Microsoft Releases New Firmware Update for Surface Studio 2 May 14, 2021 19:16 GMT
Microsoft Surface Studio 2
Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 is an amazing device, there’s no doubt it. It’s crazy expensive, but it’s awesome nonetheless, coming with features that you can hardly find on another all-in-one computer.
But on the other hand, the hardware capabilities of the Studio aren’t the only ones making the experience with the device truly magic, as Microsoft is also paying close attention to every small bit of software from one end to another.
And of course, firmware updates are playing a key role overall, and this is why the regular releases are so important for everybody owning a Studio.
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A new report claims Windows 10X is not happening this year.
Microsoft is focused on rejuvenating Windows Desktop instead.
A new report from Petri today claims that Microsoft has put Windows 10X on hold indefinitely, with no plans to bring it to market this year. This comes after Microsoft publicly delayed Windows 10X, promising a launch in 2021 that would come first to single-screen PCs. Now, it looks like that plan has been totally scrapped, and 10X is now on the backburner as Microsoft refocuses its efforts on the full version of Windows 10.
I can confirm that I ve been hearing the same over the last several weeks. Microsoft halted Windows 10X internal selfhost testing in February, and hasn t restarted it since. Microsoft used to offer 10X selfhost builds for a number of Surface devices, but all of those selfhost images have been removed from the internal portal, and movement on 10X as a whole has grinded to a halt.
Source: Zac Bowden | Windows Central
Recent reports are suggesting that Windows 10X is not happening anytime soon. After being delayed in 2020 with the company promising a shift in strategy to single-screened PCs, Microsoft now appears to have put the whole thing on hold. That means the Surface Neo is OS-less, and that s not good.
We ve not had an official update about Windows 10X or Surface Neo in over a year, which gives the impression that Microsoft doesn t actually
know what to do with Windows 10X now that Sun Valley for Windows 10 desktop is in the works. As a refresher, Sun Valley is a UI effort that aims to reinvigorate Windows Desktop with a modern interface, new features, and better performance across PC and tablet form factors.
Microsoft released KB4577586 as an optional update to Windows systems back in October last year. The cryptic codename hides a simple tool that is described simply by Microsoft as an update that will remove Adobe Flash Player from your Windows machine . Importantly it will only remove Flash installations that were bundled with Windows tools – it won t remove third party or user installs.
Adobe Flash reached its end of life on 1
st January 2021 and the Flash Player itself even has a built-in kill-switch that means it refuses to play content on systems where the date is later than 12
th January 2021. Microsoft, Apple, Google, Mozilla, and Adobe have all acted to remove Flash from products that once used/bundled it, so you won t be able to use it in the modern versions of Edge, Safari, Chrome, or Firefox, for example.