Windows 10: Windows as a service extremely customer unfriendly?

The most 'irritating' of it all is, that my Windows works most of the time perfectly well. But NO ONE can explain me what those errors - whichevr ones that appear sometimes - mean. Most given advice is 'just ignore, they just happen. Only worry when things really stop working'. So I try to obey this advice. *Wink But sometimes I don't understand why there is no tool implemented in Windows that automatically analyses those rather cryptic - especially for the less initiated... - logs and translate them to something very simplistic: a traffic light. Green is all ok, orange is ok but something has to be checked, while red means Houston, we have a problem. It would make many users much happier. And lots of forums much emptier.

 

Try *Start+R then type "winver"

 

I am not near my computer right now, but it should be version KB4022716 (OS Build 15063.447). But my story actually is independant from which specific version it is. I had the same questions since the original version of Win 10. Many adventures with drivers then, luckily a bit less with those now since I bought a new laptop with Windows 10 pre-installed a couple of months ago.

 

There is not much Microsoft can do about drivers since it's up to the hardware vendors to provide them. On the other hand, I heard that Microsoft gave 3rd party software vendors very little time to get ready for Win10 so I assume the same was true with the hardware vendors.

 

True. The sad thing is that drivers are very often just a side dish for many manufacturers. After all, they prefer you to buy a new device after some upgrades. I think though that this must change (and is slowly changing) since throwing away perfectly working printers, scanners etc is extremely environmentally unfriendly. And you don't have to be an environmentalist for that, even I understand it ;-)

 

Hi!

I have to go sleep, tomorrow I have to a lot of work. So if I don't answer quickly (if you ask more questions) that is not out of unpoliteness!

 

No it is not independent, since the Major version, Build 15063.xxx (1703) on your machine predates the document* from which you quote and base your assumptions upon.

That does not make it a work of fiction but it is speculative.

Just because your Windows has been updated to the current minor version .xxx does not make it the latest version of Windows 10.

1703 has not yet become the Current Branch for Business, but is expected to be announced as CBB in August this year, although the date is not fixed.

So it is still in the pilot stage, where the testing and feedback from the wider user base is still being analysed, and indeed patched by the monthly cumulative updates.

Windows as a Service (WAAS) has been talked about since 2015 and is a policy that Microsoft is commited to achieve for Windows 10.

This plan, which is being realised in stages, is expected to continue indefinitely, and over time, become more seamless, less intrusive and a more continuous update process for the evolution of the Windows operating system.

This is supposed to be less arduous than the previous punctuated release of new Windows numbered versions every 3-5 years for all involved, from end users, thru IT staff and Microsoft itself, hence the definition as a Service rather than as a product.

* Overview of Windows as a service (Windows 10) | Microsoft Docs is a section from a much larger document, available from that webpage to be downloaded as a PDF file.

It is an unusual departure for Microsoft to publish such a detailed overview of its current flagship Operating system and its intended direction, and well worth reading if you want a good grounding in the company view of what windows is about and what is available, and what will be coming.

Whether you or I believe it, will presumably become clearer as Microsoft delivers further Windows 10 updates towards their goal, or meet some stumbling block that causes them to change direction.

The one stumbling block that has been mentioned in this thread is hardware, and its obsolescence, as users find that their devices become unsupported over time by future updates to Windows 10, and of course, legacy software will follow a similar path.

I reiterate that it is a work in progress, and it is not here yet, despite the hype.

 

Hi!

ok, thanks for the clarification! So right now it is more like a misinterpreted buzzword

 

Hi!

I am indeed on version 15063.447, just checked. I assume I can leave the update schedule settings on business branch and that it will pick up the right pace after about august?

 

*Smile Depends upon the interpreter *Smile