Windows 10 build 17749 (rs5 release)

Windows 10 build 17749 (rs5_release) is a build of Windows 10 October 2018 Update. This build is only available as a base image for this build's Desktop App Converter, which was released on 5 September 2018.

Changes

 * Removed the timebomb.

Installation

 * Use  to directly apply the base image (usually in   format) to a hypervisor with a pre-configured disk.
 * Make the following change in the registry hives before starting the machine:
 * Create a new account, or activate and reset the password of built-in Administrator account via Local User and Group Management in Safe mode.

Bugs

 * Due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer detected in , the desktop interface of this build would crash repeatedly. It can be partially resolved by replacing the   file located in   with the one from the RTM build of April 2018 Update, but Start menu and UWP apps may still not work properly.