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• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Identifying Windows Images/Installers/ISO files

  The more I dig into the DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) command, the more "good stuff" I keep finding. Today's gem comes courtesy of Sergey Tkachenko, whose excellent WinAero.com ...

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  Build 1511 Boosts "Time Smarts"

  In getting to know the new build of Windows 10 released late last week, I'm starting to notice some interesting refinements here and there. In particular, v1511 now combines location and time zone ...

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Build 10586/1511 Makes Its Debut: Lessons Learned

  Early yesterday morning (11/12), some of my Build 10240 Windows 10 PCs began offering access to the 10586/1511 Build. Throughout the course of the day, I was slowly but surely able to get most of ...

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Updates Galore on 11/10/15, but No Build 10586!

  Looking at my update history on my Windows 10 production PC this morning, I see a whole slew of updates hit the wire yesterday for that OS, but so far there's no sign of a Threshold 2 release ...

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Simple Versioning Numbers in Win10 Presage Deployment Changes

  If you take a look at the Winver information from the latest Fast Ring build for Windows Insiders, aka Build 10586, you'll see some additional information in the second line of text therein, just ...

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• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  Win10 Build 10586 Recognizes "Digital Entitlement"

  If the rumor mill is correct, the current Win10 fast ring build represents the upcoming Threshold 2 release for Windows 10, and will be pushed out to the entire population of Windows 10 users next ...

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Another Worthwhile DISM Source "Trick"

  In my continuing efforts to maintain the health and well-being of my Windows 10 installations, I've continued messing about with the built-in deployment image servicing and management tool ...

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Gadgets Come Back to Win10 Build 10576

  Goody, Goody: one of the things I liked least about Build 10565 in the Windows 10 lead-up to the Threshold 2 Build scheduled for later this month (November 2015) has apparently been fixed in Build ...

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Are Win10 Installs Losing Momentum?

  Between a couple of interesting stories reported at NeoWin.net and WinBeta.org recently, the rapid rise of Windows 10 installs appears to be slowing down from its initial explosive rate. Although ...

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Dell promises to innovate on next-gen Windows 10 PCs

  Like a captain on a sinking ship, Dell remains committed to the PC market, and looks to hardware innovations and Windows 10 as the bailing buckets.

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Persistent Windows.old Folder Surrenders to Command Line Prompt

  Among my various desktops, laptops, and tablets, I've got an 16-month-old Surface Pro 3 purchased in August 2014. In working with the boot/sys drive recently I noticed I still had a windows.old ...

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Win10 Build 10565: Bitten by the Dread KB3105208

  If there are some distinctions to which Window10 testers should not aspire to attain, I'd have to say falling prey to the boot/system failures now widely associated with the recent KB3105208 ...

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Stop Win10 from Automatic Reboot After Updates

  There has been plenty of heated discussion about the way MS has handled updates in Windows 10. Much of that discussion has centered around Windows 10's update push behavior, which forces updates on ...

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Dell, Microsoft CEOs discuss Windows 10 PC strategies

  The Microsoft-Dell partnership got competitive this year with Microsoft's first 2-in-1 device, but Dell's Windows 10 laptops differ in one important area.

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Interesting Network Printer Shenanigans on Win10

  I've got a Samsung ML-2850 monochrome laser printer on my network, and I've been chasing around various ways to interact with it lately. It seems that unless you've got access to a print server, ...