The monthly updates and periodic upgrades bring with them a wide collection of security fixes, stability improvements, and new features.
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No doubt, the history page will just show highlights and omits many other changes.
Fixed additional issues with the Windows UX, Windows 10 Mobile, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge, and taskbar.
The “feedback” that Microsoft refers to basically amounts to complaints from Windows 10 users who wanted to know more about what the company was pushing to their devices.
This update includes quality improvements and security fixes.
“After listening to feedback regarding the level of disclosure for Windows 10 updates, we chose to implement a new system for communicating updates to the operating system”, a Microsoft representative told me.
The changelog also has a link to KB 3135173 itself, which should give us more details on the security holes being patched, and their associated Security Bulletins. For instance, the first bullet states that Microsoft “fixed issues with authentication, update installation, and operating system installation”, although no other details are provided.
ESR offers an enterprise-grade personalization sync for Windows 10, synchronizing settings across multiple devices.
If you work for a large company, your system administrators are likely monitoring these updates, so Windows 10 won’t automatically download without their OK. Today is the first time Microsoft is providing this information.
Microsoft has two updates ready for those suffering from Windows 10 problems today. The herd? If it’s the herd, then I’m part of it. Another TopTechNews article (last month) says over 51% of people now using PCs run Win7 – followed by Win10, Win8, and WinXP.
Microsoft promised last October to become more transparent about the updates it provides for Windows 10. Organizations are expected to want to use the current branch for business update approach, according to Microsoft’s thinking. IT pros have to look at the Windows 10 release information page to get those details.
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The July initial launch branch (build 10240), and the November update branch (build 10586). That’s really very obscure (and confusing) information, but it’s missing in the main Windows 10 history page.
