There’s only one new feature to look into after your computer installs the 1809 update. But when you step back and look at the big picture, Windows 10 is actually in good shape and (mostly) getting better. They’re unforgivable there should never be bugs that destroy data. The bugs that caused so much embarrassment only affected a small number of people. It brings meaningful security updates and cleanup around the edges, which is exactly what we want Microsoft to focus on. This update does not bring any unneeded new features. The irony is that Windows 10 is getting better.

(Which may happen because, jeez, Windows is really complicated, y’know? Or in corporate speak, “Even a multi-element detection process will miss issues in an ecosystem as large, diverse and complex as Windows.”)

But don’t worry, Microsoft promises it will “ focus on transparency and communication” in the future when they release Windows upgrades that destroy data. Ready or not, you’re going to get the update. Hope so, because you don’t have any choice. Microsoft pulled the update and hunkered down and refused to say anything for more than a month, leading to an orgy of speculation and hand-wringing by the tech press about Microsoft’s broken quality control.īut that’s all over now! I’m sure your computer will be fine. Microsoft actually released the update for a few days in October, until early installers ran into horrible data-destroying bugs. So the version number suggests September and the official name is the “October update” and it’s being released in November. The version number – 1809 – is a code for the year and month of the update. Microsoft just began rolling out the “Windows 10 October 2018 Update,” bringing Windows 10 to version 1809. Your Windows 10 computer is going to install a major update soon.

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