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Windows 10 turns three years old today: Here's how it's evolved
NeoWin ^ | Jul 29, 2018 | Rich Woods

Posted on 08/01/2018 7:17:07 PM PDT by dayglored

On September 30, 2014, Microsoft announced Windows 10, thus changing the firm's operating system as we know it. Windows was going to be serviced, rather than being refreshed every few years. We've learned since then that this means biannual feature updates, along with monthly (sometimes more often) cumulative updates.

Indeed, Microsoft was done competing with itself with new versions of Windows. On July 29, 2015, Windows 10 launched, and it was promised that there would never be a Windows 11. Here we are, exactly three years later, when we would normally see the next version of Microsoft's flagship OS.

Since then, there have been five feature updates, including versions 1511, 1607 (the Anniversary Update), 1703 (the Creators Update), 1709 (the Fall Creators Update), and 1803 (the April 2018 Update). Much has changed, and a lot of the OS looks completely different from when it started out.

I decided to take a look back, comparing the original version (1507) to version 1803. Most of the changes are good, although some aren't. A ton of features have been added, such as the Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Ink, and more.

(Excerpt) Read more at neowin.net ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: microsoft; windows; windows10; windowspinglist
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To: dayglored

Anything I want to run I just type it into the search bar. Come right up, and remembers, too. Also, faster than clicking Start and then an icon.


41 posted on 08/01/2018 8:29:28 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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To: dayglored

Windows 10.

The only os to grow because it was forced onto users.


42 posted on 08/01/2018 8:29:40 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dayglored

It’s depressing to be a PC gamer and a systems admin. Almost monthly Microsoft breaks their own OS, or more frequently, their own applications. I get to fix that, and while I appreciate the job security, I don’t want to come home and do the same for my gaming rig. Man I hate microsoft. If Linux just had a competitive graphics API we could put a stake in Microsoft’s black heart. Figuratively of course.


43 posted on 08/01/2018 8:31:58 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: OldArmy52
been a disaster at work

I have a friend who makes his living supporting IT for small businesses. All his customers were running Win 7. Some of them wanted to upgrade to Win 10 but my friend advised against it.

One business owner insisted and over the weekend she went to her business and upgraded all their PCs to Win 10.

She called my friend for help on Monday morning. It took him the better part of two weeks to restore everything. It cost the businesswoman a pretty penny.

I feel sorry for anyone in IT that has to put up with Win 10.

44 posted on 08/01/2018 8:32:54 PM PDT by upchuck (As we head to the midterms, please (re)read Confessions of Congressman X - tinyurl.com/congressmanx)
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To: Vendome

Cute kitty. There’s a reason they call it Windoze.


45 posted on 08/01/2018 8:36:36 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: IndispensableDestiny

What ever happened to that program shutup10? I’ve never used win 10, so I never got to use it.


46 posted on 08/01/2018 8:39:02 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: Vendome

“Things I like about Win10?“

I got nuttin.

I do have, however, at least 12 ways internally that it is absolutely inferior to Windows 7. I have flat given up on Bluetooth.

Windows 10’s GUI is screwed up so that it can be more easily used on a tablet or convertible. Number of people in real life I’ve seen using Windows 10 on a tablet or as a tablet on a convertible: a big fat 0.0.

My next version of Windows will be OSX or Linux.


47 posted on 08/01/2018 8:42:56 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: George from New England

I sure wish I still had my XP!!!
Worst thing I did was upgrade to Win7 and then on to 10!!


48 posted on 08/01/2018 8:44:34 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: dayglored
So how about the things we DO like about Win10?

It's not installed on any of my computers?

49 posted on 08/01/2018 8:45:49 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Alas Babylon!
See my comment #40. I do the same thing, but in a DOS (cmd) window.

And since I have Cygwin installed, I often open a Cygwin Bash session and have both Linux and Windows commands at my fingertips.

I just wish I could use the mouse a bit more in Windows 10, the way I do in Win7 (and in Gnome Linux, for that matter). It’s supposed to be a GUI, after all, not a text UI... :-)

50 posted on 08/01/2018 8:47:18 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored; upchuck

No problem, I wasn’t disagreeing.

Sometimes, though, the GUI is the longer way to do something. It just is.

Look, I love the GUI, since before then it was ALL command line...

I used to have to write batch scripts in VI... When I got my first Sun Sparc 10 running X Windows I about thought I died and went to Heaven!

And both Upchuck and I talked about the good old days of SCO Unix!

Still, there’s a lot of stuff that is actually easier to do in command line and PowerShell, especially with tab completion. Nowadays I much prefer PowerShell over CL.

And... PowerShell for Unix!

https://github.com/powershell/powershell


51 posted on 08/01/2018 9:05:24 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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bkmk


52 posted on 08/01/2018 9:12:56 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: Concentrate
What ever happened to that program shutup10?

It's still around:

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

53 posted on 08/01/2018 9:13:12 PM PDT by TChad
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To: pollywog

XP was the best.


54 posted on 08/01/2018 9:24:53 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Alas Babylon!
> When I got my first Sun Sparc 10 running X Windows I about thought I died and went to Heaven!

In 1989 I got my first DECstation 3100 (Ultrix) and had a similar reaction! I never warmed to the Suns quite as much back then, but did like the Sparcstations of the later 90’s.

I admit, I still prefer the sharp cornered rectilinear windows of the older systems. Old style Gnome, Win2000, those are my comfort zones. These newfangled rounded themes with drop shadows drive me crazy.

55 posted on 08/01/2018 9:27:49 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

I’ll forever use Win7.


56 posted on 08/01/2018 9:41:03 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: pollywog
Ruh-roh.

Judging from the above comments, not a lot of love for Windows 10 hereabouts.

I must be part of a "select" group, however I like it. My only complaint is that I do not use (or like) Cortana, and I can't figure out how to send her packing.

57 posted on 08/01/2018 9:43:15 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...excepto for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Seaplaner
I found out early how to turn off the voice. I don't remember how I did but I searched the net and found the solution.

I couldn't stand the Tile page which I also learned to bypass.

It used to re-establish after updates but I think MS realized how much people don't like it so they don't force it on people anymore.

58 posted on 08/01/2018 10:08:03 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Seaplaner

look at LL - Lara Letaw of 05/14/2018.

I have done this and it works.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_cortana-winpc/how-to-disable-cortana-from-task-manager/6b8d1899-776e-42d3-ad96-a61fdb04adff

You’ll probably have to do it again with any windows 10 update.


59 posted on 08/01/2018 10:10:27 PM PDT by stylin19a (Best.Election.Of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: dayglored
I do not hate Win 10.

It has improved security:

https://wincom.blob.core.windows.net/documents/Win10_ComparissonSheet_v3.pdf

My Win 10 computers have been quite functional and stable. I almost never have to reboot to fix problems.

The new Linux compatibility stuff is interesting, though I have not yet used it.

60 posted on 08/01/2018 10:35:47 PM PDT by TChad
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