Microsoft pours out the patches as Windows 10 nears release
Microsoft has been banging the Windows 10 patch drum almost daily as it prepares for Wednesday's launch.
Microsoft has been banging the Windows 10 patch drum almost daily as it prepares for Wednesday's launch.
Windows revenue again declined by double digits, the third straight such quarter, with sales of licenses to computer makers down 22 per cent from the same period last year, Microsoft said.
Microsoft will provide feature and functionality updates and upgrades to Windows 10 for a full 10 years from the time the OS is purchased -- as part of a new device, for example -- an analyst briefed by the company said Tuesday.
Microsoft today issued one of its sporadic emergency, or "out-of-band," security updates to patch a vulnerability in Windows -- including the yet-to-be-released Windows 10 -- that was uncovered by researchers sifting through the massive cache of emails leaked after a breach of Italian surveillance vendor Hacking Team.
Mozilla plans a campaign to stop or slow desertions from Firefox to Windows 10's new Edge browser because the OS's express setup changes previous defaults to Edge during an upgrade, according to published documents.
Microsoft has refreshed its Windows support lifecycle fact sheet to include Windows 10, saying there that it would provide updates to the new OS for 10 years, or until October 2025.
The license agreement for Windows 10 is, like the OS itself, a different kind of beast, with new clauses that spell out automatic updates, the bundling of Office and what happens when a user tries to upgrade from a pirated copy.
Microsoft will soon strip the preview label off its Office for Windows 10 apps -- Excel, PowerPoint and Word -- and require an Office 365 subscription to use them on PCs, 2-in-1s and larger tablets running the new OS.
Microsoft on Monday suspended delivery of new preview builds of Windows 10, saying that it was "very close" to wrapping up the operating system.
Microsoft's top operating system executive has confirmed that the two main Windows 10 update and upgrade "branches" will offer customers multiple "rings," or tempos, that they can select to receive changes quickly or after they've been tested by others.
Microsoft may not be handing Windows 10 to all who want it on July 29, but it will still kick off a global campaign that day to convince customers to migrate to the new operating system.
Skittish about the impact of Windows 10, including the free upgrade-from-Windows-7-and-8.1 offer, computer makers drew down inventories and sent PC shipments plummeting in the June quarter, IDC said today.
Microsoft has quietly revealed more information about how long it will provide updates for Windows 10, saying in a PowerPoint presentation that free refreshes will last between two and four years.
Microsoft will wrap up work on Windows 10 this week in preparation for distributing the operating system to device makers, according to numerous online reports.
Microsoft on Monday released another build of Windows 10, the first with the Edge browser branding.