[dayglored]

Actually, I think 84% uptake is pretty good. Then again, it's not like anyone gets a choice -- if you're connected to the internet, you're going to get the update, pretty much whether you want it or not.

In which case 16% is an interesting figure.

[dayglored]

Windows 10 Update... PING!

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

[Concentrate]

You don’t need support. Run your own free programs. See previous posts. Runs fine. (Win 7)

[Vaquero]

My iPhone weened me from my windows laptop. My next computer will be a Mac.

[mabarker1]

I read the headline as the 10 update will consume 84% of the space on the computer.

Must sleep soooon

[Carriage Hill]

They must have disguised it very well, as I can’t find anything referring to Win-10 in the April listings, in Windows Update History, in Control Panel.

[petro45acp]

Microsoft trying to backstop their new business model..

‘operating system as a service’

they now do not have to hold on to NT/XP/Vista/7/8 engineers to keep up with security and updates. No more end of life for complete operating systems to deal with. The target has narrowed, win 10 is now the Maginot line of desktop computing, and all MS has to do is keep working on the walls.

Heaven for-fend they lock their stuff down...where would all the security jobs go?

YMMV

KYPD

[budj]

That’s the one where ms dropped the “homegroup” from the os; no notice, no warning. It’s just gone, and if you have win7 and use it to network your pc’s, well, you’re just SOL.

A bunch of snot-nose college boys - no idea of production quality.

And, while I’m at it, has anyone on earth ever had the ms “troubleshooter” ever actually fix a problem??????

[Alas Babylon!]

I agree that 84% is a good number. Not everyone will get the update nor are on the Internet to even get the notification.

Systems under the CBB--Current Branch for Business, do not have to deploy it for up to six months, and if testing proves issues Microsoft supplies code to keep it off. I still use the term CBB but technically they changed it to Semi-Annual Branch Channel (Broad).

According to Microsoft, in this servicing plan:

"Windows 10 will have feature updates released twice a year via the Semi-Annual Channel (SAC). Your device needs to install the latest version (feature update) before your current version reaches end of service to help keep your device secure and have it remain supported by Microsoft."

The end of service life depends on the version number, but currently, 1607 WAS in April, 1703 is October, 2018, 1709 is April 2019, and this version, 1803 is in Nov 2019.

And:

"Enterprise and Education editions for versions 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709 will receive an additional 6 months of servicing after the end of service date. Note: Not all features in an update will work on all devices. A device may not be able to receive updates if the device hardware is incompatible, lacks current drivers, or is otherwise outside the original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM) support period. "

For those looking, the update changes the version number of Windows 10. This and the current version is version number 1803.

Here's a link to the specific update and what it entails.

[Wuli]

Have not ran a single Win 10 update on my laptop PC for over a year now. I don’t permit them to run. I changed my “network” setting for the laptop to “metered”, and without Win has to ask if I want the update to run, and I just say no, every time. For each day, after the 1st attempt, I go into task manager and kill the win processes that lead to the Win 10 update seeking to run. It is all less a pain than what a Win 10 update in early 2017 did to my laptop; too many programs would not run at all, not even start to execute, as if their exe file was not an eze file at all.

[enduserindy]

It’s bad when 10 days into the windows 10 install you already know your product key without looking.

[Still Thinking]

They can have my Win7 when they pry it from my cold dead keyboard.

[doorgunner69]

Gee, my Win 7 does not get force fed a damn thing from MS. Runs fine.

Imagine that!

[minnesota_bound]

I updated my 2 laptops that have Windows 10 on them this week.
One updated to the latest 1803 while the other stayed at 1607 and that was from a brand new install and running updates again and again. It just won’t update. It says I have the latest version. I have found ways to do so from searches on the internet but I should not have to do these steps.

My other pc’s have Windows 7.
7 is so easy to setup and modify.

10 does stupid things like stop you from changing the type of font you want without a 3rd party tool. It was builtin since Windows 95 but gone in 10. You can change the title bar color but not the inactive window title bar. The Control Panel disappeared from the Start button and now you have to right click on the Start button and the latest removes the Control Panel link altogether and now you have to type in Control in the search field to bring it up. You also cannot just drag and drop a shortcut from the Start menu as before. It involves extra steps. Also not every file/folder or program can be dragged to the Taskbar to create a shortcut as before. There are other aggravating things like the spying!

Window 10 versions
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows-10/release-information