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At the time of launch, Microsoft deemed Windows 7 (with Service Pack 1) and Windows 8.1 users eligible to upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge, so long as the upgrade took place within one year of Windows 10's initial release date. Windows RT and the respective Enterprise editions of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 were excluded from this offer.
Preview builds of Windows 10, version 21H2 Version Knowledge base Release date(s) Highlights 10.0.19044.1147 [3] KB5004296 Release Preview Channel: July 15, 2021 10.0.19044.1149 [9] Release Preview Channel: July 20, 2021 10.0.19044.1151 [10] Release Preview Channel: July 29, 2021 10.0.19044.1165 [11] KB5005033 Release Preview Channel: August 10 ...
Upon the release of Windows 10 in 2015, the ARM-specific version for large tablets was discontinued; large tablets (such as the Surface Pro 4) were only released with x86 processors and could run the full version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Mobile had the ability to be installed on smaller tablets (up to nine inches); [16] however, very few such ...
Windows 10 was criticized on-launch for having default settings that send various information regarding user behaviors to Microsoft and its "trusted partners", such as data regarding user contacts and calendar events, location data and history, "telemetry" (diagnostics data); [129] this could not be fully disabled on non-enterprise versions of ...
User control over Windows Updates is removed (except in enterprise versions). In earlier versions, users could opt for updates to be installed automatically, or to be notified so they could update as and when they wished, or not to be notified; and they could choose which updates to install, using information about the updates.
Windows 10 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.Microsoft described Windows 10 as an "operating system as a service" that would receive ongoing updates to its features and functionality, augmented with the ability for enterprise environments to receive non-critical updates at a slower pace or use long-term support milestones that will only receive ...
November 10, 2015 October 10, 2017 April 10, 2018 [e] — January 9, 2018 1607: Redstone Anniversary Update 14393 August 2, 2016 April 10, 2018 [f] April 9, 2019 [f] October 13, 2026 [g] October 9, 2018 1703: Redstone 2 Creators Update 15063 April 5, 2017 [h] October 9, 2018 October 8, 2019 [i] — June 11, 2019 1709: Redstone 3 Fall Creators ...
Concerns were shown by advocates and other critics for Windows 10's privacy policies and its collection and use of customer data. [44] Under the default "Express" settings, Windows 10 is configured to send various information to Microsoft and other parties, including the collection of user contacts, calendar data, computer's appearance including color of the chassis and "associated input data ...