Microsoft Released Windows 10 Build 17744 For Insiders in Fast Ring for PC – Here What’s Fixes, Changes, Improvements, and Known Issues

In less than a week, Microsoft rolled out another Windows 10 Insider Preview build from the “Redstone 5” branch with Build 17744 (Windows 10 version 1809) to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring for PC. The new Windows 10 Build 17744 update was similar to Windows 10 Build 17738 which mostly focuses on bug fixes and enhancement.

Windows 10 Build 17744 brings 7 improvements and fixes for PC. Here the full details of changelog for Windows 10 Build 17744.

Here what’s fixes and improvements for Windows 10 Build 17744:

• We fixed an issue that resulted in certain apps crashing when sending Timeline activities.
• We fixed an impactful race condition in recent flights resulting in Cortana crashing when launching tips and doing web searches.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the nearby sharing section of the Share UI not being visible for some users despite being enabled.
• We fixed an issue that could result in the contents of the Microsoft Edge window becoming offset from its window frame.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the spellchecking menu appearing in the wrong place when you right-clicked on a misspelled word in Microsoft Edge.
• We fixed an issue for Insiders using Windows 10 in S Mode recently resulting opening Word from a Word Online document not working.
• We fixed an issue in Narrator so when toggling a checkbox with a braille display and Narrator, the displayed state is now updated and the control information is maintained on the display.

Here what’s known issues for Windows 10 Build 17744:

• You may experience a bugcheck (GSOD) when logging out of your user profile or shutting down your PC.
• When you use the Ease of Access Make Text bigger setting, you might see text clipping issues, or find that text is not increasing in size everywhere.
• Narrator sometimes does not read in the Settings app when you navigate using Tab and arrow keys. Try switching to Narrator Scan mode temporarily. And when you turn Scan mode off again, Narrator will now read when you navigate using Tab and arrows key. Alternatively, you can restart Narrator to work around this issue.
• After setting up a Windows Mixed Reality headset for the first time on this build with motion controllers, the controllers may need to be re-paired a second time before appearing in the headset.

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