Windows 10: The October update back in November

With a month late, Windows 10 October Update is available for download … revival. This big update knew its count of bugs, and serious. The distribution of this version was quickly removed from the publisher's servers because it was deleting files from some users …

The testers enrolled in the program Insiders received a new version a few days later, and now it is the turn of all users to enjoy (without the bug). Michael Fortin, vice president of Windows, announces in a blog post that will be followed by others that Microsoft intends to improve the reliability and stability of its operating system.

It must be said that Windows 10 is a giant at the feet of clay: some elements of the huge ecosystem that revolves around are not necessarily more stable. The OS is the backbone of more than 700 million active devices each month; there are 35 million applications with more than 175 million versions and 16 million hardware / driver combinations.

New firmware, drivers, updates, and security updates appear every day. It is enough that there is a small piece of defective software so that the house of cards collapses. Microsoft must play its score in this great concert, while listening to users: " Our goal is to provide everyone with the best Windows experience ".

The tweaking of Windows 10 goes through a better recovery of the bugs: there is elbow oil testers internally and externally, but also machine learning models to deliver the first Windows updates to certain types of devices (" If we detect that your device may have a problem, we will not offer the update until the bug is fixed. ").

The publisher also wants to go slowly by giving priority to improving the experience, the speed of deployment of the update. This means that Microsoft first serves a small percentage of seasoned users before delivering new versions to everyone.

Finally, it is to identify potential bugs that go back to the Microsoft Feedback Hub or directly on social networks. In the event of a problem, the publisher blocks delivery of the update to similar devices until the patch is developed.

This does not prevent Microsoft from delivering very quickly, for all users, security updates when a "0 day" fault is clogged. We understand between the lines that Microsoft would intend to slow down the infernal pace of new features in Windows 10, to better focus on finishes and stability.

This is reminiscent of Apple rumored to have set aside several new features, including iOS 12, to improve the reliability and compatibility of its software.