Windows 10 - Build 16241 - More Refinement

On July 13, MS released Windows 10 build 16241 to Fast Ring Insiders.  This was the build that will drive the next Bug Bash sessions of July 14, 18, & 21.

 The build focused on some new Shell capability around Password/Pin recover for Azure AD Premium customers and some new acrylic shading capabilities from Fluent design.  There were also improvements to Edge, Delivery Optimization, GPU monitoring, Gaming and Mixed Reality along with about 30 or so bug fixes.

 MS also made Canonical Ubuntu available in the store for those using the Windows Subsystem for Linux capabilities.

 Many of the updates and features are for components or apps I don't use on a daily basis and so not much to report on.

 The build installed cleanly across all my devices.   I did do a preemptive uninstall of Cisco AnyConnect on my laptop and then re-installed post update.  

 Updates are still slow however.  While the actual download of the update is fast, the preparation and application of updates is still painfully slow with update times still well over an hour.  

 MS did address some areas of pain like fixing Gmail support in the Mail app, but also added some where the Notification Center wouldn't map the mouse correctly.  This was tied to some display scaling issues and a workaround was posted to the community.

 With the Bug Bash ongoing this week - we may not see a new build until the week of the 24th.  


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