Microsoft today released a new portion of cumulative updates for all supported operating systems. They include software quality fixes in order to make the OS more stable and reliable. Here are the changes.
Category: Windows 10
Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 21H2 in June
Microsoft has recently announced that Windows 10 version 21H2 will be reaching its end-of-support date on June 13th, 2023. This means that users who are currently using this version of Windows 10 will no longer receive important updates such as security patches and bug fixes. This can leave users vulnerable to security threats and other issues that can arise from using outdated software.
Microsoft has released March 2023 cumulative updates for Windows 11 and 10
Microsoft has released monthly cumulative updates for all supported operating systems. Traditionally, the updates are intended to fix bugs, and ship general improvements to the end user.
Microsoft could merge Cortana and Action Center in Windows 10
More information comes about features planned and implemented for Windows 10 that never seen the light in release versions of the OS. You may already heard about the cancelled Start menu with 3D tiles, which is one of such features. The unified user interface with Cortana and Action Center combined is another one.
These are unreleased Start menu designs with 3D tiles
There are plenty of ideas Microsoft prepared and even implemented for Windows 10. Some of them you could already seen and tried. The most famous example is the Sets function, which was supposed to add a tabbed interface to all applications, but it never made it to release. But there are also many of features have never been revealed to the public. Between 2015 and 2020, the company's engineers came up with probably hundreds of different features, but they were never fully implemented.
January 2023 cumulative updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10
Today is Patch Tuesday, so Microsoft updates all supported operating systems. These updates do not bring any new features, but fix bugs and close vulnerabilities. Here are the released patches.
Microsoft backported the new Media Player app to Windows 10
With Windows 11, Microsoft has also introduced a new Media Player app. It replaces the classic Groove Music app, and also will supersede even more classic Windows Media Player software. Microsoft is slowly sunsetting the latter, so it didn't get any new major change for several Windows releases. To keep Windows 10 up to date, Microsoft will make the new Media Player app available in that OS as well. Without a fanfare, the Redmond firm has pushed it to the Release Preview channel.
Windows 10 version 21H1 has reached end of servicing
Microsoft has finished support for Windows 10 version 21H1. Yesterday's cumulative updates were the last patches it has received. Microsoft recommends upgrading to the latest versions of Windows 10 as soon as possible to continue to stay protected.
What’s new in Windows 10 version 22H2
Here's what's new in Windows 10 version 22H2, the feature update to Windows 10 version 21H2, 20H2 and version 2004.
Microsoft has finished development of Windows 10 version 22H2. It is ready for broad deployment, with official ISO images available for download.
Windows Subsystem for Linux is generally available in Microsoft Store
The Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Microsoft Store is now generally available on Windows 10 and 11. Microsoft has announced the availability in the official blog, noting that it is now longer has a Preview tag. So, Windows 10 and Windows 11 can install the first stable release of the tool right from the Store.
