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Windows by the numbers: Windows 7 holds fast as pandemic upends everything
The coronavirus pandemic and its countless disruptions, from business closures to workers fleeing to home offices, appear to have stopped any big migrations from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
Get the March Windows and Office patches installed, but watch out for known bugs
Microsoft pushed four separate patches in March, including one to plug a leaked hole and another to fix a bug in an earlier patch, but never mind. The problems with the March patches are reasonably well understood. Now would be a good...
Windows 10: A guide to the updates
Here's what you need to know about each update to the current version of Windows 10 as it's released from Microsoft. Now updated for KB4554364, released March 30, 2020.
Windows 10 version 2004: Key enterprise features
What business users and IT pros should know about new features in the upcoming Windows 10 spring 2020 release, a.k.a. version 2004.
Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the Insider Preview builds
Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for Insider Preview Build 19041.172 for the Slow ring, released on March 26, 2020.
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Microsoft to stop serving non-security monthly updates to Windows
The updates, normally released during the third and fourth week of each month, will stop in May.
Reading between the lines about Microsoft 'pausing optional updates'
Starting in May, Microsoft won’t be releasing separate “optional, non-security, C/D Week” patches for Win10. That much is clear -- and welcome. But what about the bugs that have to be fixed? What happens to testing? Will the new...
Pandemic will push Microsoft to repeat 2019's major-minor Win10 upgrade cadence
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak makes it even more likely Microsoft will release a minor update for Windows 10 this fall.
Microsoft Patch Alert: March 2020 brings two ‘sky-is-falling’ warnings, with no problems in sight
We’ve seen two – count ‘em two – security holes this month accompanied by blaring “Microsoft warns millions of users” clickbait-y headlines. Bah. Humbug. Once again, there’s no immediate threat. Here’s what you really need to know.
How to handle Windows 10 updates
Step 1: Understand that there are updates, and then there are updates.
Microsoft adds 6 months support for Windows 10 1709 to account for pandemic disruption
The delay keeps client systems running 1709 protected until October, reducing pressure on IT admins at a time when everything has been disrupted.
Microsoft starts to beat Windows 10 2004 drum for biz
The company is teasing several enterprise-friendly features likely to be in the upcoming Windows 10 update, but it hasn’t committed to a release date.
One and a half years late, Microsoft finally puts Windows 10 over the 1 billion mark
It took Windows 7's retirement to put Windows 10 on 1 billion devices.
Bill Gates always seems to know when it’s time to go
He has distanced himself from Microsoft once again. It’s a smart decision that many company founders never could manage to take.
Windows 10 cheat sheet
Get to know the interface, features and shortcuts in Microsoft's latest operating system. (Now updated for the Windows 10 November 2019 Update.)
Take your time, get it right for March Patch Tuesday
With 115 patches, this will be a difficult set of updates to release and manage. Test the changes to each platform, create a staged rollout plan and wait for imminent changes from Microsoft.
Data confirms: Given control, users opt for just one Windows 10 upgrade per year
Windows 10 users rejected Microsoft's longtime contention that operating systems should be updated on an aggressive tempo.
Disappearing SMBv3 patch, non-security Office patches, and a so-far-mild Patch Tuesday
With lots of drama over a patch that was never released, and a handful of non-security Office patches that should’ve been released a week ago, this month’s Patch Tuesday is progressing surprisingly well.
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