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The third update this month.

Windows 10 is only good for another 11 months. You would be better off loading a Linux distro on it. I've heard that Mint should work.

130 vulnerabilities across multiple Microsoft products.

If the permissions are restrictive (as they probably should be with such a moth-eaten OS security system), getting access to files after the installation can be a real PITA. Sometimes you have to run command line utilities multiple times wrest back access and control of files.

That's pretty hard core for a home setup. Then again, most of us have only one user on our system. It would help immensely if there was a single tool built into windows that could replace an "unknown" user with a known user system-wide. Such a tool would need to be locked down pretty tightly.

Muscle memory only extends so far and the gauntlet of tracking stuff you must opt out of seems to grow with each minor release. It can also be a serious pain if you have a lot of drives installed (not an option these days as most cases don't support additional drives).

Half a step forward and two steps back.

A lot of these bugs have been there all along. Most of these issues can only be prevented by a much more stringent development process. C++ and C# only go so far as to checking if parameters actually match up. This is one of the downsides with OOP.

Five(5!) zero-days and 113 other issues (many no directly related to Windows itself) taken a stab at. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-october-2024-patch-tuesday-fixes-5-zero-days-118-flaws/

The dual boot scheme is another "issue" with Windows 11 that seems to keep rearing its ugly head. Forcing the BBS keypress isn't Microsoft's first knock at damaging the concept.

At the current rate of adoption, Microsoft may be forced to extend the sunset. According to statcounter.com, Windows 11 is currently hovering near 38% of the installed Windows base. statista.com puts the worldwide adoption at about 31%.

Some machine configurations have been held back to do problems with BSODs after installing 24H2. This is especially true of machines with installed games that use the Easy Anti-cheat tool (i.e. Fortnight). Some driver issues with certain sound configurations and a particular fingerprint sensor...

Watch out for Edge too as it seems to be another avenue of data collection for Recall.

One of the more profound (and intentionally hidden) changes is doubtless the non-reversible installation of Recall. The ability to support 7zip may be a win for those who have never heard of it. Those who use it will have already installed a solution. I doubt many Windows users ever encounter...

The 24th was the second Tuesday in September. The new features get turned on some time later. I think that most users won't actually see this update until next week as, by default, there is a seven day delay on "upgrades" (at least in the most popular version of Windows).

Clippy was part of Microsoft Office. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kcQzCzSDvc Bob was a standalone software application that failed so badly that somebody included it in Windows. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXHu9OmLd8Y

All of my real computer stuff is done on Debian machines but I still have to support Windows Pee Cees and servers.

Quality <> Security Along with what they have tried to fix, there were four actively exploited zero-days (one of which has been publicly revealed). One of the zero-days is in Publisher (resulting from an August update?) so that probably doesn't count for much. Windows: The Swiss cheese of...

From an applications software standpoint (other than Microsoft applications), not a whole lot changed. Most of the changes were in the UX (and, in large part, not functional improvements). I'll upgrade when my tax software no longer runs on Windows 10 (one of a few reasons I even have a...

Overclockers are perhaps never happy unless they're pouring liquid nitrogen on their CPU.

Not an option for console-style gamers. Gaming is one of the leading reasons that experienced home users keep Windows machines around. My beef with Chromebooks is that they seem to have become rather expensive and their screens are typically sized for much younger eyes (the same is true of...

Know that this 0x129 patch is perhaps Intel's first official run at fixing the overvoltage heating problem. They're still hitting boiling temperature (100C) in testing so they may have to do more.

As someone who does maintenance on Windows machines, the differences are substantial and annoying. For someone who runs a few applications and browses the Internet, there isn't much new but if you get much deeper, it goes south fast. For those running new Intel hardware, things are pretty...

That Windows 11 has the learning curve that it does is one of the biggest beefs. Why should there be such an impediment placed on users -- especially when nothing seems to be cast in stone. As for AI, it is going to be invading everything (unless you traverse a multitude of checkboxes and...

Speaking for myself, there's too little to be won in changing Windows versions and some significant things lost. Others have a similar view if the surveys showing Windows 11 declining in Worldwide penetration percentage are to be believed. Statcounter says that as of July 2024 (just over three...