Microsoft Starts Testing Windows 10's Next Major Update (theverge.com) 94
A week after releasing Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft is already ready to unveil new features for its next major update dubbed Redstone 2. The Verge reports: The new update doesn't have any big new features for public testers yet, as Microsoft is in the early stages of making structural improvements to its OneCore shared code of Windows across PCs, tablets, phones, HoloLens, Xbox, and IoT. The first few builds available for testing "may include more bugs and other issues that could be slightly more painful for some people to live" according to Windows software engineer Dona Sarkar. Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 14901, and the company is testing out new notifications within File Explorer to provide tips on what's new in Windows 10. You can opt out of the notifications, and they're just a test for now.
Microsoft-to-English translation (Score:5, Insightful)
English: "the company is testing out a new ad delivery system within File Explorer to push upsells on new features added to Windows 10"
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Count down? New ad streams usually have pre-buys to make sure they are profitable from the start. Barring a premium reserve for big accounts, which isn't uncommon anymore, malvertising is going to be in the queue before the patch even gets pushed.
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The default file explorer tool in Windows 10, like Windows 7 before it, sucks. There are 3d party tools out there that beat the pants off it. Why can't we have full regular expression searches of files by extension, date created or modified, file type, file contents, or any other file system attribute built in? Is that too much to ask? Instead they offer "advanced query syntax" except it's not all that advanced. Full RegEx support is advanced. Anything less is not worthy of serious computer users.
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Why can't we have full regular expression searches of files by extension, date created or modified, file type, file contents, or any other file system attribute built in? Is that too much to ask? Instead they offer "advanced query syntax" except it's not all that advanced. Full RegEx support is advanced. Anything less is not worthy of serious computer users.
Seeing that they've done so well with bash, maybe Microsoft can work on a port of KDE to Windows next. Konqueror/Dolphin have had those very capabilities for 10+ years.
When will Windows go to 11? (Score:5, Funny)
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Windows 10 is supposedly the "last version", and everything from here-on is an update to it. (When Microsoft realizes that 10 has the rotten stink that "Windows 8" and "Windows Vista" and "Windows Me" have/had.. they'll come up with a different name. But Microsoft is more than a little dense these days, it might take them a year or two to see the light)
Which is kinda exactly like OSX.. however, as soon as Apple saw Microsoft mimic their 15-year-old version scheme (and number; "X" = "10"), Apple ditched it
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Re:When will Windows go to 11? (Score:4, Funny)
Do you have a choice?
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Never, Microsoft is trying its best at screwing and alienating its customers for short time profits. After few years there will be no MS anymore as it is bought out by some dotcom bubble company.
Are you sure you don't want Windows 10? (Score:4, Funny)
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Dunno. I still don't have the balls to re-enable Windows Update.
A good start, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Honestly, this is a really great step forward in user friendliness, but I really think they can go deeper. What I bet that users in middle america would really respond to is some sort of animated anthropomorphic cartoon folder - let's name him "tabby" - that can pop up every few minutes to offer helpful services from the Azure/Office 365 ecosystem.
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nah, screw with people and make tabby the slot...
Obligatory non-xkcd (Score:2)
An offer you can't refuse... [sandraandwoo.com]
I clicked the [ X ] to Opt Out... (Score:3, Funny)
And now I woke up with my kidney missing.
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Modded down because it's as off-topic as it gets, bonehead.
"Off-topic" means "having nothing to do with the subject at hand". Around here, it's often regarded as an attempt to derail coherent discussion of the subject, as well.
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Nobody cares (Score:4, Insightful)
Microsoft has announced ages ago that Win 10 will be on a perpetual rolling release. There's absolutely no reason to report on the breakfast choices of every junior developer in Redmond.
tl;dr: This is not news.
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No wonder Win10 is full of bugs and the update borked.
These jokers [instagram.com] are the ones working on it.
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Damn you! Now I want one of those. :)
Fork the Core and Window Manager. (Score:4)
Seriously. Let me pick if I want a Tablet or Windows 2000 Classic or Aero or what ever window manager to run. (I want to run AwesomeWM).
Upgrade the kernel and all the other core utilities (I like them) and don't force yet another window manager change on me (or my unsuspecting family).
Congratulations, you can now leave off the WM from the server component.
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I think that is a great idea.
Why isn't it the case that new versions of Windows allow you to pick the UI from any previous version of Windows?
Or at least come with some "retro" themes.
I still miss Vista's Aero... animated desktop backgrounds were the best!
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> I still miss Vista's Aero
My Windows machines look as close to Windows 2000 as I can make them.
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>Why isn't it the case that new versions of Windows allow you to pick the UI from any previous version of Windows?
The same reason no other software allows that either. It takes time (i.e. money) and engineering resources (i.e. money) to make that work and mostly nobody gives a crap.
You've not actually installed any common Linux distro lately—if ever—I'm guessing?
Let me supplement your experience, since it's apparently sadly lacking: Last time I did an openSUSE installation, I had my choice of desktops—KDE 4, KDE 5, Gnome 2, Gnome 3, LXDE, XFCE, Window Maker, and a couple of others. And I could have added a KDE 3 repo and installed that as well. Not to mention a blue million themes and add-ons for all of these...
Now... You were saying...?
OK for me so far (Score:3)
I've updated 3 machines of varying capability to the new version, seems OK. No show stopping bug.
But my friend's older laptop (upgraded from Win7) slowed down so much we had to do a full reset which fixed the problem. We couldn't track down the problem besides maybe an in place upgrade from Win7 caused the issued. BTW, Windows 10 reset works pretty well. Process is similar to macOS full reset just takes about 90 minutes versus 50 minutes.
You can opt out of notifications in Windows 10? (Score:2)
That's CRAZY talk!
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You are obviously not aware of the Microsoft definition of "opt out". It is defined as "disable until the next update comes along, then reset to Microsoft preferred setting without informing the user, let alone asking consent. This until Microsoft decides to change the definition of opt-out again".
One bug annoys me ... (Score:2)
Only one bug annoys me on Win 10 Professional that I didn't see on earlier versions of the OS.
The one that brings business to a standstill. Symptom is: huge update gets pulled down a tiny pipe preventing internet access followed by the OS randomly restarting the PC.
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It is trivial to change what time of day when the system does an update, why not change that before complaining about imaginary bugs?
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windows 10 using every single bit per second your internet connection has, and then some, IS a bug (probably more like an undocumented 'feature' to ensure 'timely delivery of updates as fast as possible'), but it is NOT imaginary.
if there's a win10 update going on anywhere on your lan, your internet is completely fucked if you don't have uber-speed fiber giving you faster speeds than the local update cdn node can deliver.
it didn't used to be that way, but microsoft has gotten greedy as fuck in wanting to ma
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So setup a WSUS server
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Hard to do in a small businesses, much like the hassles of needing a domain to control updates.
Microsoft has left small (5-10 chairs) businesses right in the lurch: not will to put up with the BS in home edition, and unable to justify the cost of Enterprise and a server (plus associated IT costs) to manage it properly.
I think if your business is below a certain size then they need to offer a major discount on enterprise, along with a free copy of Windows Server to run WSUS and host the domain.
Win10 Pro was
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What about anniversary update? (Score:2)
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Wife's work had Anyconnect VPN stop working and turns out they just needed to update the profile on the anyconnect server gateway to allow in an extra port or two. Now they are at least at able to access file shares on WinX. Too bad it took their IT like 2 weeks to finally figure it out.
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What's on the horizon. (Score:4, Insightful)
1: All activity on your system will be logged down to the keystroke and sent off to law enforcement for eventual perusal.
2: Windows will gradually being replacing all third-party apps with Microsoft products in the same field.
3: All authentication will be moving over to strict degradation porn. To log into your system, you'll need to allow the system to snap a picture of you engaged in some form of depraved sexual act.
4: Ads and popups and pop-unders will now no longer be browser-only "features". The OS will randomly pop them up, completely stealing focus away from whatever you're doing and won't release focus again until you've spent real money on whatever was advertised. And if Microsoft logs any legal complaints, to either cops or lawyers, they'll delete your whole system and brick the hardware.
5: You will be required to tie a bank account and at least one credit card to WindowsPay. Otherwise you risk being randomly logged out at 15 second intervals...
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still beta then?
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Who uses File Explorer anyway?
I use Directory Opus (and have done sincethe late 80's)
but there are a ton of good freeware file managers out there.
and the next PC I buy will be running Windows 7
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Oh yeah (Score:1)
"Microsoft is in the early stages of making structural improvements ..."
In other words, "adding more telemetry and ads..."
MS Windows Is a Mess (Score:1)
Windows 10: They didn't even paint over all of the rust.
Desktop PC... A terminal connected to a mainframe (Score:1)
Yep, Old school. IOS and Android have over 2 billion users and functional stores to buy and sell software.
Microsoft Windows was the way we used software and compute resources when we were tied to our desks. Times have moved on...
it is like going to the funeral of the first drug dealer or pimp that you purchased product from....
Native Linux and bash on Windows 10? (Score:1)