"Preview users are generally the most willing to nuke and repave their systems," Storms said.Īlso Tuesday, Microsoft shipped seven security updates that patched 24 vulnerabilities in earlier editions of Windows, IE, Office, and the SharePoint and Exchange server software. ![]() Storms echoed Aul's confidence in Windows 10 users' skills. "But since the Windows Insider audience is technical, we decided to leave it up while we work on the fix so that people hitting the Explorer crash can get some relief." "On a shipping OS, if we hit an issue like this we'd normally pull the update," Aul admitted in talking about the Explorer screw-up. I, like Microsoft, hope that these users are adept enough to figure out the workaround/fix on their own."Īs Storms said, Microsoft acknowledged that one in eight users of the preview had been unable to install an earlier fix that was supposed to stop crashes of the operating system's Explorer file manager. Today, Microsoft admitted that some number of their users are plagued with Explorer crashes and what's worse, an update that won't be easy to install. ![]() "Users who chose to grab the Windows 10 Technical Preview are now stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. "There are always upsides and downsides to being on the bleeding edge," Storms said in an interview conducted via instant messaging. ![]() Andrew Storms, vice president of security services at New Context, weighed in on Aul's odd workaround.
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