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Microsoft Rolls Out Major Fall Update To Windows 10 (windows10update.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

Ammalgam writes: Microsoft has rolled out a major update to Windows 10 called the Fall Update, November Update or Threshold 2. The update is now publicly available for everyone to download. Microsoft has confirmed it will be a staggered release. This update is full of fixes and refinements to Windows 10 including substantial changes to Edge, Cortana, icons, the Start Menu, Activation and multiple enterprise features. Here is a full list of changes. Have you updated your Windows 10 install yet? What was your experience?

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  1. Re:Major Fail Update by luvirini · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The fully things is.. I read the exactly same thing.

    I think it is a perception issue, with windows 10 being a major fail overall, the cognitive process made that association.

  2. Just wondering..... by LVSlushdat · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I wonder what items I've turned OFF that will *magically* get turned back ON by this.... hmmmm, MS?? Sooooo glad I don't use Windows as a daily use system any longer. I "upgraded" the OEM Windows 7 that came with my laptop over to Windows 10, just to get familiar with it, as I'm kinda the neighborhood tech support, and wouldn't want to look all derpy when neighbor with Windows 10 comes knocking on my door for assistance....

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  3. Slashdot retires its stained-glass Windows icon... by westlake · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ... in a tacit admission that it is time to stop feeding the trolls.

    Like that would ever happen.

    I would argue that telemetry is the only way to get objective, meaningful, data about how well an operating system succeeds or fails in meeting the needs of hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, of non-technical end-users.

  4. Re:Major Fail Update by LinuxIsGarbage · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Windows 10 still has the issue Windows 8 has where half the control panels are standard control panels, and half the control panels are tablet style things that slide in from the side.

    Windows 8.1 with Classic shell gives an OS with performance enhancements under the hood on an updated kernel, and mostly restores a usseful UI.

    Windows 10 I don't know of worthwhile improvements, but you get a loss of privacy and forced updates.