Microsoft Brings Some Transparency to Windows 10 Updates

Microsoft on Tuesday issued a Windows 10 update that’s significant for a couple of reasons. Versions of the operating system meant for businesses and schools can delay installing the Windows 10 November Update until this November. This is the headline bug of the month, the one that affects all Windows versions and which we told you need to patch pronto.

Today a website has popped up promising to help Windows 10 users get their most desired apps on the platform by voting for the apps they want to see on the desktop and mobile versions of the seven month old operating system.

You may remember the Edge issue – especially if you’ve become a regular user – which causes the browser to keep a record of all the websites you visit using InPrivate mode.

Media reports reveal that Microsoft Nigeria, has unveiled two of its latest Windows 10 mobile flagship smartphones; the Lumia 950 and 950 XL. Considering that attacks may be carried out as soon as Microsoft releases information about security updates, it may leave the system wide open to attacks then.

Traditionally, mixing and matching profiles generated by different editions of Windows has produced problems for enterprises – one reason companies try to standardize on a single platform, such as Windows 7, and before that, Windows XP – because of very specific requirements for hosting Active Directory. The practice started with the release of Windows 10 in July 2015. A summary of the security updates is available at this SANS Internet Storm Center page.

Fixes an issue that delayed the availability of songs added to the Groove Music app in Windows 10 Mobile. Other popular apps available for iOS and Android that you won’t find on a Windows 10 Mobile phone include dating app Tinder and popular messaging app Snapchat.

For now though, Microsoft is currently delivering updates to two distinct Windows 10 branches. However, there is a Windows 10 release information page that offers a few more details about the overall release history. It doesn’t have details of earlier cumulative updates, so we don’t know what was changed before, but the changelog does have high-level descriptions of changes that were made in today’s cumulative update. That update is called Windows 10 Redstone, and that’s all Microsoft is willing to say publicly about the update now.

It’s a great sound-bite, but Microsoft forgets that Windows isn’t the same as a Web service. Plus, Microsoft isn’t offering Windows 10 for free to larger companies.