Windows 10: Microsoft launches new Windows 10 update history page

Read more:http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsof...e-history-page

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Microsoft reverses decision on update information

>>With today's release, Microsoft has finally reversed its decision to avoid providing detailed changelogs for these relatively minor cumulative updates. The company has launched a new

'Windows 10 Update History' site, giving a clear breakdown of what each such update includes.

Windows 10 build 10586.104 rolls out, as Microsoft launches new 'Update History' site

 

Windows 10 message you need a new app to open this MS-Get-Started can't get out of safe mode

In my case, after update to the Fall Creators Edition version 1709, on the "View installed update history" page, when I click "See what's new in this update" I instead got the "you need a new app to open this" message, where clicking sometimes took me to
the store and sometimes did nothing.

Here's my solution.

Click the app button, or otherwise get into the Microsoft Store.

If the store does not suggest it, search for "tips" and select the "Microsoft Tips" app.

The "Microsoft Tips" page will probably say "This product is installed.". This is what you expect. Now click the "Launch" button.

Now you will see the page that should have been displayed when you got the "you need a new app to open this".

When you go back to the "View installed update history" page, when clicking "See what's new in this update", you open the "Microsoft Tips" app.

If you have multiple accounts, you will need to do this for each account. Also, you may have to do this again after another update,

 

Great news that many have wanted for months now.

 

'Bout time! Thanks for the link to the link!

 

Thanks for posting. good news.. *Smile

 

nice to see what the updates are for and what they are supposed to do

 

Thanks for that.

It is a bit odd you have to click on the Successfully installed on d/m/y line rather than the patch name line to get the More info link though. And when you click on More info it doesn't take you to the page with the change details but rather just to this page https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3124262 which only says

It would be much better (especially as it says the KB page "a complete listing of the issues" but doesn't) if you could click on the patch name and it would take you to the relevant part of this page Windows 10 update history - Windows Help.

Perhaps I'm being overly picky though *Rolleyes

 

Microsoft has announced a new Windows 10 Update History website that provides users with detailed information on Windows 10 updates as they are rolled out. *Smile
"We're committed to our customers and strive to incorporate their feedback, both in how we deliver Windows as a service and the info we provide about Windows 10. In response to this feedback, we’re providing more details about the Windows 10 updates we deliver through Windows Update. You'll see a summary of important product developments included in each update, with links to more details. This page will be regularly refreshed, as new updates are released."

 

This is certainly long overdue and puts them in line with most major software publisher's procedures. Microsoft has a long history of claiming that such information is more useful to malware makers than it's own users. The thing is, the malware guys are the ones that usually find the bugs before the users ever are warned. At least now we can see when some of the problems are fixed.

Most important, when users experience issues with Windows Updates they can now try to narrow the cause down to specific fixes and help Microsoft and the community correct the issue faster.

Again, something that they would never have done under Gates or Balmer.

Kudos Microsoft and Mr. Nadella.

 

Hi Intrepid1, thanks for the link!

 

Bonus Tip:
Now clicking learn more on Windows update settings would redirect you to the update history page *Smile

 

Thanks. Just after I created a bookmark.

 

This is an improvement, NOW if they only allowed us to selectively chose which upgrade/updates we wanted. If they did that, I might (might) think about installing 10.

 

Then I won't have anyone to pick on. . .*Wink