Windows 10: Market Share March 2018

Here are the charts from NetMarketShare and StatCounter.

NetMarketShare suggests that W7 & W10 both decreased slightly and XP went up. *Confused
StatCounter shows W10 increasing and W7 decreasing.

(You'll need to click several times to see it full size)
https://www.tenforums.com/attachmen...ounter.png?s=c1e8b753a573dc6e5ffc1ac8c4009171

Data from NetMarketShare
Data from StatCounter
Note:
If you visit the NetMarketShare site, you'll notice that the info listed in the table does not match the data points on the graph. *Confused

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Can't to run the Windows Update Standalone Installer of "Windows10.0-KB4090913-x64"

Try installing the latest update manually:

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how do i get win 10 to update my 1709 update?

Hello,

Try installing the latest updates manually:

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Hi,
Weird all I can say is what I prefer to use *Smile

 

Too much guesswork, there's noway anybody can get right numbers. MS knows only about what and how much is sold and registered/activated. I'm active on several HW enthusiast sites and very rarely is anybody running anything but W10. It's so often used that most refer to it only as Windows. W7 is all but forgotten. Practically only way to get older than W7 on a ready made new computer is to force install it.

 

These so called stat trends are totally meaningless with changes well inside the statistical error bands.

Does anybody seriously think XP is on the increase - pure hogwash.

 

it could be the result of older machines being resurrected, rather than acquiring new units. And with so many old copies of XP floating around and it's ease of install, might account for some. I personally know of 3 friends that have recently done this. basically most people just need browser connections for banking etc., why buy a super powered unit.

Interestingly enough this past year I have met so many Linux users, I am beginning to feel like the left out one.

 

Surely the statistical variation is related to the number of samples taken.
I don't know how many samples NetMarketShare takes or how often they do it.

I consider any changes <0.5% to be noise. *Smile

The XP figures could be because older machines (that aren't normally connected to the Internet) were turned on to get software updates.
I don't normally update software on my XP installs every month.