Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: Removed Features
Microsoft plans to release the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the next feature update for Windows 10 in a couple of months.
The Fall Creators Update for Windows 10 will introduce new functionality but also remove some that was available in previous versions of the operating system.
Microsoft published a Support article that highlights removed or deprecated features in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
The difference between removed and deprecated is the following: removed features are no longer available in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Deprecated features on the other hand are not in active development at the point in time and likely to be removed in future updates. They are still available in the new version of Windows 10 however.
Microsoft plans to remove or block popular or long standing features in the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10. Most notable are probably the deprecation of the classic Paint application, the blocking of EMET, and the deprecation of the screen saver functionality.
Paint has been the default image editor on Windows for a long time. Microsoft launched Paint 3D in the Windows 10 Creators Update, and seems to have made the decision to remove legacy Paint from the Fall Creators Update.
Microsoft EMET will be blocked in the Windows 10 Fall Creators update, and Microsoft suggests that users configure the new Exploit Protection feature of Windows Defender instead.
| Feature | Removed | Deprecated | Notes |
| 3D Builder app | X | Â 3D Builder still available in Windows Store. Consider using Print 3D and Paint 3D instead. | |
| Apndatabase.xml | X | ||
| Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) | X | Use of Microsoft EMET will be blocked. Microsoft suggests to use Exploit Protection of Windows Defender Exploit Guard instead. | |
| IIS 6 Management Compatibility | X | Â Use of alternative scripting tools and newer management console | |
| IIS Digest Authentication | X | Use of alternative authentication methods | |
| Microsoft Paint | X | Use Paint 3D instead. | |
| Outlook Express | X | Use Mail application. | |
| Reader app | X | Functionality integrated in Microsoft Edge. | |
| Reading List | X | Functionality integrated in Microsoft Edge. | |
| Resilient File System List | X | Create limited to Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Pro for Workstations | |
| RSA/AES Encryption for IIS | X | Use of CNG encryption provider. | |
| Sync Your Settings Back-end changes |
X | Use of same cloud storage system for Enterprise and all other users. | |
| Screen saver functionality in Themes | X | X | Removed in themes in this release, deprecated in Group Policy, Control Panel and Sysprep but functional for the time being. |
| Syskey.exe | X | Syskey.exe is no longer secure. Microsoft recommends to use Bitlocker instead. | |
| System Image Backup (SIB) Solution | X | Microsoft recommends the use of third-party backup solutions, but does not name any | |
| TCP Offload Engine | X | Transitioned to the Stack TCP Engine. | |
| Tile Data Layer | X | Replaced by Tile Store | |
| TLS RC4 Ciphers | X | Disabled by default. | |
| Trusted Platform Module (TPM) OwnerPassword Management | X | Legacy code. | |
| Trusted Platform Module (TPM): TPM.msc and TPM Remote Management | X | Will be replaced by a new user interface in a future release. | |
| Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Remote Management | X | Will be removed in a future version | |
| Windows Hello for Business deployment System Center Configuration Manager Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Federation Services |
X | Registration Authority (ADFS RA) deployment. | |
| Windows PowerShell 2.0 Applications and components |
X | Migration to PowerShell 5.0 |
Now You: What's your take on these changes?
What mental age of reader are you targeting with the first sentence? 10?
Why not write an article on how to *avoid* upgrading from W10 to W11. Analogous to those like me who avoided upgrading from 7 to 10 for as long as possible.
If your paymaster Microsoft permits it, of course.
5. Rufus
6. Ventoy
PS. I hate reading these “SEO optimized” articles.
I used Rufus to create an installer for a 6th gen intel i5 that had MBR. It upgraded using Setup. No issues except for Win 11 always prompting me to replace my local account. Still using Win 10 Pro on all my other PCs to avoid the bullying.
bit pointless to upgrade for the sake of upgrading as you never know when you’ll get locked out because ms might suddenly not provide updates to unsupported systems.
ps…. time travelling?
written. Jan 15, 2023
Updated • Jan 13, 2023
This happens when you schedule a post in WordPress and update it before setting the publication date.
Anyone willing to downgrade to this awful OS must like inflicting themselves with harm.
I have become convinced now that anybody who has no qualms with using Windows 11/10 must fit into one of the following brackets:
1) Too young to remember a time before W10 and W11 (doesn’t know better)
2) Wants to play the latest games on their PC above anything else (or deeply needs some software which already dropped W7 support)
3) Doesn’t know too much about how computers work, worried that they’d be absolutely lost and in trouble without the “”latest security””
4) Microsoft apologist that tries to justify that the latest “features” and “changes” are actually a good thing, that improve Windows
5) Uses their computer to do a bare minimum of like 3 different things, browse web, check emails, etc, so really doesn’t fuss
Obviously that doesn’t cover everyone, there’s also the category that:
6) Actually liked W7 more than 10, and held out as long as possible before switching, begrudgingly uses 10 now
Have I missed any group off this list?
You have missed in this group just about any professional user that uses business software like CAD programs or ERP Programs which are 99% of all professional users from this list.
Linux doesn’t help anyone who is not a linux kid and apple is just a fancy facebook machine.
Microsoft has removed KB5029351 update
only from windows update though
KB5029351 is still available from the ms update catalog site
1. This update is labaled as PREVIEW if it causes issues to unintelligent people, then they shouldn’t have allowed Preview updates ot install.
2. I have installed it in a 11 years old computer, and no problems at all.
3. Making a big drama over a bluescreen for an updated labeled as preview is ridiculous.
This is probably another BS internet drama where people ran programs and scripts that modified the registry until they broke Windows, just for removing stuff that they weren’t even using just for the sake of it.
Maybe people should stop playing geeks and actually either use Windows 10 or Windows 11, but don’t try to modify things just for the sake of it.
Sometimes removing or stopping things (like defender is a perfect example) only need intelligence, not scripts or 3rd party programs that might mess with windows.
Windows 11 was a pointless release, it was just created because some of the Windows team wanted to boost sales with some sort of new and improved Windows 10. Instead, Microsoft cannot support one version well let alone two.
Windows 11 is the worst ugly shame by Microsoft ever. They should release with every new W11 version a complete free version of Starallback inside just to make this sh** OS functionally again.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released a statement regarding the “unsupported processor” blue screen error for their boards using Intel 600/700 series chipsets & to avoid the KB5029351 Win11 update:
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-On–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–Error-Message-of-Windows-11-Update-KB5029351-Preview-142215
check out the following recent articles:
Neowin – Microsoft puts little blame on its Windows update after UNSUPPORTED PROCESSOR BSOD bug:
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-puts-little-blame-on-its-windows-update-after-unsupported-processor-bsod-bug/
BleepingComputer – Microsoft blames ‘unsupported processor’ blue screens on OEM vendors:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-unsupported-processor-blue-screens-on-oem-vendors/
While there may be changes or updates to the Windows 10 Store for Business and Education in the future, it is premature to conclude that it will be discontinued based solely on rumors.
My advice, I left win 15 years ago. Now I’m a happy linux user (linuxmint) but there is Centos, Fedora, Ubuntu depending on your needs.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released new BIOS/firmware updates for their Intel 600 & 700 series motherboards to fix the “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” problem (Sept. 6):
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/Updated-BIOS-fixes-Error-Message–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–caused-BSOD-on-MSI-s-Intel-700-and-600-Series-Motherboards-142277