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- December 21, 2015
21 Dec'15
Here's an interesting usage figure for Win10!
When interpreting usage stats, a sense of the sample population helps inform the relative worth -- or worthlessness -- of the numbers involved. Here's a good one, but perhaps not a representative ...
- December 21, 2015
21 Dec'15
Windows 10 undercuts 'tablet revolution'
As 2015 draws to a close, the staff of TechTarget's end-user computing sites took to Slack and held an hourlong chat about the year's biggest trends. Over the next few days, we'll bring you ...
- December 18, 2015
18 Dec'15
Windows 10 Build 11082.1000 in Preview, 10586.36 in Production
Report from the trenches on the latest Windows 10 Technical Preview (11082.1000) and a new cumulative update for the Current Branch version numbered 10586.36.
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- December 16, 2015
16 Dec'15
Win10: Upgrade Now or Upgrade Tonight. Really?
Users who haven't used the GWX Control Panel to remove the "Get Windows 10" stuff from Windows 7 or 8.1 systems are now faced with an interesting choice when that runtime facility triggers in the ...
- December 14, 2015
14 Dec'15
Get Win10 ISOs from TechBench
For some purposes the compressed electronic software download (esd) file format that MS uses for some Windows 10 installers won't do: a real Windows image (.wim) file is required. Here are several ...
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Eliminating the App Learning Curve for Users Speeds Up Digital Transformation
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The Life of the Cloud Architect Part 2: 3 Steps to a Hybrid Multicloud Experience
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Three Tenets of Security Protection for State and Local Government and Education (SLED)
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Microapps Empower the Modern Workforce
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- December 11, 2015
11 Dec'15
Understanding WaaS (Windows 10 as a Service)
I'm currently on tap to develop a Webinar for Spiceworks that's sponsored by Microsoft on a number of Windows 10 topics (I'll add an update to the end of this post when I find out the broadcast ...
- December 09, 2015
09 Dec'15
SCCM Rolls Up to Windows 10 1511 Release Level
For the first time ever, MS has updated System Center Configuration Manager for Windows 10, and has even adopted Windows 10 (1511) version numbering. Lots of interesting additions to the product ...
- December 07, 2015
07 Dec'15
DISM Does Updates, Too!
Later last Friday (12/4), MS fired off KB3122947, labeled "Update for Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems." At first, I thought nothing of it, after getting it installed on a handful of ...
- December 04, 2015
04 Dec'15
Ouch! SFC and DISM may disagree in Build 10586.17
Normally, the system file checker (SFC) and the deployment image servicing and management (DISM) facilities in Windows march in lockstep: here, I find a case where DISM says the component store is ...
- December 02, 2015
02 Dec'15
US Gov't Usage Data: Win10 Grabbing Marketshare from XP and 7
A recent set of data from the US Government's Digital Analytics Program (DAP), shows clearly what common sense says is inevitable: that Windows 10's share of desktop users comes mostly at the ...
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- November 30, 2015
30 Nov'15
Windows Administrivia: The Case of the Missing BIOS Access
As is often the case on a holiday weekend, I like to tinker with my PCs. This Thanksgiving weekend, I found myself wanting to access the BIOS on my production PC with its Gigabyte X77X-UD3H ...
- November 27, 2015
27 Nov'15
As Win8.1 Closes in on XP, Win10 Jumps into the Marketshare Game
Every now and then, I like to check in on the Desktop Operating System Market Share pie chart over at NetMarketShare.com. This morning, I had to fiddle the parameters a bit to get the site to show ...
- November 25, 2015
25 Nov'15
New Cumulative Update Restores Build 10586, Incremented to .14
Wow! It's been a whacky week in advance of Turkeyday, with Version 1511 (Build 10586) gone over the weekend, then back again late yesterday. MS even furnished an explanation, which I reproduce from ...
- November 24, 2015
24 Nov'15
Media Creation Tool and MSDN Win10 Versions Diverge
There's been a whole lotta hoopla over the past few days about the sudden disappearance of Version 1511 (Build 10586) from the Media Creation Tool late Friday, 11/21. Of the many stories published ...
- November 20, 2015
20 Nov'15
Cumulative Updates Increment Win10 Build Numbers: Implications?
On 11/18, later in the day, my Win10 systems picked up a new cumulative update: KB3118754. What made this update interesting was that it led to an increment in the Windows 10 Version number suffix, ...