• You are in the line of fire when your update is followed by the error saying Your Insider preview build settings need attention. Take a few minutes to make sure this error isn’t here to stay.
• To correct the issue, make the appropriate changes to your registry, check your antivirus, and make sure that your account is verified.
• Next time you encounter this error, you’ll know how to solve it. However, the article is part of a larger section dedicated to fixing Windows Update errors, so don’t hesitate to check it out.
• Moreover, please do keep in mind that we have a Windows 10 Troubleshooting Hub that you may bookmark for further reference.

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Many Windows 10 users who have updated their computers are now complaining they can’t get rid of the annoying error message informing them that their Insider preview build settings need attention.

Although this is not a blocking error, it’s quite intriguing for users because some of them have never run Insider builds.

The whole error message reads as follows: Your Insider preview build settings need attention. Go to Windows Insider Program to fix this.

It appears this is a harmless error message, as users haven’t reported any serious issue associated with it.

Your Insider preview build settings need attention message can appear and cause issues while downloading Insider builds. Speaking of this issue, here are some similar problems that users reported:

• Your diagnostic and usage data settings require attention to get Insider preview builds – This is a variation of the original error, but you should be able to fix it using one of our solutions.
• Your security settings need attention to get Insider preview builds – This is another problem that can appear, and in order to fix it, be sure to disable your antivirus and check if that helps.
• Your Microsoft account requires attention to get insider preview builds – Sometimes this problem can be caused by your Microsoft account. Simply verify your account or change your password and check if that solves the problem.

How to fix Your Insider preview build settings need attention?

1. Make changes to your registry

Press Windows Key + R and enter regedit. Press Enter or click OK.

Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsSelfHostUIStrings key.

2. Remove the AllowTelemetry value from your registry

If you’re getting Your Insider preview build settings need attention message, you might be able to fix the problem simply by removing a single value from your registry. To do that, follow these steps:

In the left pane navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsDataCollection.

Deleting values from the registry can be potentially dangerous and cause issues with your system. Therefore, it’s always a good idea to create a backup of your registry, just in case anything goes wrong. To back up your registry, right-click the DataCollection key and choose Export from the menu.

Now make sure that Export range is set to Selected branch. Choose a safe location, enter the desired file name and click the Save button.

After you delete this value, the problem should be completely resolved. If AllowTelemetry isn’t available in the registry, you can just skip this solution.

3. Clear FlightingOwnerGUID value

According to users, sometimes FlightingOwnerGUID entry in your registry can cause Your Insider preview build settings need attention message to appear.

However, you can fix that simply by clearing the value of theFlightingOwnerGUID entry. To do that, just follow these steps:

Open Registry Editor and in the right pane navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsSelfHostApplicability.

After doing that, you need to go through the Get Insider Preview Builds process again and sign in with your Microsoft account. Several users reported that it worked for them, so be sure to try it out.

4. Check your antivirus

According to users, sometimes your antivirus can interfere with your system and cause Your Insider preview build settings need attention message to appear.

To fix this problem, it’s advised that you disable certain antivirus features or your antivirus altogether. If that doesn’t work, you might even have to remove your antivirus.

If the problem is resolved after removing the antivirus, you should consider switching to a different antivirus solution, that won’t interfere with your system.

Several users reported that Spybot software caused this issue on their PC, but after disabling Spybot the problem was completely resolved.

5. Change EnablePreviewBuilds DWORD

If you keep getting Your Insider preview build settings need attention message, you might be able to fix the problem by making a few minor changes in your registry. To do that, follow these steps:

After doing that, you just need to make few changes in the Settings app. To do that, follow these steps:

Navigate to Update & Security section.

Go to the Advanced options.

After doing that, the problem should be completely resolved and everything will start working again.

6. Terminate Insider preview and change your password

According to users, you might be able to fix the problem with Your Insider preview build settings need attention message simply by terminating the Insider preview.

Users reported that they changed their account password online and then made sure that their account is verified.

After doing that, they just restarted their PC and joined the Insider preview program once again. After doing all that, the issue should be resolved completely and everything will start working again.

7. Run WSReset command

Sometimes Your Insider preview build settings need attention message can appear due to certain issues with Microsoft Store, and several users claim that they fixed the problem by clearing the Store cache.

This is quite simple to do, and you can do it by following these steps:

Now enter wsreset.exe and press Enter or click OK.

After doing that, the Store cache will be cleared and the problem should be resolved.

8. Make sure that your account is verified

According to users, sometimes in order to fix Your Insider preview build settings need attention message you need to make sure that your account is verified. You can do that by following these steps:

Once you verify your account, check if the problem is still there.

9. Delete ErrorState, LastHR, PilotInfoRing values

Sometimes certain entries in your registry can interfere with your system and cause Your Insider preview build settings need attention message to appear.

To fix this problem, you just need to remove certain entries from the registry. To do that, follow these steps:

After doing that, the issue should be completely resolved.

Your Insider preview build settings need attention message that will prevent you from downloading the latest Insider builds, but we hope that you managed to fix the problem by using one of our solutions.

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