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Halloween approaches and the veil between worlds wears thin – the Windows 10 October 2020 Release walks among us

In Brief Also: Darkness beckons for Dev Channel Insiders, TypeScript 4.1 beta arrives, Xbox swallows Bethesda

Software21 Sep 2020 | 17

Climb every mountain, wsl --mount every Linux disk in latest Windows Preview

But beware last week's update: WSL borkage may await ye with sharp, pointy Element Not Found errors

OSes11 Sep 2020 | 18

Better dictation in latest Dev Channel build will faithfully convert your spittle-flecked Windows 10 rantings to text

With auto-punctuation and all! Plus: Emojis... and more Edge-y nagging

Software03 Sep 2020 | 3

Surface Hub 2S unshackled from bespoke Windows 10 to install what you want – just wash your hands first, yeah?

Enterprise, Pro versions of OS coming to Microsoft's jumped-up whiteboard

Personal Tech02 Sep 2020 | 2

Party like it's 2004: Almost a quarter of Windows 10 PCs living with the latest update

In brief Also: A hat-trick of Windows previews, new Azure emissions, and researching HoloLens 2

Software01 Sep 2020 | 23

Alright! Who's stoked for Windows 10 20H2? Anyone? Well, it's ready for commercial pre-release validation anyway

Updated Meaning general availability can't be too far behind

Software21 Aug 2020 | 9

BROADER TOPICS

WSL2 is so last year: Linux compatibility layer backported to older Windows 10 versions

1903 and 1909 holdouts get their hands on 2004's newest toy

Software21 Aug 2020 | 12

Microsoft adds 'Here's what we may have broken' screen to Windows 10 Insider PCs

In brief Also: Visual Studio Code update, new toys for Kubecon, and 25 years of the Start Button

Software17 Aug 2020 | 16

It's been five years since Windows 10 hit: So... how's that working out for you all?

Most of the things Microsoft said would be great were not

Software29 Jul 2020 | 222

Microsoft tells AMD-powered Insiders they're unblocked in new Windows 10 Dev Channel build: 'Oh no we're not!'

Panto season starts early in Redmond

Software23 Jul 2020 | 13

If you can read this, your Windows 10 2004 PC really is connected to the internet no matter what the OS claims

May 2020 build warns of no internet connection when, er, there is

OSes20 Jul 2020 | 76

AMD fans forced to sit out latest Windows 10 Insiders build due to 'bug impacting overall usability of these PCs'

Calm down, Intel. It'll be fixed

Software16 Jul 2020 | 20

It's not a Windows 10 release without something breaking so here's a troubleshooter for your OneDrive woes

Microsoft emits a fix for those fearful of Registry tinkering

Storage03 Jul 2020 | 27

Hold off that rush into the July 4 weekend – you may need this: Microsoft patches pwn-by-picture pitfalls in Win 10

Redmond also praised for blocking malware control systems on its clouds

Security02 Jul 2020 | 6

Hats off to the brave 7%ers who dived into the Windows 10 May 2020 Update within a month of release

Still outstanding issues but gaining ground faster than previous efforts

Personal Tech01 Jul 2020 | 46

Microsoft has a cure for data nuked by fat fingers if you're not afraid of the command line

In brief Plus: Windows Forms on Arm64 in .NET 5, Live Events to live on

Software29 Jun 2020 | 58

OpenJDK lands on Windows 10 for Arm: Not 100% there yet but enough to start tinkering

Port will handle SPEC's SERT and Java suites, with more features soon

Software25 Jun 2020 | 9

Windows 10 Insider wondering where Notepad has gone? Fear not, Microsoft found it down the back of Dev Channel

'Unexpected removal' of crucial format-stripping app reversed in latest build

Software25 Jun 2020 | 50

Skype for Windows 10 and Skype for Desktop duke it out: Only Electron left standing

Updated I just can't quit you, Skype. Oh maybe I can... they've tweaked the close function

SaaS24 Jun 2020 | 38

C is for 'Careful now', D is for 'Download surprise': Microsoft to resurrect optional Windows 10 updates as 'Previews'

Roundup Also: Money for Excel hits US, Teams readies new toys for next academic year, and more

Software22 Jun 2020 | 25

Microsoft emits a colourful Windows Terminal preview

Yeah, about that whole JSON thing...

Software19 Jun 2020 | 36

Windows 10 Fast Ringers – sorry, 'Dev Channel' – tossed Linux GPU support for WSL2 in latest Insider preview build

Also: Kernel updating and benchmarking the beast

OSes18 Jun 2020 | 2

Ready or not, here I come! Microsoft primes the Windows 10 20H1 auto-update cannon as 20H2 hovers into view

Next version to ship with quality improvements and New Edge

Software17 Jun 2020 | 4

Windows 10 once more in print condition: Microsoft applies out-of-band fix to Patch Tuesday cock-up

Alas, Storage Spaces still a bit poorly

Software17 Jun 2020 | 45

It looks like you want to browse the internet with Chrome. Would you like help? Maybe try Edge? Please?

Roundup Plus: New Java SDK in Cosmos DB, NHS goes all Microsoft 365, and Start Menu gets a bit Clippy

Software15 Jun 2020 | 30

Wailing Wednesday follows Patch Tuesday as versions of Windows 10 stop playing nicely with plugged-in printers

Networked devices work just fine, however

Security12 Jun 2020 | 34

Microsoft unshackles WSL2 Linux kernel from Windows 10 image for future fettling via Windows Update

Chipping away at that OS image one component at a time

OSes11 Jun 2020 | 44

Microsoft's own operating system should finally start working on its own hardware ... 'in the coming weeks'

You've just splashed the cash on a new Surface. Haven't you suffered enough?

Software10 Jun 2020 | 32

Windoze 10: New levels of tedium reached with latest Insider build while 'stable' release still a bit wonky

Roundup Plus: When Microsoft found breaking up hard to do, and much more

Software09 Jun 2020 | 12

OK Windows 10, we get it: You really do not want us to install this unsigned application. But 7 steps borders on ridiculous

Utility creator claims OTT security hoops are harmful to indie devs

Security05 Jun 2020 | 104

Microsoft's carefully crafted Surfaces are having trouble with its carefully crafted Windows 10 May 2020 Update

Compatibility hold slapped on affected kit with fixes in 'upcoming release'

Software02 Jun 2020 | 33

After all the excitement of Windows 10 2004, Insider builds go back to square one

Roundup Also: Multi-window Teams, Skype does the Blankety Blank dance, and more

Software01 Jun 2020 | 8

Visual Studio Code finally arrives on ARM64 Windows. No, you haven't woken up in 2017, sadly. It's still 2020

Now you can program like a native with your £899 Surface Pro X – keyboard not included

Software29 May 2020 | 16

Linux-loving Windows 10 May 2020 Update squeaks in with days to spare before June

Scampering through spring fields, or a cautious dribble seeping under the bathroom door?

Software28 May 2020 | 15

Man responsible for least popular iteration of Windows UI uses iPad Pro as a desktop*

Updated Plus: Getting over the Build hangover with new Windows 10 preview, UK Azure services, and more

Software26 May 2020 | 49

Could it be? Really? The Year of Linux on the Desktop is almost here, and it's... Windows-shaped?

Build Windows Subsystem for Linux to gain out-of-the-box support for GUI apps, GPU chippery

Software19 May 2020 | 120

Flashy new toys for the next Windows 10? Sorry, fun-seeking Fast Ringers must make do with DoH for now

There ain't no party like a privacy party

Software14 May 2020 | 4

Third time lucky for Windows 10 2004? Microsoft yet again fiddles with code and adds a go-live SDK licence

Ooh... Aah... Just a little fix

Software13 May 2020 | 8

Microsoft fingers foreign object in fracture furore, serves up fresh dollop of Duo, and another Windows 10 'Meh' Update

Roundup Plus: From the creator of axed Wunderlist, presenting... Superlist

Software11 May 2020 | 2

Windows 10 gets a little more G-shaped: G Suite admins can now manage Microsoft's OS, and that includes remote wipe

Google shores up security for biz users

SaaS28 Apr 2020 | 6

Move fast and break stuff, Windows Terminal style: Final update before release will nix your carefully crafted settings

Users advised to move file out of folder, let a new one be generated, then copy it back over – if you want to keep them

Software23 Apr 2020 | 44

Cortana, why are you still here? Microsoft makes the long-suffering assistant chattier for more countries with new Windows 10 build

Also: Remember that whole 'final build' thing? Here's a patch

Software23 Apr 2020 | 15

Mayday! Mayday! The next Windows 10 update is finally on approach to a PC near you

New version of Microsoft's OS shuffles into the Release Preview spotlight

Software17 Apr 2020 | 69

Pleeease release me: Patch Tuesday has been and gone, but Windows 10 2004 has yet to emerge

Have a pair of Insider builds instead and an exciting Your Phone innovation: file transfer

Software16 Apr 2020 | 7

Microsoft throws extended support lifeline for folk stuck on car-crash Windows 10 1809

Also: 2010 server products to survive into 2021 as overstretched admins given more breathing space

Software15 Apr 2020 | 15

Microsoft's Teams clocks 2.7 billion minutes of meetings in a single day as April starts to run out for Windows 10 2004

Roundup Plus: New Edge build, more Office 365 branding snuffed

Software14 Apr 2020 | 10

Linux fans thrown a bone in one Windows 10 build while Peppa Pig may fly if another is ready in time for this year

No Neo in 2020? Never mind, The Matrix 4 is out in 2021

OSes09 Apr 2020 | 43

Four new bugs? You shouldn't have: Microsoft celebrates 45 years with dollop of borkage on Windows Insider Fast Ring

Roundup Also: Skype goes attention-seeking and Edge shares its scrolling smarts with Chromium

Software06 Apr 2020 | 4

Microsoft's PowerToys suite sprouts four new playthings with a final March emission

Today's Window Walk is brought to you by the letters 'R' 'E' and 'G'

Software01 Apr 2020 | 6

Microsoft qualifications will pad the CV for another year, Teams for ventilator boffins, and Windows 10 threatened with very retro news app

Roundup 1903 still rules roost, Azure Fabric 6.5 support extended, and more

Software30 Mar 2020 | 13

Microsoft tries getting touchy-feely once again with its Windows Insiders

Try the Tablet Experience and pretend the Windows 8 Tablet Mode never happened

Software26 Mar 2020 | 15

'Optional' is the new 'Full' in Windows 10: Microsoft mucks about with diagnostic slurpage levels for Fast Ring Insiders

That won't cause any confusion

Software06 Mar 2020 | 32

Microsoft's Cortana turns its back on consumers as skills are stripped from Windows 10

Unloved assistant to smarten up its act in Microsoft 365. US only, naturally

Software02 Mar 2020 | 83

Windows 10 Slow Ring update strides confidently into 2020

Edge Goes Surfing? How about Horace Goes Skiing?

Software28 Feb 2020 | 9

Microsoft's Windows OEM, Surface sales looking a bit peaky as coronavirus takes toll on China supply chain

Redmond no longer expects to meet quarter guidance for personal computing unit

Software27 Feb 2020 | 10

Just the place you'd want to spot a BSOD: While waiting in line for a roller coaster that lifts you up 124ft

Bork!Bork!Bork! This bodes well

Bootnotes25 Feb 2020 | 49

OK, which Dombås stuffed Windows 10 to bursting at Swedish flatpack flinger?

Bork!Bork!Bork! If only there was some way of organising the space

Bootnotes18 Feb 2020 | 74

Another week, another bunch of Windows 10 machines punched by a patch

As 1809 is nudged toward the darkness, the Baron of Bork has plans for 1903 and 1909

Software14 Feb 2020 | 50

It's official: In May, Microsoft will close the door, lock the vault, brick over the entrance of dreaded Windows 10 1809

Now let us never speak of this again

Software12 Feb 2020 | 41

Another Windows 10 build sneaks out amid all the foldable fandango

Hey kids, put down those folding fondleslabs and get on Slow Ring with Grandpa Windows

Software12 Feb 2020 | 6

Bada Bing, bada bork: Windows 10 is not happy, and Microsoft's search engine has something to do with it

Updated The week's triumvirate of TITSUP* is complete

Bootnotes05 Feb 2020 | 144

What are those Windows 10 PCs running? Several flavours from 2019, by the looks of things

Microsoft tries its best to forget 2018's sh!tshow as Surface Go finds its feet

Software29 Jan 2020 | 15

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Windows 10

Halloween approaches and the veil between worlds wears thin – the Windows 10 October 2020 Release walks among us

Climb every mountain, wsl --mount every Linux disk in latest Windows Preview

Better dictation in latest Dev Channel build will faithfully convert your spittle-flecked Windows 10 rantings to text

Surface Hub 2S unshackled from bespoke Windows 10 to install what you want – just wash your hands first, yeah?

Party like it's 2004: Almost a quarter of Windows 10 PCs living with the latest update

Alright! Who's stoked for Windows 10 20H2? Anyone? Well, it's ready for commercial pre-release validation anyway

BROADER TOPICS

WSL2 is so last year: Linux compatibility layer backported to older Windows 10 versions

Microsoft adds 'Here's what we may have broken' screen to Windows 10 Insider PCs

It's been five years since Windows 10 hit: So... how's that working out for you all?

Microsoft tells AMD-powered Insiders they're unblocked in new Windows 10 Dev Channel build: 'Oh no we're not!'

If you can read this, your Windows 10 2004 PC really is connected to the internet no matter what the OS claims

AMD fans forced to sit out latest Windows 10 Insiders build due to 'bug impacting overall usability of these PCs'

It's not a Windows 10 release without something breaking so here's a troubleshooter for your OneDrive woes

Hold off that rush into the July 4 weekend – you may need this: Microsoft patches pwn-by-picture pitfalls in Win 10

Hats off to the brave 7%ers who dived into the Windows 10 May 2020 Update within a month of release

Microsoft has a cure for data nuked by fat fingers if you're not afraid of the command line

OpenJDK lands on Windows 10 for Arm: Not 100% there yet but enough to start tinkering

Windows 10 Insider wondering where Notepad has gone? Fear not, Microsoft found it down the back of Dev Channel

Skype for Windows 10 and Skype for Desktop duke it out: Only Electron left standing

C is for 'Careful now', D is for 'Download surprise': Microsoft to resurrect optional Windows 10 updates as 'Previews'

Microsoft emits a colourful Windows Terminal preview

Windows 10 Fast Ringers – sorry, 'Dev Channel' – tossed Linux GPU support for WSL2 in latest Insider preview build

Ready or not, here I come! Microsoft primes the Windows 10 20H1 auto-update cannon as 20H2 hovers into view

Windows 10 once more in print condition: Microsoft applies out-of-band fix to Patch Tuesday cock-up

It looks like you want to browse the internet with Chrome. Would you like help? Maybe try Edge? Please?

Wailing Wednesday follows Patch Tuesday as versions of Windows 10 stop playing nicely with plugged-in printers

Microsoft unshackles WSL2 Linux kernel from Windows 10 image for future fettling via Windows Update

Microsoft's own operating system should finally start working on its own hardware ... 'in the coming weeks'

Windoze 10: New levels of tedium reached with latest Insider build while 'stable' release still a bit wonky

OK Windows 10, we get it: You really do not want us to install this unsigned application. But 7 steps borders on ridiculous

Microsoft's carefully crafted Surfaces are having trouble with its carefully crafted Windows 10 May 2020 Update

After all the excitement of Windows 10 2004, Insider builds go back to square one

Visual Studio Code finally arrives on ARM64 Windows. No, you haven't woken up in 2017, sadly. It's still 2020

Linux-loving Windows 10 May 2020 Update squeaks in with days to spare before June

Man responsible for least popular iteration of Windows UI uses iPad Pro as a desktop*

Could it be? Really? The Year of Linux on the Desktop is almost here, and it's... Windows-shaped?

Flashy new toys for the next Windows 10? Sorry, fun-seeking Fast Ringers must make do with DoH for now

Third time lucky for Windows 10 2004? Microsoft yet again fiddles with code and adds a go-live SDK licence

Microsoft fingers foreign object in fracture furore, serves up fresh dollop of Duo, and another Windows 10 'Meh' Update

Windows 10 gets a little more G-shaped: G Suite admins can now manage Microsoft's OS, and that includes remote wipe

Move fast and break stuff, Windows Terminal style: Final update before release will nix your carefully crafted settings

Cortana, why are you still here? Microsoft makes the long-suffering assistant chattier for more countries with new Windows 10 build

Mayday! Mayday! The next Windows 10 update is finally on approach to a PC near you

Pleeease release me: Patch Tuesday has been and gone, but Windows 10 2004 has yet to emerge

Microsoft throws extended support lifeline for folk stuck on car-crash Windows 10 1809

Microsoft's Teams clocks 2.7 billion minutes of meetings in a single day as April starts to run out for Windows 10 2004

Linux fans thrown a bone in one Windows 10 build while Peppa Pig may fly if another is ready in time for this year

Four new bugs? You shouldn't have: Microsoft celebrates 45 years with dollop of borkage on Windows Insider Fast Ring

Microsoft's PowerToys suite sprouts four new playthings with a final March emission

Microsoft qualifications will pad the CV for another year, Teams for ventilator boffins, and Windows 10 threatened with very retro news app

Microsoft tries getting touchy-feely once again with its Windows Insiders

'Optional' is the new 'Full' in Windows 10: Microsoft mucks about with diagnostic slurpage levels for Fast Ring Insiders

Microsoft's Cortana turns its back on consumers as skills are stripped from Windows 10

Windows 10 Slow Ring update strides confidently into 2020

Microsoft's Windows OEM, Surface sales looking a bit peaky as coronavirus takes toll on China supply chain

Just the place you'd want to spot a BSOD: While waiting in line for a roller coaster that lifts you up 124ft

OK, which Dombås stuffed Windows 10 to bursting at Swedish flatpack flinger?

Another week, another bunch of Windows 10 machines punched by a patch

It's official: In May, Microsoft will close the door, lock the vault, brick over the entrance of dreaded Windows 10 1809

Another Windows 10 build sneaks out amid all the foldable fandango

Bada Bing, bada bork: Windows 10 is not happy, and Microsoft's search engine has something to do with it

What are those Windows 10 PCs running? Several flavours from 2019, by the looks of things

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