Microsoft Launches Windows 10 Update History Site To Share Update Release Notes (betanews.com)

Mark Wilson writes: Keeping up to date with the latest updates for Windows 10 can be something of a full time job, particularly if you're signed up to get Insider builds. To make it easier to keep track of what changes each update brings, Microsoft has launched the Windows 10 update history site.The site is in response to feedback from Windows 10 users who have been looking for an accessible way of learning about updates. The site provides details of exactly what the updates delivered through Windows Update. It is something of a work in progress at the moment, but one of the recent updates featured fixes a bug that meant browsing sessions in Microsoft Edge's InPrivate mode were not necessarily completely private.

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It's a nice start

[Striek]

But what is sorely lacking is mention of specificaly which issues were fixed - a CVE number would be nice, where possible, for example "Fixed issues with authentication, update installation, and operating system installation" still doesn't really tell me much. How many issues? Which issues? Am I experiencing these issues, and therefore should prioritize this update? But at least it's a step in the right direction from them.

Now, if we could get them do do something similar for all the encrypted telemetry data, we'd be getting somewhere...

Animals escaped, close barn door

[QuietLagoon]

Too little, too late, Microsoft.

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Now that you've infected most non-Windows 10 PCs with the upgrade malware, now, NOW you decide to tell people what the updates will do to their PCs?

Sorry, Microsoft, you've already completely lost what little trust you had going into the Windows 10 upgrade cycle.

What's the expression? It takes at least ten times as long to regain trust as it does to lose it.

Re:Animals escaped, close barn door

[gstoddart]

I think you meant:

There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

They've certainly gone out of their way to mask what those updates really are ... "this update addresses issues in Windows" ... like, injecting telemetry they won't ask your permission for or care even if you say no.

So many of their updates are entirely self serving to try to force you to upgrade. I'm not sure they can regain that much lost goodwill.

Great!

[Parker Lewis]

It'll be full of clear and descriptive updates, like "Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems - Recommended Update - Install this update to resolve issues in Window."

Re:Windows 10 is spyware

[Anonymous Brave Guy]

Microsoft is certainly doing some very dubious things lately, but it does no-one any good to exaggerate or distort what they're doing. Please stop doing that.

In particular, they have issued telemetry updates for earlier Windows versions, and they have aggressively promoted the update to Windows 10, but they have not forced users of earlier Windows versions to update if they say no.