with Azure and could easily leverage that.  At the same time - in locations with high density - having a peering scheme for updates would speed the process locally.

 So honestly not much to report again this time around.   It will probably be October or even November before many new features / apps actually start showing up.  

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