Windows Technical Preview March Update (KB3050284) is available

Summary

A Windows 10 Technical Preview March Update Rollup is available for Windows 10 Technical Preview. This update rollup package provides a collection of performance and reliability improvements.

More Information

Update information

How to obtain the update

This update is available from Windows Update.

Improvements

  • This update resolves a problem that may result in a transparent Start screen and Task view, transparencies when snapping or dragging windows, and can cause desktop thumbnails to appear as black squares.
  • This update resolves a problem that results in severe graphical artifacts on screen when Magnifier is launched in docked or lens mode.
  • This update contains a reliability improvement to resolve a common system crash.

Prerequisites

To apply this update, you must be running Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041.

Restart information

You must restart the computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace any previously released update.

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Be aware that dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time and with your current daylight saving time bias. The dates and times may also change when you perform certain operations on the files.
For all supported 32-bit versions of Windows 10 Technical Preview

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Windows10.0-kb3050284-x86.cab Not Applicable 675,727 21-Mar-2015 06:04 Not Applicable
Windows10.0-kb3050284-x86.xml Not Applicable 446 21-Mar-2015 06:05 Not Applicable
Wsusscan.cab Not Applicable 172,058 21-Mar-2015 06:09 Not Applicable
Package_1_for_kb3050284~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~10.0.1.0.mum Not Applicable 2,213 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Package_2_for_kb3050284~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~10.0.1.0.mum Not Applicable 2,054 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Package_for_kb3050284_rtm~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~10.0.1.0.mum Not Applicable 2,535 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
X86_4f968eabda04689a613ea7d9e51ef03f_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_f0d56d9716cfc32f.manifest Not Applicable 715 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
X86_83b574379a3de7d720ba08df84ef9437_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_2bee49850ac58c4e.manifest Not Applicable 722 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
X86_microsoft-windows-d..wmanager-compositor_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_2c8f3bd43f7c3d52.manifest Not Applicable 168,657 20-Mar-2015 09:53 Not Applicable
X86_microsoft-windows-s..-credentialprovider_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_0a23e5f7bb514294.manifest Not Applicable 5,344 20-Mar-2015 09:50 Not Applicable
Dwmcore.dll 10.0.10041.2 1,432,576 20-Mar-2015 06:46 x86
Biocredprov.dll 10.0.10041.2 243,200 20-Mar-2015 07:03 x86
Package.cab Not Applicable 291,451 21-Mar-2015 06:06 Not Applicable

For all supported 64-bit versions of Windows 10 Technical Preview

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Windows10.0-kb3050284-x64.cab Not Applicable 1,392,817 21-Mar-2015 06:01 Not Applicable
Windows10.0-kb3050284-x64.xml Not Applicable 448 21-Mar-2015 06:05 Not Applicable
Wsusscan.cab Not Applicable 171,638 21-Mar-2015 06:07 Not Applicable
Amd64_6e9e640b8e933ce2cf59113d83d3ab4a_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_cf17d3a42fb626d7.manifest Not Applicable 726 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Amd64_9a7ca7d684286f003c0be8c30813c65f_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_270da83b77cd813b.manifest Not Applicable 726 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Amd64_ec9b942c6fed18a37fc941a6d815d1f2_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_f33c0a55a2eb2233.manifest Not Applicable 719 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Amd64_eee0c24f28e5bc9635aab6dbd483199c_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_16d61f140e869f33.manifest Not Applicable 719 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Amd64_microsoft-windows-d..wmanager-compositor_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_88add757f7d9ae88.manifest Not Applicable 168,661 20-Mar-2015 11:31 Not Applicable
Amd64_microsoft-windows-s..-credentialprovider_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_6642817b73aeb3ca.manifest Not Applicable 5,348 20-Mar-2015 11:00 Not Applicable
Package_1_for_kb3050284~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.1.0.mum Not Applicable 2,227 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Package_2_for_kb3050284~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.1.0.mum Not Applicable 2,245 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Package_3_for_kb3050284~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.1.0.mum Not Applicable 2,272 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Package_4_for_kb3050284~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.1.0.mum Not Applicable 2,284 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Package_for_kb3050284_rtm~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.1.0.mum Not Applicable 4,369 21-Mar-2015 05:54 Not Applicable
Wow64_microsoft-windows-d..wmanager-compositor_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_930281aa2c3a7083.manifest Not Applicable 168,673 20-Mar-2015 09:50 Not Applicable
Wow64_microsoft-windows-s..-credentialprovider_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10041.2_none_70972bcda80f75c5.manifest Not Applicable 5,348 20-Mar-2015 09:48 Not Applicable
Dwmcore.dll 10.0.10041.2 1,686,528 20-Mar-2015 07:22 x64
Biocredprov.dll 10.0.10041.2 327,168 20-Mar-2015 07:43 x64
Dwmcore.dll 10.0.10041.2 1,432,576 20-Mar-2015 06:46 x86
Biocredprov.dll 10.0.10041.2 243,200 20-Mar-2015 07:03 x86
Package.cab Not Applicable 291,217 21-Mar-2015 06:05 Not Applicable

      

        
      

References

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