Windows 10: OS Market Share January 2018

Here is the NetMarketShare data for the 6 months to January.



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

 

StatCounter's methodology suggests that W10 will overtake W7 this month (desktop worldwide).




:)

 

Windows 10 update crashes my computer

To quote an article from Forbes:

The good news is Microsoft has pulled the updates. For reference they are:

• January 3, 2018 - KB4056897 (Security-only update)
• January 9, 2018 - KB4056894 (Monthly Rollup)
• January 3, 2018 - KB4056888 (OS Build 10586.1356)
• January 3, 2018 - KB4056892 (OS Build 16299.192)
• January 3, 2018 - KB4056891 (OS Build 15063.850)
• January 3, 2018 - KB4056890 (OS Build 14393.2007)
• January 3, 2018 - KB4056898 (Security-only update)
• January 3, 2018 - KB4056893 (OS Build 10240.17735)
• January 9, 2018 - KB4056895 (Monthly Rollup)

This isn’t much good for users already impacted and unable to switch on their PCs (there is no word how they will be helped at present), but it does limit the potential for future damage.

 

January 3, 2018 Security Update for Windows (KB4056892)

Official acknowledgement and announcement from Microsoft regarding this problem:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...security-update-block-for-some-amd-based-devi

"To prevent AMD customers from getting into an unbootable state, Microsoft will temporarily pause sending the following Windows operating system updates to devices with impacted AMD processors at this time:

January 3, 2018—KB4056897 (Security-only update)

January 9, 2018—KB4056894 (Monthly Rollup)

January 3, 2018—KB4056888 (OS Build 10586.1356)

January 3, 2018—KB4056892 (OS Build 16299.192)

January 3, 2018—KB4056891 (OS Build 15063.850)

January 3, 2018—KB4056890 (OS Build 14393.2007)

January 3, 2018—KB4056898 (Security-only update)

January 3, 2018—KB4056893 (OS Build 10240.17735)

January 9, 2018—KB4056895 (Monthly Rollup)"

 

Thanks for sharing. That's a pretty major cutover point, when Win10 catches up to (and then inevitably passes) Win7. The US Government Stats have shown Win10 ahead of Win7 for some time now. See analytics.usa.gov to see what I mean.



Cheers!
--Ed--

 

According to StatCounter W10 overtook W7:

• In Australia in June 2016
• In the USA in November 2016

The Australian figures seem hard to believe, given how long people have been complaining about a lack of money.
Maybe more people here used the free upgrade offer than anywhere else in the world.

 

Wouldn't XP still have a higher percentage than 8x, in the bar graph that EdTittel

 

There seems to be a sizable difference between XP & W8 Series market share data, when comparing NetMarketShare and StatCounter results.

Apparently "no one" in the US uses XP according to the US Government data.