The Windows 10 2004 Feature Update and 'Windows Secrets' Comments ...
Last week Microsoft began a gradual release of the Spring 2020 feature upgrade for Windows 10, dubbed the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, a.k.a. version 2004.
I'm in no rush to install it and won't do so till I'm confident it is reasonably debugged and stable. There is no compelling reason to upgrade to 2004 today so far as I am concerned and I'll stay at 1909 for at least 2 months pushing out updates to it up to 30 days at a time. My May Windows 10 patches to 1909 are pushed out till Sunday but I'kk create a full backup by then and then cross my fingers and install them.
Woody Leonhard and most of the original 'Windows Secrets' team (sans Brian Livingston) have successfully resurrected the Windows Secrets newsletter and archived the complete volumes of the original newsletter database, folding it into ' Ask Woody.' It's name your own price donationware and I have a years subscription to the Plus Membership for $15 (as well as a free 'Insider' membership to Computerworld and other IDG pubs). I take my lead from Woody and also follow him on Computerworld. It is not my intent to promote AskWoody! Plus membership here or elswhwere but I do not hesitate to recommend it to individuals reliant on the Windowa operating environment. A modest investmnt with substantial ROI. Virtually every weekly installment has at least one very informative article.
askwoody.com
Two of Woody's 3 most recent articles on Computerworld offer sage advice on the subhect at hand and deserve a read ...
• How to block the Windows 10 May 2020 update, version 2004, from installing
I get it. You’re bored and want to try something shiny and new. And look! Here comes Windows 10 2004. But think twice before marching your PC to the front lines. Wait while we see what problems lurk. Here’s how to sit on the sidelines for now.
• Get your May 2020 Windows and Office patches installed
It was quite a month, with an undocumented drive-by patch, five (six?) zero-days, and voluminous reports of bugs that, with two exceptions, don’t appear to have any common cause. Now’s a good time to get Windows and Office patched.
computerworld.com
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One of these days I'll document the disappearing 'Windows Secrets Saga' ...
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