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Windows 10 Creators Update is already available as an ISO file (disc image for Build 15063, thought to be the RTM build that OEMs will receive), and people have already started installing it on their systems. A wider rollout is expected on April 11 as an OTA, so Windows 10 Anniversary Update users can upgrade then….
As Windows 10 Creators Update gets ready for its release to manufacturing (RTM), many well-informed sources are now speculating that the most recent Insider Preview – Build 15063 – could be the pre-RTM release that everyone’s been waiting for. Per a screenshot shared by Windows Central Senior Editor Zac Bowden on Twitter, an option is…
On April 11, 2017, one Windows version will be born while another dies. Windows 10 Creators Update is expected to drop to the general public on April 11; the same day, Microsoft will cease all life support for Windows Vista. If you’re on an older version of Windows 10, that’s how much of a window…
Microsoft has finalized its release date for Windows 10 Creators Update, but is still playing its cards close to its chest. However, the company confirmed via sources that spoke to The Verge that testers are getting the new OS version at the end of the month, with a full rollout to all other Windows 10…
One of the more infuriating divisions of Microsoft Corp. is its marketing team. The more consumers gang up against their initiatives – forced updates, incessant notifications and so on – the more they seem to be doing it. The latest is ad content on File Explorer, of all places. Until now, Microsoft has been pushing ad-notifications for…
Microsoft has confirmed, in a statement to Softpedia, that the “initial update will be for desktop, but other versions will be available thereafter.” While that’s not really surprising, we hope that it won’t be weeks and weeks before mobile devices get the Windows 10 Mobile version of Creators Update. According to several sources, Windows 10…
Two devices from Microsoft have had everyone running around in circles since we heard about them: Surface Pro 5 and Surface Phone. While we maintain that Surface Phone won’t come out until Redstone 3 is released this fall, we could see Surface Pro 5 come within the next month or so. One of the signs…
With every new build that Microsoft releases to Windows Insiders, we’re getting that much closer to Windows 10 Creators Update. While some sources maintain that the new update will only come in April, there’s evidence from Dell that it could come this month – on March 30, when the Dell Canvas is released. Regardless of…
Have you ever run an all-night process on your Windows 10 PC and found your machine displaying a clean desktop for you in the morning, with no sign of your process being complete? Most of us have, at some point of time. Those days will soon be gone, as soon as Windows 10 Creators Update…
Based on information that Microsoft shared with participants of the recent Ignite partner conference held in Australia, it appears that, a few months after Windows 10 Creators Update is released to the public, the next major update, currently being called Redstone 3, could also be rolled out in 2017. The timeline Microsoft has given for the supposed…
Beam, the new game broadcasting feature that first appeared on Insider builds of Windows 10 Creators Update is now available to Xbox One as well, for Xbox Insiders. With a few simple clicks and customizations, you can broadcast your game feed to the wider gaming community the way you want to. The Beam app brings…
As some of you might know, we’ve been periodically reminding our readers that the Windows 10 free upgrade is still open to users of assistive technology tools such as screenreader or other utilities. As of today, the free upgrade option for Windows 10 is still open. The best part is, even if you’re not disabled in…
Over several recent articles, we’ve spoken about why Windows 10 Creators Update was crucial to Microsoft, Windows 10 adoption rates and the whole Surface device experience. Meanwhile, another, even bigger and more significant update is already in the works. Redstone 3, expected to release in Fall 2017, is the other piece of the Windows 10…
For a while now we’ve been discussing the Surface Phone and how Windows 10 is critical to the product’s success in the market. With all the latest preview builds of Windows 10 Creators Update that have been coming out one after another this past few weeks, it’s important to understand how that fits into the…
Yesterday, Microsoft launched another much-hyped Bug Bash for Windows 10 Creators Update for developers and Insiders. But that’s been extensively reported as a news piece. What I’d like to get into is why this is significant in the grander scheme of things…specifically, why the Creators Update is so important to so many of Microsoft’s initiatives. FirstThe…