No, you don’t want KB3216755, the Insider Preview Ring version of the next cumulative update

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Repeat after me: No, you don’t want the latest Release Preview of Windows 10. Last night, Microsoft rolled out KB3216755 for PCs and 14393.726 on Win1
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Woody, now I am getting confused myself.
I dropped from the Insider program few months ago due to frequent installs and not using that machine often enough and now I am on the mainstream 1607 (CB, CBB) with the Store, Cortana and few other things controlled by Group Policy and Windows Update under control – set to 3 – Auto download and notify for install. This means I would still install early and practically everything available, but when I find it suitable and with the patch already downloaded in the background. No Feature Update delay or metered connections or wushowhide for me as I think those are just hacks useful mostly for the Home Edition for lack of a better approach and not proper implementation of Windows Update controls and as it was seen recently, to some extent unpredictable or at least confusing.
What I don’t understand though is who gets the Release Preview patches and in which conditions. I understand that they are the equivalent of the Optional Preview Monthly Rollups for Windows 7 if I am correct, but while on Windows 7 they are offered to everybody, on Windows 10 they are not. Is this another configuration in the Insider program in addition to the Fast and Slow tracks?

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Yep, it’s the third level of the Insider Program.

Very confusing. http://www.infoworld.com/article/3125525/microsoft-windows/6-things-wrong-with-the-windows-insider-program.html

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Thanks, it is clear now.
Not something about which most need to know anything else other than those updates exist. 🙂

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If ch100 is confused, I might just as well step into traffic…

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I am no longer confused 🙂
Woody sorted it out for me!

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Woody,

It seems like 14393.725 “KB3216755” is now officially Released????

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4000825/windows-10-and-windows-server-2016-update-history

Go Figure….. 😛

Best Regards,

Crysta

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OMG. You’re right.

I’ll tackle it in the morning. Thanks!

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This update broke Plex Media Server for me until I uninstalled it (the update, not Plex). Definitely not opting into the Release Preview ring anymore.

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