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• Thurrott: Fact-check: Microsoft’s Creators Update introduction video

  Posted on April 10, 2017 at 12:06 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  A good one from Paul on Thurrott.com that I missed…

  Microsoft was somehow able to pack 12 peeks at new Creators Update features into just 20 seconds. And of those 12 items, 8 are completely fake. Two depict features that existed previous to the Creators Update. One is something very few people will ever use.

  Microsoft still pushes the video.

  In fact, if you look at the March 29 official announcement, a brief clip at the beginning includes all sorts of marketing doublespeak. Hard to imagine Microsoft can pack so much deceit into an 8 second clip.

  Windows News and marketing, Creators Update, damn lies, lies

• Win10 Creators Update now available – and you don’t want it

  Posted on April 6, 2017 at 13:03 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Why and how to block the latest version of the last version of Windows, 1703.

  See InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  BTW, Günter Born has a German-language list of all the installation possibilities on Borncity. The English language version is here.

  Windows News, Windows Patches/Security Creators Update, Win10 1703

• Yes, the Win10 Creators Update files are available

  Posted on March 28, 2017 at 10:18 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  But, no, you don’t want to install them.

  See InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Windows News 15063, Creators Update, Preview ring

• Now taking bets on Creators Update – build number, general availability date

  Posted on March 13, 2017 at 13:48 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Anybody care to hazard a guess on a build number for the “final” build of Win10 Creators Update?

  I noted in an earlier blog post that I didn’t think MS would ship the final Creators Update on April 11 – although many folks are sticking to that date. I don’t think it’ll be April 11 because (a) there will be a whole lot of patching going on, (b) it’s too close to Tax Day in the USA, and (c) none of the three previous versions of Win10 shipped on Patch Tuesday.

  But of course I don’t really have any idea.

  I’m going to guess it’ll be 15060 or thereabouts, and ship on April 4.

  What do you think? Fame and glory await the correct guess.

  Windows News Creators Update

• Microsoft releases a new beta version of Win10 1703, the Creators Update

  Posted on March 3, 2017 at 13:04 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Yep, we’re getting close although, strangely, this new build 15048, brings back the desktop watermark. Official details here.

  For those of you not overly concerned about the beta of the next version of Windows – a version that likely won’t be widely available until next month – please ignore this announcement. Move along now. Nothing to see here.

  More to come, after I have a chance to bang on it for a bit. We’re very close.

  Some folks are talking about a palindrome build number. Three to go.

  Windows News 15048, Creators Update

• How to block automatic updates in the next version of Windows 10

  Posted on March 3, 2017 at 11:05 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  As long as you have Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, the next version – 1703, Creators Update – will include built-in tools that let you delay forced updates. If you know what the settings mean.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Windows Patches/Security block automatic updates, Creators Update, defer upgrades, Windows 10

• Reality check: How Windows 10’s proposed new privacy controls work in the real world

  Posted on January 16, 2017 at 06:59 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  You’ve read about the new Windows 10 Creators Update privacy push – a new setup routine, new questions, new online privacy dashboard. The proposal is so persuasive the government of Switzerland has called off its threatened privacy lawsuit, and even EFF has backed off its original scathing indictment of Windows 10’s assaults on privacy.

  Here’s what you need to know about what’s happening – and what isn’t happening – behind the scenes.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  By the way, there’s a link to a cached Google page in the article that’s been changed. You can see a text version of the original Microsoft post here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YrpOjHVkC20J:https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/instantanswers/948e1d63-b92d-4d89-a6c3-66d7b7921d15/view-or-delete-browsing-history-in-microsoft-edge&num=1&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1&vwsrc=0

  The cached copy shows that on January 12, there was no mention of browser history stored on the web. Compare the new version of the View and delete browser history in Microsoft Edge post with this old (Jan. 12) version

  View or delete browsing history in Microsoft Edge

  Windows 10 – Windows 10 Mobile

  > Your browsing history includes sites you’ve visited, passwords, info you’ve entered into forms, and cookies. Microsoft Edge remembers this info and stores it on your PC as you browse the web.

  > To view your browsing history, select the Hub icon  , and then History. To delete it, select Clear all history, choose what you want to remove, and then select Clear.

  What gets deleted when you delete your browsing history

  Windows News Creators Update, Privacy, Widnows 10

• What to expect from Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 privacy promises

  Posted on January 12, 2017 at 16:29 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  See https://www.askwoody.com/2017/reality-check-how-windows-10s-proposed-new-privacy-controls-work-in-the-real-world/

  Windows News Creators Update, Privacy
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