Windows 10 related News, Discussions and Updates

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To help these customers, we are announcing an additional six months of servicing for the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 10, versions 1607, 1703, and 1709. (Additional servicing for Windows 10, version 1511 was announced in November.) This extension will be offered via normal channels.

And Office 2019(ship in H2 of 2018) will only work on windows 10. Office 2019 will solely be available as a Click-to-Run installation package. The traditional MSI installer will not be offered.

Office 2019 won't offer the usual five-plus-five support policy. Instead, its support lifecycle is being tied to Office 2016; after five years of mainstream support, it will receive only two years of extended support, with both Office 2016 and Office 2019 extended support ending on October 14, 2025.

Changes to Office and Windows servicing and support

 

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Protecting customers from being intimidated into making an unnecessary purchase

Windows Defender will automatically remove software deploying scare tactics on unsuspecting PC users. Redmond taking aim at registry cleaners, PC optimizers, and other dubious utilities.

Starting March 1, 2018, Windows Defender Antivirus and other Microsoft security products will classify programs that display coercive messages as unwanted software, which will be detected and removed. If you’re a software developer and want to validate the detection of your programs, visit the Windows Defender Security Intelligence portal.

 

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Groove music updated to v10.18011.1271.0
whats new

this feature is awesome. If switched on wallpaper changes to now playing artist (works only for English music)

 

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Windows media player: switching from WMIS to Music Match service

In RS4, we are switching Windows Media Player app to a new and more reliable music metadata content provider and service. RS4 Users will continue to get music metadata (album art, Album names, song names, artist name, etc.) when they insert CD and try to play songs with WMP or when they copy/download new music files on their system.

Insider Hub - Windows Insider

 

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Welcoming Progressive Web Apps to Microsoft Edge and Windows 10 - Microsoft Edge Dev Blog

Over the coming weeks, we’re also kicking off some experiments with crawling and indexing quality PWAs from the Web to list them in the Microsoft Store, where users can find them just like any other app on Windows 10.

https://twitter.com/x/status/959175077836111872

On other platforms, PWAs primarily originate from inside the browser, and can escape the browser in response to various prompts or menu options. We’re taking things one step further on Windows! Because a PWA can be a first-class citizen in the Windows Store, a user will be able to engage fully with an installed PWA—from discovery, to installation, to execution—without ever opening the browser.

The first and most obvious distinction here is that we believe PWAs should be discoverable everywhere apps are discoverable – this means they should appear in the Microsoft Store alongside native apps.

In the next release of Windows 10, we intend to begin listing PWAs in the Microsoft Store.

 

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What’s new in Build 17093

Game bar Improvements

Diagnostic Data Improvements
Graphics Improvements
Eye Control Improvements

Windows Defender is now Windows Security in Settings

Bluetooth Improvements
Microsoft Edge Improvements
Input Improvements

Windows App Permissions

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17093 for PC - Windows Experience Blog

 

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Fujitsu PalmSecure™ technology and usage

Microsoft and Fujitsu enable Windows 10 login using a palm vein scan

 

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Windows 10 is getting a seamless Bluetooth discovery feature as well

 

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Cumulative update for Windows 10 build 16299 KB4074588 is available for download