Microsoft updated the TechNet article on roaming profiles yesterday. The updated information states that Windows 10 Anniversary Update will use a .v6 extension to distinguish itself from other operating system versions of the profile. This allows your roaming or mandatory profile to operate on different operating systems without conflicts. Operating system … [Read more...]
Microsoft announces Windows 10 Anniversary Update arriving August 2nd
Microsoft has given an official release date for Windows 10 Anniversary Update. It's coming August 2nd and it will be free to all computers currently running Windows 10. Anniversary Update is the next milestone release of the Windows 10 operating system. It is the second major update with v1511 being the first last November. Microsoft had previously estimated two major … [Read more...]
Latest Windows 10 Insider build brings Docker containers and LastPass
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14361, bring us even closer to the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. There two big What's New features with this release: a LastPass extension for Microsoft Edge and Hyper-V containers. LastPass is a popular password management service and the extension simplifies logging into websites. Extensions previously existed … [Read more...]
Windows 10 removes controversial Wi-Fi Sense feature with latest Insider build
Microsoft released a new Insider preview build last night. Build 14342 most notably brings new features to Microsoft Edge and improvements to Bash on Ubuntu on Windows. At the bottom of the list of other changes and fixes in the new build announcement on the Windows Experience blog, Gabe Aul also announced that the Wi-Fi Sense feature has been removed. We have removed the … [Read more...]
Microsoft publishes KB3159706 WSUS update as long-term fix for KB3148812
After previous issues with KB3148812, Microsoft has re-released the fix that allows WSUS to decrypt Windows 10 Upgrade content. The new fix is released under KB3159706. Unlike most Windows Updates, this one does require manual steps to be taken after it is installed. These steps are documented in the KB3159706 article. The manual steps involve enabling HTTP Activation in .NET … [Read more...]