Broken Windows 10 Updates, Windows 7 Security Pricing, Halo Inside Program

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"Microsoft Monday" is a weekly column that focuses on everything related to Microsoft. This week, "Microsoft Monday" features information about a Windows 10 update rollback feature, Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESUs), Project xCloud Demo, Minecraft Walkthrough on Xbox Game Pass, on Stack of Games, on Station B and much more!

Restoring Broken Windows 10 Updates

Microsoft has announced a new Windows 10 feature that will allow the operating system to automatically remove broken Windows 10 updates. This will be useful because many Windows 10 users have experienced bumpy upgrades.

Currently, this feature is only available for Windows Insiders running Windows 10 Insider Preview, version 18351 or later. This version of Windows 10 has not been released yet.

If your device displays this message after logging in, you have recently recovered from a startup failure:

Boot failures can be caused by hardware problems, file corruption, or third-party software issues. Windows 10 will attempt to diagnose and resolve failures due to disk problems.

"If all these steps fail and your computer still fails to start properly, Windows will determine if the startup problem has been introduced after the installation of the latest driver or quality updates. If this is the case, these updates can be uninstalled automatically to bring the device back to a usable state. This is only a last resort, " said Microsoft in a document of assistance.

Windows will also prevent deleted updates from automatically installing for the next 30 days. This will give Microsoft and its partners the opportunity to investigate the failure and solve the problems.

Delay updates up to 35 days

Another notable feature that seems to happen in Windows 10 Update is the option to delay it up to 35 days. The current version of Home (version 1809) only allows to postpone seven-day updates, depending on Reddit user Leopeva64 via Ars Technica.

Windows 7 Extended Security Updates Effective April 1

By 2020, support for Windows 7 will end, but Microsoft will sell support for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU). ESU support will be available for sale April 1 at a price range of $ 25 to $ 200 per year.

Microsoft 365 General Manager Bernardo Caldas wrote an article about the availability of ESU. "They will be sold per device for eligible customers and their price will go up every year," wrote Caldas.

It should be noted that ESU support will not be available for home users. ESU support is available only for businesses.

Windows 7 to ask users to start the upgrade in April

Since Windows 7 machines will stop receiving security updates in January 2020, users will start receiving upgrade notifications to Windows 10 starting next month.

"Starting next month, if you're a Windows 7 client, you can expect that a notification will appear on your Windows 7 PC," said Microsoft in a blog post. Notifications can be disabled.

In 2014, Microsoft initially announced the end of Windows 7 support and the extension of the end date from 2015 to 2020.

Illustrated xCloud Project: Forza Running on an Android Device

Microsoft Project xCloud is an upcoming cloud broadcasting service that lets you stream games designed for Xbox One to other devices. In the demonstration above, Forza Horizon 4 is streamed from a data center to an Android device with an Xbox One controller connected via Bluetooth.

Minecraft arrives on the Xbox Game Pass

Last week, Microsoft announced that the next Xbox Game Pass title was one of the company's best-selling games: Minecraft. Minecraft will be added to the Xbox Game Pass from April 4th.

The Xbox Game Pass subscription service is priced at $ 10 per month. And the first month only costs $ 1. Some of the other popular games from Microsoft on the Xbox Game Pass include Crackdown 3 and Forza Horizon 4.

And the subscription service includes access to a wide variety of games for the Xbox One and the retro-compatible Xbox 360 games.

Currently, Minecraft has 91 million players per month and the launch on Xbox Game Pass will make it available for even more players. Microsoft originally acquired Mojang for $ 2.5 billion in September 2014.

Halo Inside Program

Microsoft has launched a new test program for Halo called Halo Inside Program. This is a way for Halo fans to keep in touch with 343 Industries, as new versions can be tested before launch. To register, you will need to sign a confidentiality agreement. And you will be asked to participate in a survey about your interest in the Halo franchise, according to Gamespot.

In addition, you will be asked for details about flight programs for upcoming Halo titles. These are test periods where 343 give access to a subset of users to collect their comments before distributing them to all.

This program replaces the MCC initiated program used by 343 Industries to test Halo: The Master Chief Collection. If you are a member of the MCC Insider Program, you will need to sign up for the Halo Insider Program.

Halo comes to the steam

Later this year, 343 Industries will launch Halo on Steam, including the Master Chief Collection (Halo 1-4). And ODST and Halo: Reach will be available on Steam later this year. This is the first time Microsoft has released a Halo FPS game on Steam. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is on Steam – this is an upgraded version of the classic real-time strategy updated to work natively on a PC.

For Halo: The Master Chief Collection, each game will be published individually from Halo: Reach. And the games will be available for individual purchases. In addition, it will also be launched on PCs via the Microsoft Store.

Xbox Live for any iOS or Android game

Microsoft will deploy the Xbox Live network on iOS and Android devices. The company is also launching a new cross-platform mobile software development kit (SDK) for game developers to integrate Xbox Live functionality into games. This means that Xbox Live features such as hits, Gamerscore, stats and clubs will be available on iOS and Android. Developers will be able to decide which Xbox Live components integrate into the games.

"We believe so much in the community, and Xbox Live is really at the heart of our gaming community," said Kareem Choudhry, head of cloud for gaming at Microsoft. during a scrum with The Verge. "If you look at what we've done, especially with Minecraft, in recent years, we've brought Xbox Live to as many platforms as Minecraft. is as sure as possible. Uniting really all these communities with a singular experience consistent for these players. "

This mobile development kit is part of Microsoft's larger plans for the game stack:

Play pile

The game stack combines all of Microsoft's tools, services and cloud platforms to enable developers to create online games. Microsoft Game Stack will also include DirectX, Mixer, BI Power, Havok, Visual Studio, Windows, Xbox Game Studios, Xbox Live and Simplygon. This service was created using Microsoft's acquisition of PlayFab.

"Game Stack brings together our game development platforms, tools and services such as DirectX and Visual Studio, Azure and Playfab into a robust ecosystem that any game developer can use," added Choudhry via TechCrunch. "We view this as a trip that we are just starting."

Wireless Display App: Broadcasting PC Games on Xbox One

Microsoft adds the ability for Xbox One owners to play their PC games on consoles and use a controller to play them. This can be done using the Wireless display application.

This allows you to play Steam games and other titles directly on the Xbox One. And you can use a standard Xbox controller to navigate the remote PC and allow play or use of an Xbox for presentations. according to The Verge.

The Microsoft Wireless Display application uses Miracast to create a connection between PCs and Xbox One. To run on the Xbox, you can use the winkey + P shortcut. But the app does not support keyboard and mouse input, so you can not play PC games on an Xbox One right now. .

Foxconn pursues royalty payments

Microsoft sues Foxconn's parent company for not paying royalties under a 2013 patent license agreement. Microsoft claims that Foxconn did not make payments on time and still needs to be paid. money plus interest.

Specifically, the lawsuit seeks FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Foxconn's parent company, Hon Hai. This subsidiary manufactures phones for Huawei, Xiaomi, etc.

According to BloombergTerry Gou, president of Foxconn, responded to the complaint by saying that it was unjustified. At a press conference in Taiwan, Gou also accused Microsoft of using the lawsuit to steal copyright on Android software. Gou added that Microsoft "was too scared to sue Google for Android royalties, so instead, it takes on suppliers" rather than fighting Google.

Station B: Stimulating the production of biological therapies

Microsoft has announced a new platform called Station B, which could help stimulate the production of life-saving biological therapies. The project aims to develop an end-to-end platform, including a stack of software and machine learning methods running in the cloud on Microsoft Azure. This project will help scientists channel the power of living cells more effectively and predictably.

For this platform, Microsoft works in partnership with researchers from Princeton University and two companies: the Oxford BioMedica gene and cell therapy company and the scientific software company Synthace.

Researchers believe that the opportunity to program biology offers considerable potential for transforming the way everything is produced, whether it is drugs, chemicals, food or fuels. However, predicting combinations of genetic and environmental factors is expensive and difficult. And every success can take months or years of unsuccessful experimentation before it works.

"Imagine that you are trying to put a rocket on the moon, but you do not understand enough the laws of physics or you can not afford to control it with precision.You would not even have the chance to closer, "said Andrew Phillips, head of the biological computation group at Microsoft's research lab in Cambridge, UK. in a blog post. "But if you understand the equations that govern rocket behavior and are able to control it, you can determine where it will go."

Skype tests calls to 50 people

Last week, Microsoft launched a new version of Skype in Insider Preview (8.41.76.55), which allows you to increase the number of people who can go from a call to a number between 50 and 25. The update makes optional sound notifications for all platforms.

"Previously, Skype only supported calls in groups of up to 25 participants – but today we support calls in groups of up to 50! When you start a call in these big groups, it sends a notification instead of ringing all the members, so as not to interrupt those who can not join. With this update, you will also find that the audio and video buttons are now enabled in these larger groups, " Skype said in a blog post. "We're also adding the notification feature to all group video calls, making the ringtone completely optional." When you start a video call in these small groups, we send a notification to your group (as in the big calls), but If you still want to ring, you will have the option once the call has started. "

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"Microsoft Monday" is a weekly column that focuses on everything related to Microsoft. This week, "Microsoft Monday" features information about a Windows 10 update rollback feature, Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESUs), Project xCloud Demo, Minecraft Walkthrough on Xbox Game Pass, on Stack of Games, on Station B and much more!

Restoring Broken Windows 10 Updates

Microsoft has announced a new Windows 10 feature that will allow the operating system to automatically remove broken Windows 10 updates. This will be useful because many Windows 10 users have experienced bumpy upgrades.

Currently, this feature is only available for Windows Insiders running Windows 10 Insider Preview, version 18351 or later. This version of Windows 10 has not been released yet.

If your device displays this message after logging in, you have recently recovered from a startup failure:

Boot failures can be caused by hardware problems, file corruption, or third-party software issues. Windows 10 will attempt to diagnose and resolve failures due to disk problems.

"If all these steps fail and your computer still fails to start properly, Windows will determine if the startup problem has been introduced after the installation of the latest driver or quality updates. If this is the case, these updates can be uninstalled automatically to bring the device back to a usable state. This is only a last resort, " said Microsoft in a document of assistance.

Windows will also prevent deleted updates from automatically installing for the next 30 days. This will give Microsoft and its partners the opportunity to investigate the failure and solve the problems.

Delay updates up to 35 days

Another notable feature that seems to happen in Windows 10 Update is the option to delay it up to 35 days. The current version of Home (version 1809) only allows to postpone seven-day updates, depending on Reddit user Leopeva64 via Ars Technica.

Windows 7 Extended Security Updates Effective April 1

By 2020, support for Windows 7 will end, but Microsoft will sell support for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU). ESU support will be available for sale April 1 at a price range of $ 25 to $ 200 per year.

Microsoft 365 General Manager Bernardo Caldas wrote an article about the availability of ESU. "They will be sold per device for eligible customers and their price will go up every year," wrote Caldas.

It should be noted that ESU support will not be available for home users. ESU support is available only for businesses.

Windows 7 to ask users to start the upgrade in April

Since Windows 7 machines will stop receiving security updates in January 2020, users will start receiving upgrade notifications to Windows 10 starting next month.

"Starting next month, if you're a Windows 7 client, you can expect that a notification will appear on your Windows 7 PC," said Microsoft in a blog post. Notifications can be disabled.

In 2014, Microsoft initially announced the end of Windows 7 support and the extension of the end date from 2015 to 2020.

Illustrated xCloud Project: Forza Running on an Android Device

Microsoft Project xCloud is an upcoming cloud broadcasting service that lets you stream games designed for Xbox One to other devices. In the demonstration above, Forza Horizon 4 is streamed from a data center to an Android device with an Xbox One controller connected via Bluetooth.

Minecraft arrives on the Xbox Game Pass

Last week, Microsoft announced that the next Xbox Game Pass title was one of the company's best-selling games: Minecraft. Minecraft will be added to the Xbox Game Pass from April 4th.

The Xbox Game Pass subscription service is priced at $ 10 per month. And the first month only costs $ 1. Some of the other popular games from Microsoft on the Xbox Game Pass include Crackdown 3 and Forza Horizon 4.

And the subscription service includes access to a wide variety of games for the Xbox One and the retro-compatible Xbox 360 games.

Currently, Minecraft has 91 million players per month and the launch on Xbox Game Pass will make it available for even more players. Microsoft originally acquired Mojang for $ 2.5 billion in September 2014.

Halo Inside Program

Microsoft has launched a new test program for Halo called Halo Inside Program. This is a way for Halo fans to keep in touch with 343 Industries, as new versions can be tested before launch. To register, you will need to sign a confidentiality agreement. And you will be asked to participate in a survey about your interest in the Halo franchise, according to Gamespot.

In addition, you will be asked for details about flight programs for upcoming Halo titles. These are test periods where 343 give access to a subset of users to collect their comments before distributing them to all.

This program replaces the MCC initiated program used by 343 Industries to test Halo: The Master Chief Collection. If you are a member of the MCC Insider Program, you will need to sign up for the Halo Insider Program.

Halo comes to the steam

Later this year, 343 Industries will launch Halo on Steam, including the Master Chief Collection (Halo 1-4). And ODST and Halo: Reach will be available on Steam later this year. This is the first time Microsoft has released a Halo FPS game on Steam. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is on Steam – this is an upgraded version of the classic real-time strategy updated to work natively on a PC.

For Halo: The Master Chief Collection, each game will be published individually from Halo: Reach. And the games will be available for individual purchases. In addition, it will also be launched on PCs via the Microsoft Store.

Xbox Live for any iOS or Android game

Microsoft will deploy the Xbox Live network on iOS and Android devices. The company is also launching a new cross-platform mobile software development kit (SDK) for game developers to integrate Xbox Live functionality into games. This means that Xbox Live features such as hits, Gamerscore, stats and clubs will be available on iOS and Android. Developers will be able to decide which Xbox Live components integrate into the games.

"We believe so much in the community, and Xbox Live is really at the heart of our gaming community," said Kareem Choudhry, head of cloud for gaming at Microsoft. during a scrum with The Verge. "If you look at what we've done, especially with Minecraft, in recent years, we've brought Xbox Live to as many platforms as Minecraft. is as sure as possible. Uniting really all these communities with a singular experience consistent for these players. "

This mobile development kit is part of Microsoft's larger plans for the game stack:

Play pile

The game stack combines all of Microsoft's tools, services and cloud platforms to enable developers to create online games. Microsoft Game Stack will also include DirectX, Mixer, BI Power, Havok, Visual Studio, Windows, Xbox Game Studios, Xbox Live and Simplygon. This service was created using Microsoft's acquisition of PlayFab.

"Game Stack brings together our game development platforms, tools and services such as DirectX and Visual Studio, Azure and Playfab into a robust ecosystem that any game developer can use," added Choudhry via TechCrunch. "We view this as a trip that we are just starting."

Wireless Display App: Broadcasting PC Games on Xbox One

Microsoft adds the ability for Xbox One owners to play their PC games on consoles and use a controller to play them. This can be done using the Wireless display application.

This allows you to play Steam games and other titles directly on the Xbox One. And you can use a standard Xbox controller to navigate the remote PC and allow play or use of an Xbox for presentations. according to The Verge.

The Microsoft Wireless Display application uses Miracast to create a connection between PCs and Xbox One. To run on the Xbox, you can use the winkey + P shortcut. But the app does not support keyboard and mouse input, so you can not play PC games on an Xbox One right now. .

Foxconn pursues royalty payments

Microsoft sues Foxconn's parent company for not paying royalties under a 2013 patent license agreement. Microsoft claims that Foxconn did not make payments on time and still needs to be paid. money plus interest.

Specifically, the lawsuit seeks FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Foxconn's parent company, Hon Hai. This subsidiary manufactures phones for Huawei, Xiaomi, etc.

According to BloombergTerry Gou, president of Foxconn, responded to the complaint by saying that it was unjustified. At a press conference in Taiwan, Gou also accused Microsoft of using the lawsuit to steal copyright on Android software. Gou added that Microsoft "was too scared to sue Google for Android royalties, so instead, it takes on suppliers" rather than fighting Google.

Station B: Stimulating the production of biological therapies

Microsoft has announced a new platform called Station B, which could help stimulate the production of life-saving biological therapies. The project aims to develop an end-to-end platform, including a stack of software and machine learning methods running in the cloud on Microsoft Azure. This project will help scientists channel the power of living cells more effectively and predictably.

For this platform, Microsoft works in partnership with researchers from Princeton University and two companies: the Oxford BioMedica gene and cell therapy company and the scientific software company Synthace.

Researchers believe that the opportunity to program biology offers considerable potential for transforming the way everything is produced, whether it is drugs, chemicals, food or fuels. However, predicting combinations of genetic and environmental factors is expensive and difficult. And every success can take months or years of unsuccessful experimentation before it works.

"Imagine that you are trying to put a rocket on the moon, but you do not understand enough the laws of physics or you can not afford to control it with precision.You would not even have the chance to closer, "said Andrew Phillips, head of the biological computation group at Microsoft's research lab in Cambridge, UK. in a blog post. "But if you understand the equations that govern rocket behavior and are able to control it, you can determine where it will go."

Skype tests calls to 50 people

Last week, Microsoft launched a new version of Skype in Insider Preview (8.41.76.55), which allows you to increase the number of people who can go from a call to a number between 50 and 25. The update makes optional sound notifications for all platforms.

"Previously, Skype only supported calls in groups of up to 25 participants – but today we support calls in groups of up to 50! When you start a call in these big groups, it sends a notification instead of ringing all the members, so as not to interrupt those who can not join. With this update, you will also find that the audio and video buttons are now enabled in these larger groups, " Skype said in a blog post. "We're also adding the notification feature to all group video calls, making the ringtone completely optional." When you start a video call in these small groups, we send a notification to your group (as in the big calls), but if you still want to ring, you will have the option once the call has started. "