Microsoft publishing Windows 10 patch notes

          Microsoft  publishing Windows 10 patch notes

When Microsoft launched Windows 10, it introduced a number of changes to the traditional Windows update model. Instead of offering a range of recommended and optional updates and explaining what each did, Microsoft declared that it would only explain security updates. All other OS changes would take place under the hood.

Users and businesses were less than thrilled with this arrangement. While Windows 10 has taken some heat simply for being different than previous versions, the ability to troubleshoot a problem with the operating system is crippled if the end-user or IT staff have no idea what an update did. Microsoft agreed last fall to begin publicly releasing the private patch notes they were sending to OEM customers and it began making good on that promise this week. While there’s nothing earth-shattering in today’s release, it does illustrate why people value patch notes in the first place. Here are some of the fixes going in with the February 9 update.

Fixed issues with authentication, update installation, and operating system installation.
Fixed issue with Microsoft Edge browser caching visited URLs while using InPrivate browsing.
Fixed issue that didn’t allow simultaneous install of apps from the Windows Store and updates from Windows Update Fixed issue that delayed the availability of songs added to the Groove Music app in Windows 10 Mobile.

We could still use more granularity on some of these topics, but these are all problems that a person could plausibly encounter in Windows 10 and have no idea how to resolve. Conversely, if these updates cause a problem in Microsoft Edge or with Groove Music in Windows 10 Mobile, the end-user now at least knows that Microsoft updated that application in its latest patch. The company loses nothing simply by making this data available to its users and it saves them a considerable headache by doing so.