Microsoft PULLS major Windows 10 update from its website

Microsoft has stopped offering its latest Windows 10 update via its website

MICROSOFT has dropped its first major Windows 10 update – dubbed Threshold 2 – from its website.

 

Microsoft has stopped offering its Windows 10 update as a downloadable disk image via its website.

Windows users were using the download to avoid waiting for Windows Update to refresh and offer the operating system upgrade.

The .iso file is still available online but when downloaded it will only install the initial July 29 release of Windows 10, not the major November upgrade.

Microsoft updated its support page to reflect the changes.

 

"These downloads cannot be used to update Windows 10 PCs to the November update (Version 1511)," it posted.

The Redmond technology firm had previously pushed users to the download page as a way of jumping the queue for the new update.

Engineering General manager for Microsoft Operating System, Gabriel Aul tweeted the workaround earlier this month.

Windows 10 version 1511 – so-called because it is the month and year the update was first rolled out to users – brings a slew of new features.

 

Engineering General manager for Microsoft OS Gabriel Aul previously tweeted the workaround

Microsoft claims the update also brings a 30 per cent performance boost over Windows 7 machines running on the same hardware. 

The blockbuster 1511 update bundles visual tweaks, new functionality for virtual assistant Cortana and IT-level Windows 10 management tools to your PC.

However some users have reported glitches with the operating system.

Microsoft had previously branded its November update as the "next milestone" for Windows 10, which rolled out earlier this summer.

 

The November Windows update adds the ability to give digital assistant Cortana handwritten commands

Microsoft has moved its operating system to a service model, which means it will gradually push out new features and fixes in a regular stream of updates – rather than hold them all for a single, bumper 10.1 upgrade.

Users who recently upgraded to Windows 10 will have to wait 30 days until they are able to get the November update from Windows Update.

This delay is to allow new users to roll-back to their previous operating system, should they not get on with Windows 10.

Data has shown that Windows 10 usage rates have increased since version 1511 rolled out worldwide.

 

Microsoft is keen to migrate customers to Windows 10, which offers a slew of new functionality – and some controversial data collection policies.

Users had previously complained about frustratingly slow boot-up speeds, trouble with wifi connections, privacy concerns and issues with child safety features following the upgrade to Windows 10.

Windows 10 is currently a free operating system upgrade to customers running genuine versions of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

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