Windows 10 version 2004 slams into a Storage Spaces brick wall
It’s too early for the villagers to haul out their rusty pitchforks and oft-hoisted torches, but it looks like another Windows version upgrade has another...
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Microsoft makes ‘major-minor’ Windows 10 release cadence the new normal
Microsoft will repeat last year’s major-minor cadence for Windows 10’s upgrades, the company said Tuesday. “We will again deliver Windows 10, version 20H2 using servicing...
Microsoft revamps Windows Insider release vernacular
A month after announcing sweeping name and default-settings changes to Office 365’s distribution framework, Microsoft this week followed up with a reworking of its Windows 10...
June cumulative updates cause multiple problems with network printers
Many admins report that installing the latest June cumulative updates knock out their networked printers. The problem seems to span all common versions of Windows...
Large in number, large in nature, this Patch Tuesday needs your attention
Despite Microsoft’s announcement in May that all non-security releases (C and D updates) are paused until further notice, with 129 updates in June’s Patch Tuesday...
In praise of PowerPoint: When a productivity product saves your butt
Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author. I’ve meant to write this for a while, but around two weeks ago, I was caught flat-footed...
Microsoft ousts Office 365, crowns Microsoft 365 new monarch
Microsoft’s killing off Office 365. That product nameplate, synonymous with productivity as well as by-subscription software, is on the way out, supplanted by a newer...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday is nigh: Pause updates now.
I call it crowdsourced beta testing. Here’s how it works. Microsoft releases its monthly patches. Headlines from the usual suspects scream that you need to...
It’s a bumpy road for the Win10 version 2004 rollout
Microsoft’s revised-revised Windows 10 update scheme now entails a “major” release in the first half of the year, followed by a “minor” release in the...
Microsoft starts Edge-for-Edge swap on Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft has started to push the Chromium-based Edge browser to Windows 10 users through the Windows Update service, according to company support documents. “This update...