Microsoft releases Windows 10 20H1 build 18865 for Windows Insiders

Microsoft have released a new Windows 10 20H1 build for Windows Insiders using with the skip ahead option. Build 18865 has a lot of fixes many of them around Narrator. The known issue list has the usual suspects, anti-cheat software crashing Windows, Realtek SD cards and still some issues with Creative X-Fi sound cards.

20H1 is the code name for next years Windows 10 update, due in the first have of 2020.

Here are the details from Microsoft:

General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC

• In Cursor & pointer setting, tooltips will now show when you move the mouse over the different color options.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator’s Copy command in Scan mode in Facebook’s “Write a comment” text field resulted in message “Item cannot take focus”.
• Narrator now announces the toggle state of checkbox in Listview.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator read “has finished loading” multiple times when loading a new page in Chrome.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator did not read cell content in Excel when using F2 to edit.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator said “end of line” when navigated to an empty cell while editing a table.
• Scan mode will now switch off to allow typing in the edit field of a spinner control.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator did not read aria-label information from button.
• Improved Narrator’s fallback logic for controls with no accessible name.
• Narrator will now present “invalid” or “required” properties on more controls.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator Braille showed the window title instead of the first line on the braille display when navigating to the beginning of the document with Ctrl + Home in a text editing area.
• Narrator Braille user can now reliably activate links by routing key.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator Braille did not render information on the braille display about the login pop up while creating a page in Facebook.com.
• We fixed the issue where Narrator Braille would show the accessible name in the beginning of every line in a text area.
• We fixed an issue resulting in a duplicate empty copy of certain folders being created on upgrade for some users.
• We fixed an issue where, if your computer supported Wi-Fi and you had the Performance tab set as default in Task Manager, on Task Manager launch, the Wi-Fi section in the Performance tab would appear to be selected, but the details displayed would be for the CPU section.
• We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing unexpected BitLocker prompts to encrypt certain drives, and then subsequently failing to encrypt.

Known issues

• Launching games that use anti-cheat software may trigger a bugcheck (GSOD).
• When performing Reset this PC and selecting Keep my files on a device that has Reserved Storage enabled, the user will need to initiate an extra reboot to ensure Reserved Storage is working again properly.
• Some Realtek SD card readers are not functioning properly. We are investigating the issue.
• Creative X-Fi sound cards are not functioning properly. Creative has released updated drivers for some affected X-Fi sound cards. Please refer to Creative’s website for details on your particular hardware and any available updates.