Windows 10 build 21292.1000
| Build of Cobalt | |
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| OS family | Windows 10 (NT 10.0) |
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| Version number | 10.0 |
| Build number | 21292 |
| Build revision | 1000 |
| Architecture | x86, x64, ARM64 |
| Build lab | rs_prerelease |
| Compiled on | 2021-01-08 |
| Expiration date | |
| Timebomb | 2021-10-31 (+296 days) |
| SKUs | |
| Home (N, Single Language, China) Pro (N, Single Language, China) Pro Education (N) Pro for Workstations (N) Education (N) Enterprise (Evaluation, G, GN, N, N Evaluation) IoT Enterprise Team | |
| Product key | |
| Use a Windows 10 Retail serial | |
| About dialog | |
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Windows 10 build 21292.1000 is the third Insider Preview build of Cobalt, the 21H2 development semester of Windows as a service. This build was released on 13 January 2021 to all Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel.
Changes[edit | edit source]
- Multiple fixes and reliability improvements to the News and interests flyout.
- Settings > System > Sounds now displays a message when microphone permissions have been turned off for the whole system or for all apps with a link to the Microphone Privacy page.
Bugs[edit | edit source]
News and interests[edit | edit source]
- The taskbar button's layout is reset to "Show icon and text" after upgrading to this build.
- Sometimes the flyout cannot be dismissed with pen.
- The taskbar button can show stale information each time users log into their account.
- The flyout shows content in a single column before quickly switching to double column.
- The taskbar button's text can look pixelated in high resolution screens.
- The taskbar context menu and the flyout overlap.
- In certain circumstances, the flyout uses 100% of CPU when first launched.
- Attempting to share content dismisses the flyout.
General[edit | edit source]
- The update process to this build has a chance of hanging for extended periods of time.
- Games such as State of Decay 2 or Assassin’s Creed may hang or crash when launching.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Black Ops Cold War may not launch starting with this build.
- Some rendering / graphic issues may be experienced after resizing certain app windows. This should be resolved after minimizing and restoring all windows by using the ⊞ Win+D hotkey twice.
- Some 32-bit systems may lose network connection after upgrading to this build.
- The reliability of the Start menu and other modern apps may be affected in this build.
- When Xbox Game Bar is launched from the Start menu or via the ⊞ Win+G hotkey while using a text editor, the computer may appear unresponsive. If you encounter this, dismiss the bar with the same hotkey and end the
GameBar.exeprocess from Task Manager. - Xbox Game Bar might launch on some PCs randomly without pressing the ⊞ Win+G hotkey.
- Miracast users may experience very low frame rates in this build.
- Live preview doesn't work for pinned site tabs on some machines, a gray window is seen instead of the intended content.
- Aero Shake is disabled in this build. To enable it again, merge the following to the registry and restart
explorer.exe:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"DisallowShaking"=dword:00000000
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Boot screen
Sound Settings showing the disabled input message
