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Microsoft replaces Windows Update Business SAC-T with single SAC

By MahitHuilgol@TWC |

Most of us are aware that Microsoft is releasing two Semi-Annual Channel releases each year. This is done so as to simplify and align Windows servicing terminology with Office. The updates are meant only for Windows Update for Business. Meanwhile, […]

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Windows Updates did not work on 29th Jan due to data corruption

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Since a week, Microsoft’s Windows Updates were broken for a bunch of people around the world. The error that Windows Updates threw was, “Error encountered. We couldn’t connect to the update service. We’ll try again later, or you can check […]

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Windows Media Player & Media Center to stop displaying Metadata

By Karan Khanna |

Microsoft Windows’ two media main media products – Windows Media Player & Windows Media Center are to experience a major change. The company has decided to push changes to the metadata, after which many users would be unable to view […]

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KB4480960 and KB4480970 causing Network & other issues

By AnandKhanse@TWC |

On Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, January 8th, the company released new monthly rollup for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, along with the security updates for these Operating systems versions. But, soon after the release, reports emerged that the […]

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Chromebook set to dual-boot with Windows 10

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC |

Google is reportedly working on a dual-boot feature for Chromebooks. The developing team at Google is apparently working on many code-commits, and the feature will possibly be soon announced officially by Google. Originally named as Alt-OS under the Project Campfire, […]

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Microsoft withdraws Windows 10 Update that causes BSOD

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Windows 10 Optional updates apply to Windows features or Microsoft-related software. They do not necessarily fix any security issues. However, they can interfere with the functioning of software or drivers. The Optional Update, KB4467682 added to OS Build 17134.441 is […]

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KB4467708 may botch Notepad or Windows Media Player functioning

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

On November 13 this month, Microsoft came up with KB4467708 update (OS Build 17763.134) that applies to Windows 10 version 1809 (October 2018 Update). KB4467708 fixes some security issues and rolls out security updates to a few Windows programs, including […]

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Microsoft blocks Windows 10 v1809 Upgrade on some Intel PCs

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Microsoft has blocked the October 2018 Update being delivered to systems running Windows 10 on some Intel PCs. Specifically those computers running Intel driver versions 24.20.100.6344, 24.20.100.6345 have been blocked. Incompatible Intel Graphics drivers force Microsoft to block Windows 10 […]

Windows Update quality gets better with every release, says Microsoft

By MahitHuilgol@TWC |

Microsoft had some time back paused its October 2018 Update to fix some issues. This raised eyebrows as this was the first time update was pulled back and paused temporarily. Microsoft has now re-released the October 2018 and has also […]

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Microsoft resumes the rollout for Windows 10 v1809

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft had earlier released Windows 10 v1809. But with this release, many users reported a number of critical issues with the new feature update – as a result of which they had to pulled down the Windows 10 October 2018 […]

Windows Insider Slow Ring gets support for Servicing

By AyushVij@TWCN |

During the test cycle for Windows 10 v1809 or Windows 10 October Update, Microsoft was seen releasing many builds for testing in the Slow Ring. These releases were taking place because these builds were reliable when compared to the previous […]

Microsoft publishes Release Notes for Bash on Windows 10 v1809

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft has introduced a ton of new things in Bash for Linux on Windows 10 v1809. As per the details published by Microsoft, here is that is new with this software component inside of Windows 10 version 1809. Bash on […]

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NVIDIA GeForce 416.16 WHQL driver for Windows 10 v1809 released

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

NVIDIA has released their new GeForce 416.16 WHQL drivers, complimenting Microsoft’s new Windows 10 October Update 2018 v1809. These new drivers provide official support for Windows 10 latest version and the public release of the DXR (DirectX Raytracing) API. NVIDIA GeForce […]

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Windows Server 2019 is now available for download

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Yesterday Microsoft held a big event in New York, where they made a number of announcements ranging from the Surface Products to the availability of Windows 10 v1809 and more. But the team back at the office was also up […]

Microsoft introduces Robot Operating System for Windows 10

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft is working really hard to make Windows 10 as much as useful as it can for the majority of humans. Windows 10 really helps people in the consumer market to carry out their tasks since the starting, it also […]

Microsoft reduces Windows update package size for x64 devices

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Downloading updates on Windows 10 can be pretty annoying at times. Mostly when you have a slow Internet connection and Windows 10 sucks all your bandwidth in the background to download updates and your foreground tasks like surfing on the […]

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Microsoft explains why Windows 7 Update KB3177467 failed

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Microsoft regularly releases major updates for its popular operating system – Windows. However, such frequent releases often create confusion among users. To avoid this, Microsoft will release future Windows Servicing Stack Updates (SSUs) as part of its monthly update rollups. […]

Microsoft to deprecate Disk Clean Up Tool in Windows 10

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC |

Microsoft will be soon removing the Disk Cleanup Tool from Windows 10 PCs since Storage Sense does the same work. The Storage Sense feature came with the recent Windows 10 builds almost replicates the Disk Cleanup Tool and thus the […]

Cumulative Update KB4457128 for Windows 10 1803 installing twice!

By AyushVij@TWCN |

It has been a while now since Microsoft has started pushing cumulative updates to its supported operating systems on the second Tuesdays of every month. Following this tradition, Microsoft recently released KB4457128 cumulative update for Windows 10 v1803 this patch Tuesday. However, […]

Windows 10 ‘warns’ users to use Edge instead of other browsers

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

It appears Microsoft has come up with a new trick to convince Windows 10 users to use Microsoft Edge instead of rival browsers from Google, Mozilla, etc. This inference rests on the premise that the new Insider Build 17744 for […]

Kingsoft’s free WPS Office Suite comes to the Microsoft Store

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Kingsoft released their popular WPS Office Suite of applications on the Microsoft Store. WPS Office is not only an alternative to Microsoft’s Office Suite of applications but also to Google’s Office Suite of applications not only on Windows ecosystem but […]

Windows Desktop Analytics & Desktop App Assure introduced

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft wants their customers to make Windows 10 and Office 365 their default modern desktop experience. First, the aggressive push to deploy Windows 10 to users running Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 and now a variety of tools and services […]