Windows 10 preview build 17123 rolls out to Fast ring Insiders

Microsoft is finishing out the week with a new Windows ten preview build for Fast ring Insiders. The latest release ticks the build number up to 17123 and includes a smattering of general fixes along with support for the Loftier Efficiency Paradigm File Format (HEIF) in Windows 10 and the Photos app. There are also notwithstanding lignering issues to be aware of with Windows Mixed Reality.

What's New

Introducing High Efficiency Paradigm File Format (HEIF) in Windows 10

The High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) has arrived for Windows 10 and the Photos app! HEIF is an image container that leverages modern codecs similar HEVC to improve quality, compression, and capabilities compared to before formats like JPEG, GIF, and PNG. In addition to traditional unmarried images, HEIF supports encoding image sequences, image collections, auxiliary images like alpha or depth maps, live images & video, audio, and HDR for greater dissimilarity. We have heard your feedback that these features and the power to share photos easily with other platforms is of import to you. This release we are delivering essential viewing back up (Yous cannot edit HEIF images in this release).

In order to try this out, you need to bring together the Windows App Preview Programme for the Photos app and make sure yous are running the March release of the Photos app (Version 2022.18022.13740.0 or newer). This version of the Photos app has been updated for RS4 to back up viewing the primary image inside a HEIF file and to guide the install of dependencies like the HEIF and HEVC media extensions from the Microsoft Shop. Once installed, these media extensions enable HEIF viewing in Photos besides as thumbnails and metadata in File Explorer.

Additionally, any application that uses WIC, WinRT Imaging APIs, or the XAML Image command can now add similar support for viewing single HEIF images.

Windows Mixed Reality

With this build, the Windows Mixed Reality Squad would like to let y'all know nigh a few known issues as you endeavour out the new Windows Mixed Reality features:

We're investigating reports of a functioning regression for Windows Mixed Reality on hybrid laptops on this build.

In some cases, the inbox apps will fail to load inside of Windows Mixed Reality and newly placed Holograms may be empty. Restarting Windows Mixed Reality should resolve both issues.

Occasionally there may exist a long delay and restart of mixed reality when transitioning to a new place (Skyloft or Cliff House).

Since the concluding build, the following bugs should now be fixed:

The ambient sound in Skyloft should now the correct book.

Launching the Store from Movies & TV should no longer crash either app.

360 videos should render correctly inside of the Edge app, and the 360 Viewer tin exist launched from directly from the Shop app.

Full general changes, improvements, and fixes for PC

We fixed an upshot from the last flight on PCs with the Dolby Admission app installed and expired Dolby Atmos license, where the Windows Audio service (audiosrv) would crash with a stack overflow exception and the PC won't accept sound.

We fixed an event resulting in a problems check with the mistake bulletin SECURE_KERNEL_ERROR in contempo flights.

As of Build 17063, a change was made that may have acquired some older drivers to not load properly. This may take caused update failures or bugchecks (GSODs) before long after the PC was rebooted. This build includes fixes for this that should foreclose these update failures and bugchecks from occurring.

Thanks everyone who's shared feedback well-nigh our Embedded Handwriting Panel so far – we're making a change such that if you clean install, reset your PC, or upgrade straight to this build from the Autumn Creators Update this experience will be turned off past default. The setting will remain on for Insiders who have upgraded from previous builds where it was enabled, and can be turned on past anyone with a pen capable device via the "Write directly into text field" option under Pen & Windows Ink Settings.

Known issues

If yous had your phone linked to your PC prior to upgrading, yous'll find it has become unlinked after upgrading. Y'all can relink your phone from Settings > Telephone.

If y'all're a Windows Insider on the Fast band, you should be able to grab build 17123 via Windows Update now. Yous tin as well check out Microsoft's full release notes for more.

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