Windows 10 Threshold 2, the major update to Windows 10, should be out in only 8 days. Users who already migrated to Windows 10 are awaiting this update because it should fix a lot of issues present in Windows 10 RTM (Build 10240). The November Update, as many people refer to it, is going through the finalizing stages and testing so it can be rolled out soon.
If you are interested in learning what you can expect from the Threshold 2 November Update, check out the following article:
The first major update for Windows 10, “Threshold 2” will be released in November.
Here is a brief list of changes you need to know about.
Improvements and new features of Windows 10 November Update
- A new Winver/About Windows dialog shows a new information. It says "OS version: 1511". The number 15 indicates the year, and 11 indicates the month (November).
- Activation improvements: Now you are able to use your Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 key to activate Windows 10 directly. You need not upgrade the installed Windows version to Windows 10. All you need is a genuine key of the older release. Type it in Windows 10 and you are done.
- Plenty of new icons. Users who already tried previous builds might be familiar with these icons:
- Cortana is able to understand your inked notes - setting reminders based on locations, times and numbers that it can understand from your digital annotations.
- Updates to the Microsoft Edge browser feature the following changes:
- The ability to sync Favorites and Reading list items in Microsoft Edge between your devices.
- Tab previews. All mainstream browsers have this feature, now Edge has it too.
- Updated interface for the Download manager.
- Updated interface for Developer Tools, which can be docked now.
- Skype messaging, calling and video capabilities are integrated in Windows 10 through new Universal Windows apps - Messaging, Phone and Skype Video respectively.
- Return of colored title bars for users of Windows 10 RTM (Build 10240). For those who're part of the Insider program, you can have colored title bars already since Windows 10 build 10547. You can adjust the color by going to Settings > Personalization > Colors. Colored title bars will appear only if “Show color on Start, Taskbar, Action Center, and Title bars” is enabled. This is how it looks:
- The Start menu got updated context menus with icons:
- New behavior for printing that makes your default printer the last printer you used. This change helps ensure the best printer is pre-selected in default print dialogs. You can change this behavior to make it work like the previous way Windows handled default printers from Settings > Devices > Printer & Scanners. The ability to set a default printer by network location which was added in Windows 7 has been removed.
- New Lock Screen backgrounds
- Nested virtualization.
- Jump lists for Metro/Universal apps.
- Ability to locate your device with GPS and Location tracking.
- App access to call history and emails can be controlled by the user. More details HERE.
- Improved memory management with data compression.
- An updated environment variables editor.
Here is a number of fixes which can be expected in Windows 10 November update:
Fixes will be available in Windows 10 Threshold 2
- Fixed the huge context menus height.
- The ability to store offline maps on SD card:
This option is located in System - Offline maps. The user can specify now which drive should be used to store Offline maps. - You can use any of your drives or partitions to store Windows apps.
This ability appeared first in the pre-release Windows 10 Insider builds but will be functional in the TH2 update. You can see the following article for more details: Move apps to another drive or partition in Windows 10. - In Windows 10 RTM build 10240, the Start menu was limited to 512 items. Windows 10 TH2 will extend it to 2048 items.
Read this article for more details: Windows 10 build 10547 features some Start menu changes. - Cortana can be used now with local accounts. Previously, you had to use a Microsoft account to use Cortana.
That's it. What is your favorite and most anticipated change in the upcoming Windows 10 November update? Do you think it is time to move to Windows 10 or not? Tell us in the comments.
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Doesn‘t look too exciting.
Is this fixed yet? > http://www.windоws10fоrums.cоm/thrеаds/windоws-10-intеrmittently-not-sleeping-automatically.1954/
Your link doesn‘t work.
Basically, the screen won’t turn off automatically if I plugged a game controller. I’ve set the screen to turn off automatically after idle for 2 minutes at Settings > System > Power & sleep. The forum said it was something about the driver not working properly or something. But I don’t have this kind of issue in Windows 7.
Maybe you could find out at that forum..
The Forums discuss two causes for failure of the screen to turn off automatically. One is a ‘noisy’ user interface device that keeps it awake (in my case it was the ‘white board’ device that I don’t even have, but disabling it eliminated the problem). The other is a problem where the screen saver timer resets to one minute after a complete shutdown and startup, accompanied by failure of the screen saver and screen turnoff function. This problem does not occur when the computer is placed in Hibernate and reawakened or when a ‘Restart’ is performed. So far there does not appear to be a fix for this problem. When the problem does occur, it can be fixed by resetting the screensaver timer, until the next time the computer is shut down.
Just upgraded to build 10586.3 and the problem is no more. :)