Windows 10: Major update on the Threshold as build 10586 hits Insiders (1st official update?)

The Register ^ | Nov 6, 2015 | Tim Anderson

[dayglored]

This likely marks the beginning of WAAS -- "Windows As A Service" -- that we've heard about. And for home and small business customers, it represents the beginning of the endless stream of required mandatory updates...

[dayglored]

First major update to Windows 10 ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

FUW10

[dayglored]

> You can think of Threshold 2 as being a fixed version of the initial release.

Or not.

Remember, they're ALL going to be called just "Windows 10". No more version number changes.

Everything is just "Windows 10".

Forever.

(I keep hearing "Mine is the last voice you will ever hear..." echoing in my head, but it's probably just some Chinese takeout I ate earlier tonight...)

[doc1019]

Unless you are going to switch to Linux, stay with an older version of Windows and never get another update or switch to a Mac ... what are you going to do?

[nopardons]

AMEN !
No, no, a 1,000 times NO; I do not want Windows 10o nor updates thereof!

[nopardons]

Stay with Windows 7 ! :-)

[dayglored]

> Unless you are going to switch to Linux, stay with an older version of Windows and never get another update or switch to a Mac ... what are you going to do?

Are you implying there is something wrong with those options? I run all of those, and they're all viable. I'm also upgrading a few selected Win7 VMs to Win10 to get used to it. Mostly though I'm sticking with Win7 (and my other machines running Linux, BSD Unix, and OS X).

[Alas Babylon!]

Unless you are an Insider on the fast ring, you won’t be getting this update just yet.

I am, but the one I got says “ th2_release Professional 10576”, which I will get when I restart next.

[TomGuy]

Unless and until they return the full classic theme as an option to make Win10 usable, I have NO interest in Win10 or its upgrades.

[doc1019]

Are you implying there is something wrong with those options?

Not implying anything, just asking a question.

[smokingfrog]

I will never give up my Windows 9!

[TADSLOS]

LOL.

[bigbob]

I had to take 8.1 on my new i7, so I installed Classic Shell and pretend its a Win 7 box. Works for me, don’t care about what I may be missing just like I never have missed Metro.

[LibWhacker]

Question... Will all my files be on a Microsoft cloud somewhere? Don’t want them snatching my damned personal files. No way. All I know is that Windows10 changed my computer’s logon password without asking me.

After installing Win10, I couldn’t get into my own damned computer. Thought I was screwed for sure. Turns out, Microsoft has my new password on their server and I can always recover it. Thoughtful of them, don’t you think? But the question remains: What other confidential data of yours will they swipe when you install Windows10 and who’s going to control it?

[martin_fierro]

IT @ the office made me “upgrade” from Win 7 to 8.1 this week. Not liking it so far.

[Bobalu]

Stay with Windows 7 ! :-)

Or at least make a backup image of your Win7 system so you can go back or even better...dual-boot Win7 and Win10.

I have not done so yet but I want to have 7, 10 and Linux on all my boxes... Linux I like to use for doing things online that I want to be as secure as possible.

Apple's OS is very good and I can't fault anyone that wants to go that route....it's just not right for me.

[dayglored]

> I will never give up my Windows 9!

Somebody had to say it... :-)

[nopardons]

They will have to pry my Windows 7 from my cold dead hands!

I am NOT a techie ( have problems using a damned mouse...for crying out loud! ), I do NOT play music on my laptop, watch movies, nor T.V. shows ( or anything else ), don't play games, don't pay bills, do banking, any kind of business, nor write anything but emails! I read FR, other conservative sites, foreign news papers, and that's about it.

Adding many/any bells and whistles to what I use now is absolutely WORTHLESS to me.

[dayglored]

> IT @ the office made me “upgrade” from Win 7 to 8.1 this week. Not liking it so far.

That's unfortunate, Martin, sorry to hear it. I found 8.1 largely unusable on a desktop, and 8.0 was worse.

I believe they would work well on a small handheld device, but thankfully their time has passed. It's odd that your office would be switching -TO- 8.1 at this point. It's essentially a dead issue.