Learning about Windows 10 Fall Update…

Applies to: Anyone with Windows 10
Hello! Are we all ready and excited for another big Windows 10 update‽ Yes, no, maybe, I don’t know? Can you repeat the question?^
As you may have guessed, I’m not 100% excited by this update…
But here are the highlights:

  • Microsoft Edge web browser gets an update, it’s faster and has a full-screen mode (press F11, F11 also works in most other web browsers, since like forever!)
  • New Photos app with Story Remix. Beta News reports “The redesigned Photos app gives you the ability to add filters, text, 3D effects and ink to your photos and video”
  • Security updates, as ever Microsoft don’t tend to announce what they have fixed, but the big one is “The SMBv1 protocol, exploited by the recent WannaCry ransomware attack, has been removed.”
  • Cortana gets an update, you can ask it more questions and it can find photos (if you use Cortana let me know and I can go into more detail on this)
  • Two things worth reading if you click through to the “full list of changes” links below are My People (which sounds like an Oasis album) and Mixed Reality (an R.E.M. album?).

Should I install this update?

Yes. It’s important to install all Windows updates, they contain software updates, bug fixes and security fixes.

But I don’t really need any of these updates

Sadly you can’t pick and choose just the security updates, it’s an all or nothing situation and you need them all.

When will I get this update?

Over the next few months (don’t be alarmed if you don’t get it right away) it will roll out through Windows Update, you might get other updates first and it could be early next year before your system get it.

I would probably advise against manually installing the update, drop me a message first if you want to do this and we can talk it though.

Can I see a full list of changes anywhere?

Read the full list of changes here: https://betanews.com/2017/10/17/windows-10-fall-creators-update-changelog/ or https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16487760/microsoft-windows-10-fall-creators-update-features-review

Bring on the updates!
Mike
^ Lyrics from Boss Of Me. By They Might Be Giants. Theme tune to Malcome in the Middle