Microsoft Releases Windows 10 October 2020 Update Preview Build 19042.572

Microsoft has just released a new Windows 10 preview build for users in the Beta and Release Preview channels. Windows 10 build 19042.572 ships as cumulative update KB4579311, and it obviously comes with only performance improvements and bug fixes without any new features. Since it lands on a Patch Tuesday, the new build also comes with security fixes, with Microsoft saying that it resolved a possible elevation of privilege in the win32k component. At the same time, there’s a fix for a bug affecting how null ports are created with the user interface. Additionally, this build includes “security updates to Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Authentication, Windows Virtualization, and Windows Kernel,” as Microsoft explains. And last but not least, there are improvements for the Group Policy service, as the software giant itself says today. “We fixed an issue with the Group Policy service t...