Windows 10 Fall Creators Update coming October 17th 2017

Hi,

Ok, but that's not what I meant at all. Nobody's forced to use One Drive or any cloud service for that matter.
But if you did you then had a copy of it's content forced on an internal drive/partition. Might as well have stored yourself on an external device.

The latest version of One Drive now only stores the place holders instead of the full files. Much better and you can still stores the original files wherever you see fit.

Cheers,

Josey Wales said:

The AU is good till 2023, the CU will be good way past that.

That's not the published info from Microsoft (unless you have one of those Clover Trail processors which can't get past 1607, in which case Microsoft said there will be security updates up to 2023 "for these specific devices"). It's not clear how this would work, or whether any other devices could get 1607 updates or whether it means an extension for CU support.

But for everyone else, it's "tentatively" March 2018 end date for AU and Sept 2018 for CU.
So AU and CU could both be out of support in less than a year's time. (And 1511 dies next week!)

From here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...cle-fact-sheet

Desktop operating systems	Date of availability	End of support
Windows 10 version 1507 **	July 29, 2015	May 9, 2017
Windows 10 version 1511 **	November 10, 2015	October 10, 2017
Windows 10 version 1607 **	August 2, 2016	Tentatively March 2018
Windows 10 version 1703 **	April 5, 2017	Tentatively September 2018

** Applies to Windows 10 Home, Pro, Education and Enterprise editions. Windows 10 Mobile and Mobile Enterprise editions have no extended support period. All Windows 10 editions are managed via the Windows as a Service (WaaS) model: Updates are cumulative, with each update built upon all of the updates that preceded it. A device needs to install the latest update to remain supported. Updates may include new features, fixes (security and/or non-security), or a combination of both. Not all features in an update will work on all devices. A device may not be able to receive updates if the device hardware is incompatible, lacking current drivers, or otherwise outside of the Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (“OEM”) support period... etc, etc...

The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has reached RTM milestone | Windows Central

lopedoggie said:

It is out there, i got it. version 1709 OS #16229.15 can't give link because it is in the wild. Works fine. Supposed to be final RTM. If you find it install at your own risk.

You could get it straight from Microsoft like everybody else;


Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast Build 16299.15 for PC Insider - Windows 10 Forums

I hope they release it a week before like they did the last time there was an upgrade...I mean to the general windows 10 users like myself who aren't participating in the insiders program...I like to jump in early :)

Bree said:

Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft put any thought into the acronym we'd be using for this one...

I hope its not fortelling

lopedoggie said:

u gotta mess with the insider program stuff for now anyway. just sayin. like i said versions are now on the web. enjoy your copy early. ...... newbs probably shouldn't track down this update. just wait for regular distribution. imo

16299.15.170928-1534.rs3_release_ISO / Облако Mail.Ru iso here for 16299.15 3rd one down from top. Use at your own risk.

Thanks for the links. Install via Upgrade route and went smoothly. Very little fiddling with Settings required and all installed programs working that I've opened, as well as Windows settings. Like the new reading feature in Edge and see that Hibernation is no longer available so I can use Fast Startup again. Cheers