Windows 10 anniversary update will take months to complete

It’s been a month since the anniversary update was released, which has some people wondering why their Windows 10 computers haven’t yet been updated.

It turns out that Microsoft is being extraordinarily cautious, and doesn’t expect the rollout to be complete until November. Thankfully, the update can be installed manually using the Windows 10 Upgrade Tool.

Microsoft’s caution makes sense when you consider what they are doing with Windows testing. It appears that Microsoft is doing a lot less testing in-house, and pinning its hopes on user feedback. The anniversary update is being rolled out first to computers that – based on their hardware and configuration – are least likely to experience problems. This only confirms Microsoft’s disdain for power users, because they are much more likely to encounter problems.

If Microsoft hates power users so much, why don’t they just come out and say it. Then we can all just move to Linux and forget about Windows, except as an object of ridicule.

Chrome 53.0.2785.113

The announcement for Chrome 53.0.2785.113 highlights five security issues that are addressed in the new version. It points to this page for details, but currently nothing is listed there. According to Google, “Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix.”

The full change log lists several dozen changes, most of which are minor bug fixes.

For most users, Chrome will update itself. To make sure you’re running the most recent version, click the menu button (at the top right; looks like three vertical dots), and select Help > About. If Chrome hasn’t already updated itself, this should trigger the update.