The Windows 10 Creators Update Is Now Available (bleepingcomputer.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Microsoft will officially release Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11, the same day it will retire Windows Vista, but users unwilling to wait that long can install it starting today, April 5, using the Windows 10 Update Assistant. The tool installs Build 15063 of the Windows 10 Insiders Build program, which is set to become the official Windows 10 Creators Update next week. The Windows 10 Update Assistant, which Microsoft first launched to help users update to Windows 10, has been recently used to upgrade users to the most recent version of Windows 10. The tool is available for download via the Microsoft site, albeit some users reported still getting an older version for download, which doesn't install the Creators Update. The Update Assistant is extremely easy to use and only requires users to click a few buttons.

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Funny thing...

[NormanHaga2580]

I installed 15063 Enterprise four days ago! Got it from Microsoft. It took a while to figure out how to disable and remove Cortana; you have to boot safe mode with no services and rename the directory, but it was done! I find nothing compelling about Windows 10 Creator, except how difficult MS made it to remove all the spyware and telemetry. Not at all like removing the junk from Windows 10 Anniversary, but still doable. On the other hand, with nothing but fluff, it might be said that if you are not bound to Microsoft products like Visual Studio, or the Office suite, then Windows 10 Creators Edition is a compelling reason to migrate to your flavor of Linux or BSD. Fortunately I run everything in a virtual machine.

Re:Funny thing...

[chipschap]

Given that in the consumer editions you can't refuse updates, I'm just waiting for them to push out the Windows 10 Subscription Edition. But I'm sure you'll get a 90 day grace period before everything shuts down, and I'm also sure they'll price it (initially) at an amount that you'll be sort of willing to pony up but will still make them even richer. If they ask you for $3 a month, will you grumble but pay up? Of course you will. And when it goes up to $5, will you say, it's only another two bucks?

Of course, I made this all up. But just watch.

Re: Funny thing...

[Highdude702]

LOL i thought the same thing. Because when that happens, Yes i said when, I will no longer play games that bind me to windows, and i will never again use a microsoft product. The way i have viewed it for the last year is microsoft has no more than 5 years left if they keep going the way they are. it will just push more developers and people that care off the platform which will eventually change the industry. so being a year into windows 10, i estimate 4 years left. more and more of the nerds that i know are putting their family members onto linux desktops for sake of not having to fix peoples computers every week for free. i doubt it will be much longer.

So?

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows 10 - you cannot even give that shit away for free. -fuck MS.

Does it perform better in gaming?

[MrCodswallop]

Does it perform better in gaming? That's the only reason why I own a Windows 10 PC.

Re:Does it perform better in gaming?

[DigiShaman]

Can't recall where, but supposedly the 'game mode' reallocates running non-gaming processes (Windows services, AV, etc) to a single thread/core via processor affinity. Essentially, the same thing both the XBox and PS does. The remaining free cores are available to low latency execution of the game to push a few more FPS out of the game. Now in reality, exactly how much performance?? Probably hair splitting from 1% to 2% at best would be my guess.

Re:Does it perform better in gaming?

[ckatko]

It's pretty pathetic that Windows didn't support that back in... what... Windows Vista? You know, when multiple-core solutions starting becoming common...

But then again, this is Microsoft. Where they add a feature Linux has had for literally decades, like "virtual desktops" or "resizable console windows" and call it bleeding-edge technology.

It's 2017, and WE STILL DON'T HAVE A PACKAGE MANAGER. Oh, they added one... but it only works through the Windows Store so they can charge people for it. Embrace, Extended, Extinguish, indeed.

Re:Does it perform better in gaming?

[ElizabethGreene]

My understanding is that it has a gaming mode that throttles all of the background services to give maximum performance to the foreground app. It also has Beam streaming built in, if you like to broadcast your play.

http://news.xbox.com/2017/01/1...

Full disclosure, I work for Microsoft. This isn't paid shilling though, this is me sitting on my couch reading slashdot when I should be getting ready for bed.

Re:The Update Assistant is extremely easy to use .

[Darinbob]

I think this is the big divide between Microsoft and Slashdot. Microsoft thinks that "only requires users to click a few buttons" is a positive thing. Slashdot thinks "please give me more control since this is my machine".

With only a "few buttons" this means it will use the defaults more often, which generally in Microsoft's case is a bad idea. Remember that this is the company that allowed executing attachments arriving in email as the default action, and the company that thought upgrading to Windows 10 without asking first was a good default. Windows has been a long tortured history of removing user choice; each release making it harder to customize.

Re:Windows 10 Destroyer's Update

[DigiShaman]

It's called Linux, and mentioning that "update" to Microsoft will make them a sad panda.

Windows 10 Creator edition in ISO and USB form

[DigiShaman]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-g...

The files show modified on March 18, 2017 with version numbers 10.0.15063.0. So yeah, looks to be the real deal.