Microsoft
will be rolling out the Windows 10 May 2020 update soon, with rumours suggesting
it’ll start arriving sometime this week. If you’re curious to know what changes
it’ll bring, here’s a rundown of the highlights.
Windows Latest writes that the May update, which was supposed to roll out on May
12 but got delayed due to a zero-day vulnerability will start rolling out
between May 26 – 28. Let’s hope it doesn’t cause the kind of
issues we’re used to seeing in Windows updates. Back in
January last year Microsoft added a feature that reserved 7GB or more for
updates. Microsoft might have thought the feature would be welcomed by
users, by many didn’t appreciate Windows 10 consuming an additional 10 GB of
space. Thankfully, Reserved Storage can now be disabled using the DISM tool in
Windows 10 version 2004 or newer.
NEW LOGOS
December saw Microsoft reveal plans to revamp over 100 of its icons for the
company’s various services, tools, and apps. The change affects the Windows
logo, File Explorer, Notepad, Paint, and many others, bringing them in line
with the “Fluent Design” philosophy. The May update brings the new icons to
Microsoft’s first-party apps, adding more uniformity with Windows 10X.
CLOUD DOWNLOADS
Another feature we heard about via an insider Preview build last year was a cloud
recovery system. Most of us have run into problems with Windows 10, and some of
these are serious enough to require a system recovery, restoring a PC back to
its default state. That usually means digging out the original Windows
installation media, which many of us will admit to having lost.
With the
Cloud Recovery button, you can reinstall Windows 10 from a system image
directly from Microsoft’s servers, so no need to hunt down that USB drive/CD.
OTHER CHANGES...
Elsewhere, Windows Search will only index files when the PC isn’t being actively used, thereby increasing the overall performance. There’s also the introduction of the Display Driver Model (WDDM) 2.7, which is good news for those who use multiple monitors as it improves video output, performance, and refresh rates on these setups.
Finally, support for 10th generation Intel Comet Lake processors and AMD's Ryzen 4000-series processors have been added. On new PCs, Microsoft is ending support for 32-bit versions of Windows 10.