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  As Windows 10 launches, Microsoft pushes for enterprise adoption

  Windows 10 was released to the public on Wednesday, and Microsoft is already encouraging enterprises to begin considering an update.

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  Windows 10 launches with its fair share of bugs

  Microsoft's been candid in claiming that Windows 10 will never be perfect. The company used millions of Windows Insider beta testers to help squash bugs before launch. But as more and more users download, install, and test the new OS, notable issues ...

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  Windows 10 launch draws a small group of Microsoft diehards in Boston

  The normally lightly trafficked Microsoft store in Boston saw a little more action on Windows 10 launch day, but most people weren't interested in the new operating system.

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  These graphics cards and processors support Windows 10's DirectX 12 graphics tech

  Why can't I see DirectX 12 active in Windows 10?

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  After Windows 8 debacle, OEMs wax rhapsodic over Windows 10

  After trying the patience of both consumers and the enterprise alike with Windows 8, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are hoping Windows 10 will reinvigorate the market for PCs, laptops and all-in-one devices.

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  Windows 10 is a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users

  It's official, folks: Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for existing Windows users--as long as you claim it quickly.

• On your mark, get set, update! Windows 10 is here

  Microsoft released Windows 10 to the masses on Wednesday, giving the world an opportunity to update to its newest operating system.

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  Making Windows 10 was like 'ordering pizza for 1.5 billion people'

  When Microsoft set out to build Windows 10, the company had a challenge to face: the operating system needed to appeal to the wide swath of people already using Windows.

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  Hands on with Windows 10's Windows Hello: It just works

  Windows 10's facial-recognition technology, Windows Hello, has been the great white whale of Microsoft's new operating system: Microsoft has demonstrated it, but rarely has anyone been able to see it in the wild.

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  Windows 10 adds full support for Canadian French, Mexican Spanish

  Mexican PC owners will be able to say "hola" to Microsoft's new operating system in a whole new way when it launches on Wednesday, thanks to language support added to Windows 10.

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  Microsoft fixes crash-bug in Windows 10 just days before launch

  Microsoft appears to have patched a bug in Windows 10 that caused a key part of the OS to crash for some testers just two days before launch.

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  Here's how Microsoft is handling the Windows 10 launch, online and off

  The days of folks lining up for a copy of Windows are long gone, but Microsoft isn't giving up on the old-fashioned launch day hoopla for its release of Windows 10 this week.

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  Windows 10: Fact vs. fiction

  It's a few days before Windows 10 is officially slated to drop, and still, confusion abounds. Worse, many fallacies regarding Microsoft's plans around upgrades and support for Win10 remain in circulation, despite efforts to dispel them.

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  Windows testers who haven't updated to the latest build will lose Store access

  Microsoft wants people who are testing Windows 10 to update to the latest version of the operating system, and the company has provided an important incentive: anyone running an older version of the OS will be unable to access the Windows Store, star...

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  In Pictures: 10 tools that fix common Windows frustrations

  Windows is full of niggling little irritations. These tools fix them.