14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 is being offered by Microsoft free of charge to users running Windows 7 or 8.1 on their PCs, but it’s no secret that many have come across various bugs that have not only led to a completely ruined experience after the upgrade but have also made it impossible to install the new OS in the first place.
So in order to address all these problems, today Microsoft has released KB3112336, a new update specifically aimed at Windows 7 and 8.1 computers, which is supposed to make the transition to Windows 10 a bit smoother for everyone running any of these two OS versions.
The company doesn’t provide any specifics to explain what exactly it fixed with this update, but it recommends everyone to install it as soon as possible, especially if planning to upgrade to Windows 10.
Fixes for failed installs
It does mention, however, that users who have already tried to install Windows 10 and failed for various reasons could notice a significantly improved experience after deploying this patch.
“This update enables support for additional upgrade scenarios from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, and provides a smoother experience when you have to retry an operating system upgrade because of certain failure conditions. This update also improves the ability of Microsoft to monitor the quality of the upgrade experience,” Microsoft explains in the official description of the patch.
Upgrading Windows 7 users to Windows 10 is Microsoft’s priority these days, especially because the majority of PCs are currently running this particular OS version. Windows 7 is the world’s top desktop operating system with a share around 50 percent, which means that one in two computers on the planet is powered by this release.
Microsoft hopes to bring Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by 2017, and the company says that, right now, more than 110 million are already running its new OS version.