Microsoft kills patch notes, will no longer explain most Windows 10 updates

[froggyboy604]

When Microsoft debuted Windows 10, it began offering significantly less information about KB updates in any given package. Instead of getting a clickable link that provided more than a bare sentence of information, users have to manually search for KB articles based on the given name. While this isn’t difficult, it’s an example of how Redmond has made it a bit more difficult to know what the OS is doing or why it’s doing it. Now, the company has stated that this obfuscation isn’t an artifact of a rushed launch — the company will not explain feature updates unless it deems them significant.

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This will make work harder for some computer computer tech support staff, and Windows 10 users since they will not have patch notes to know what the patches does before they install patches.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

MS is really not doing itself any favor by hiding stuff like patch notes.

 

[IntoxNitram]

A lot of the things they are doing at the moment is leaving a bad taste. It doesn't hurt to at least say something about the updates.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I should buy a W7 disc while I can, before they become hard to find. Or maybe this is a sign to go to linux?

 

[lb]

Well, it seems that they're going on the same path as they did with the blue screen of death in Windows 8 and 8.1. In Windows 7, when a computer crashed, the blue screen of death used to show an entire page of information about the crash. In Windows 8 and 8.1 it just shows a big sad emoticon and a single line of information about the problem.