That definitely adds credence to the theory.

I wonder if this is a way Microsoft is trying to make first logins faster? Of course, it doesn't help much if you have to wait just as long to use any...

I know that Microsoft has "assured" everyone that RTM really won't matter because they will continue updating Windows 10 after release, but I think that's a bad op. First impressions are everything,...

Yeah, it's upgraded from Windows 8.1.

I literally don't have %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Default Account Pictures at all. Not even as a symlink. Weird.

I don't have the following folder on my PC: %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Default Account Pictures


On mine (using build 10130), it still has the Windows 8.1 folder: %ProgramData%\Microsoft\User...

I actually like the Settings app. If they truly move over every single setting to the Settings app, we'll be good.

One thing that I hope that changes is that, when Tablet Mode is disabled, the...

In past builds, universal apps were always installed during a user's first logon to the system. So when you see the "Preparing" message during the logon process, it was installing the universal...

My current understanding is that Windows Update for Business will allow domain-joined PCs to delay -- but not disable -- updates.

But I wasn't sure if Microsoft just set the preview version of...

Right now, you can't disable automatic updates in Windows 10. You will get all updates eventually.


In some environments, this won't work. Some environments need to keep computers static. And...

In our tests, Windows 8.1 is faster than Windows 10, and both are faster than Windows 7.

If that ever happened, enterprise might as well drop Windows entirely. It'd take away the one advantage that Windows still has over iOS and Android. If you have to use a built-in store, you might...

thanks for your info. I will hope that there will be GPEDIT for this feature! !

applies to all users? ?

For home users, I don't see much of a difference between a local account and a Microsoft account, apart from some potential security issues.

However, for enterprise environments, Microsoft...