Ramblings of an old Doc

 

On August second, the following features are being added (along with various ‘fixes’ for current bugs).

They’re summarized in two articles from TechRepublic:

The first cites “Windows Information Protection” (a.k.a. Enterprise Data Protection):

“1. The feature uses containerisation file techniques to keep personal and enterprise data separate, as well as imposing various controls over who can access which data.

2. Windows 10 Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP), a service for detecting online threats and attacks. While Windows 10 already includes the Windows Defender antivirus, this new service will attempt to spot emerging threats by analysing large amounts of security data and suggest responses to breaches. WDATP has been tested by 300 enterprises ahead of launch.” – TechRepublic

My take is that number one will be made available to Home users, while one and two will be made available for Enterprise users.

For more regarding the big five changes, I’d suggest looking at the second article in Sources, below. They include extensions and changes to Edge:

“Supported extensions include AdBlock, Evernote, the LastPass password manager, Microsoft Translator, which automatically translates pages into more than 50 different languages, an extension to augment mouse gestures support, and the Reddit Enhancement Suite.

Another extension will allow users to create, edit and view Office files from inside the Edge browser, without having to install Microsoft Office.

Outside of extensions, the Edge browser will allow users to pin tabs for their favorite sites and web apps, so they always have a tab open in the browser.” – ibid

The Start Menu:

The broad design of the Windows 10 Start Menu will stay the same, with the familiar list of application shortcuts on left and the menu of tiles on the right.

However, there are changes. The new look Start menu makes the 'All Apps' list visible by default on the left-hand side. At the top of this permanently visible 'All Apps' list, are a selection of the user's 'Most used' and 'Recently added' apps. Microsoft says the change should reduce the clicking and scrolling needed to access apps. The menu's Power, Settings and File Explorer links have been squashed into the far left of the menu, and now appear as icons on a left-hand rail, rather than an icon and a label. The look of the Start menu in tablet mode has also been overhauled, turning the 'All Apps' list into a fullscreen menu, reminiscent of the Windows 8.1 Start screen.” – ibid

There are more…take a look at the first article in Sources. They include Taskbar tweaks, a “cleverer Cortana” (AI), Windows Hello extended to apps and the web with an extended biometric login, a new hub for digital pens, a customizable action center, more control over when updates happen (no deferring for Home users, but control over when the reboot happens with “Active Hours”). Also an improved Settings app, and features being migrated from the control panel to other areas like Network and Internet category. A Quick Assist app with transferred control to the other person. Easier activation. Better security…for Enterprise E5 users…not Home users. There are also technical improvements like access to the command line interpreter and allow W10 to run a variety of Ubuntu software without a virtual machine or third party tools. There are more…so, give the articles a look.

 

 

Sources:

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-anniversary-update-to-land-on-august-2nd/

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-build-5-big-moves-you-need-to-know/


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on Aug 03, 2016

RedneckDude

Yes, you have to go into safe mode and uninstall WindowBlinds. Sucks, but you'll get your PC back.

Wut??? I got a Stop code 0xc000021a

 

on Aug 03, 2016

RedneckDude

Yes, you have to go into safe mode and uninstall WindowBlinds. Sucks, but you'll get your PC back.

I have not done the update yet. You are saying when and if I do it I have to uninstall Windowblinds first?

on Aug 03, 2016

DrJBHL

May have to do a "reset". Depends on some repair files...but, if it's a 'reset'...there'll be a whole lotta downloading and updating...but no data loss.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK USING THE 'Windows.old' file created by the update. Then uninstall the Stardock software, if you choose, and reinstall the update and go from there.

You can even create your own update usb stick, similar to what they made available for the upgrade a year ago.

http://betanews.com/2016/08/02/download-windows-10-anniversary-update-create-installation-media/

on Aug 03, 2016

DaveBax...no. That isn't correct. Hankers and I.D. installed the update yesterday with no problems at all. I'm sure Jafo updated his W10 also...doubt he had a problem.

I think Neil would have said something about any such problem.

on Aug 03, 2016

PoSmedley


Quoting DrJBHL,

May have to do a "reset". Depends on some repair files...but, if it's a 'reset'...there'll be a whole lotta downloading and updating...but no data loss.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK USING THE 'Windows.old' file created by the update. Then uninstall the Stardock software, if you choose, and reinstall the update and go from there.

You can even create your own update usb stick, similar to what they made available for the upgrade a year ago.

http://betanews.com/2016/08/02/download-windows-10-anniversary-update-create-installation-media/

So far, I have had to shut down ShadowsFX and had to reinstall ARC (from Perfect World) to play Star Trek Online. I haven't found anything else yet,that is wonky. I am finding a lot of misinformation about whats in the update. People have posted info based on the 'early release' stuff they have downloaded that is different from the final version. (The dark mode is a good example, as it only applies to apps where other threads show it as an actual Windows Theme) so double check whatever you're using as a source.

I'm aggravated they reinstalled Groove and reset most of my default apps, sighting 'conflicts with current applications' (Like making Groove my default music player over MediaMonkey)

I would like to know exactly what the deal is Windows Defender, as I am seeing posts that say you can now run it with a third-party anti-virus, side by side and other posts that conflict with the first. In the end, I found three sites that said 'no' and linked to AVTEST Independent Security IT INstitute and the tests they have run for three years now on how most anti virus programs rank in protection and usability.

https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-8/june-2016/

I'm tempted to use Windows Defender, as one article makes a good case for it based on the fact that it's built into the OS and will update with it and run smoother, etc., etc. Then I look at the AVTEST and it doesn't rank as high as it used to or as high as quite a few others. I'm a lot more careful these days, about what I click on and so on, but don't know if it's worth switching to Defender for the compatibility and the real rime protection it offers.

on Aug 03, 2016

Thanks Doc. Going to wait till some of the problems are fixed before I update or at least have fixes for.

 

on Aug 03, 2016

This update seems to screw up a lot of stuff. I checked my system and the OS build is 10586.494. I've had some glitches like the cursor freezing up, photoshop acting weird and such. Thought maybe it was ASC, tried the pro version being offered for 90 days. Quickly got rid of it and that solved the cursor problem, happened once before. It my build isn't the anniversary one then I might be in for not so real fun. 

BTW: My OS is up to date as of 12:36 this afternoon.

on Aug 03, 2016

Has anyone noticed this in their start menu under Stardock, or am I the only lucky one....

It reads 'Microsot Windows Operating System'.

on Aug 03, 2016

Not here.

on Aug 03, 2016

DrJBHL

Any suggestions?

Might try booting into safe mode and seeing if the installation completes.  This guy thought it was done and apparently wasn't (short thread):

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/anniversary-update-wont-boot/680eec59-d6cf-4796-93c5-22ef3ccc6f29?auth=1

 

on Aug 03, 2016

 

 

wrong thread

on Aug 03, 2016

DaveRI

Might try booting into safe mode and seeing if the installation completes.  This guy thought it was done and apparently wasn't (short thread):

 

I could see that happening. It's an entirely different process than the automatic update if you download the update from the link and then install it. I did it manually on the other PC. I had to because it was missing a bunch of updates that it needed to install the new Win !) upgrade/update. So it had to download nd install all of them first. I don't know why or how the PC missed those updates, but it did. About 8 of them going back to April of this year. After that, it downloaded and installed the Win 10 upgrade/update. It took much longer and the 'windows' were different than the automatic update, so I could see someone getting confused or impatient.

on Aug 03, 2016

PoSmedley

I could see that happening.

I was thinking more in terms of some sort of conflict, but ya that update process is a bit "much" 

on Aug 03, 2016

DaveBax

I have not done the update yet. You are saying when and if I do it I have to uninstall Windowblinds first?

 

I am saying that my older version of WB had to be uninstalled (after the update) because of the black screen. But after a few reboots, I installed the current version of WB, 10.0.7  and rebooted once more to a black screen. At this time, I cannot run WindowBlinds on the latest version of Windows 10.

 

YMMV.

 

on Aug 03, 2016

The above seems only to be happening on my HP All In One. All my other rigs are fine.

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