Insiders were turning off the search indexer, however, due to excessive disk and CPU usage and general performance issues. The Windows Update fixed Start menu search by taking advantage of the old Windows search indexer.
Instead of reinstalling Windows 10 from the files on your local system, Windows will download the latest version of Windows 10 and install it on your system. Go to Settings > Update and Security > Recovery and choose to reset your PC and remove everything, and then tell Windows to use “Cloud Download". There's a new “Cloud Download” option you can use when resetting your PC to a default Windows system. It supports both light and dark themes, as well. You can resize it and move it around on your desktop by dragging the title bar. The history of your conversation will appear like a chat window, after opening Cortana from the taskbar. You can now type questions to Cortana instead of speaking aloud. Microsoft is showcasing a “new Cortana experience” with a chat-based interface. You can then choose which updates you might want to install. To find this screen after updating, go to Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update > View optional updates. Now, there’s a new screen that shows all these updates in one area, whether it's driver updates, big features, quality updates, what have you. Windows Update automatically installs several updates. This is Microsoft's way of being more cautious and transparent about updates following the October 2018 Update that caused file deletion issues.īrowse the gallery above to see photos of some of the new features. Microsoft has a Windows release health dashboard that offers a status on the rollout and any known issues for the May 2020 Update. The latest version is the May 2020 Update, and it's actually rolling out a few weeks early to testers in the Insiders program. These are big feature updates completely separate from the monthly security updates that Microsoft also rolls out to Windows 10 users. Microsoft has been updating its Windows 10 operating system twice a year - once in the spring and again in the autumn - for years.
Just a few weeks after Microsoft released a final version of the Windows Update to testers, the company has officially rolled out the software update to the public, allowing anyone on Windows 10 to access it through the Windows Update system tool. Here's everything you need to know, including what's new in the May 2020 Update and how to get it. (Pocket-lint) - The latest major operating system update to Windows 10 - the Windows Update - has arrived.