Windows 10 19H1 build 18252 heads out to Fast ring, Skip Ahead Insiders

Microsoft today began rolling out Windows 10 build 18252 to Insiders on the Fast ring and those who are enrolled in Skip Ahead. This marks the commencement 19H1 build to roll out to standard Fast band Insiders, though Skip Ahead Insiders have been testing the next feature update for some time now.

With this update, Microsoft likewise says that it is merging releases for Skip Ahead and Fast ring, meaning that both will receive the same 19H1 Insider builds at the aforementioned time going forward.

Here's a look at all of what'due south new in build 18252.

What's new

Enhanced settings for Ethernet: We've heard your feedback, and you lot can now use the Settings app to configure advanced Ethernet IP settings. Nosotros have added support for configuring a static IP address likewise as setting a preferred DNS server. These settings were previously accessed within Command Panel, just you will now observe them on the connectedness backdrop folio under IP settings.
New icon for asunder internet: First seen on E'er Connected PCs, as some swell eye'd Insiders noticed, we accept brought the disconnected internet icon to all devices running Windows 10. This unmarried icon appears when there is no internet connectedness detected, and replaces the individual disconnected icons for Cellular, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet. This new icon should help yous chop-chop place network problems and so that yous can take action to resolve them.

Ebrima font addition with ASLaM support: The Windows team is pleased to announce you tin can now read your ADLaM documents and webpages with the Windows Ebrima font!

General changes, improvements, and fixes

Nosotros fixed the issue causing Task Manager to report inaccurate CPU usage.
We fixed the consequence where the arrows to expand "Groundwork processes" in Task Director blink constantly and weirdly.
Nosotros added a microphone icon in the system tray which appears when your microphone is in use.
Pressing F4 when in Registry Editor will now place the caret at the end of the address bar, expanding the autocomplete dropdown.
Nosotros fixed an issue where when using dark mode File Explorer'south context bill of fare had an unexpectedly thick white border in recent builds.
We fixed an issue resulting in the advanced startup pages non rendering text correctly (showing square boxes instead) in sure languages, similar Thai.
We fixed the event causing Narrator to crash when reading by line in a Control Prompt.
We stock-still the issue where Narrator did not read out the Windows Security application name in Shell Notification area (Systray) and merely read the recommended deportment.
The respective Ethernet adapter name will now exist listed in the sidebar under the "Ethernet" header and so you can hands differentiate Ethernet entries at a glace if there's more than than one.
In RS5 we introduced extra pages to the Emoji Panel when using information technology in Chinese (Simplified), and based on your feedback we're looking to aggrandize these to more than languages. After upgrading to today'due south build, some Insiders may run into them – more details coming later.
We fixed an effect resulting in Windows Hello not working on the login screen in the previous build (instead of logging in it would prompt yous to enter a pin).

Known issues

We're investigating an upshot resulting in Settings crashing when invoking actions on certain pages. This impacts multiple settings, including:
- In Ease of Access, when clicking "Utilize" on Make Text Bigger the Settings app will crash and the text size will not be applied.
- In Windows Security, when clicking hyperlinks the Settings app will crash.
If you cannot sign in with any credential and logon fails with error 0xc000005e, rebooting your computer should resolve this.
If the update fails with error 0xC1900101, attempting to update again should resolve the issue.
Some users may have an issue launching Inbox Apps after updating. To resolve this please check the following thread on the Answers forum: aka.ms/18252-App-Fix.

Every bit e'er, you lot can check out the full release notes at the Windows Blog. Otherwise, you can go ahead and catch build 18252 via Windows Update now.

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