Windows 10 April 2018 Update kills off a number of features

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which features it's removed from Windows 10.As Microsoft notes in a news post on its Windows IT Pro Center website, while it adds plenty of
new features and tools with major updates like the Windows 10 April 2018 update, also known as Windows 10 version 1803, it occasionally
removes features and functionality as well.This is usually because the features have been replaced with something more useful, or the
feature or functionality just isn't widely used any more
As with the Fall Creators Update, several features have been removed from Windows 10, and Microsoft has listed them, along with suggesting
alternatives.Here are the features that you will find missing when you install the Windows 10 April 2018 Update.Getting out of the
GrooveAfter killing off its Groove music streaming service last year, the Groove Music Pass has now been removed from Windows 10.You can
then Microsoft suggests using Spotify or other music services
That must have been a bitter pill to swallow.The HomeGroup feature, which allowed simple sharing of files and printers over a home network,
death of Groove and the lack of HomeGroups, there is one feature that most people will be happy to see the back of: Microsoft has announced
controversial feature that worried many people when it was first introduced, as it would connect to open Wi-Fi hotspots (networks without a
password) automatically by default, which led to some security concerns.The option was so controversial that Microsoft disabled it, and it's
now removing it altogether
features
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Microsoft has also listed the features that are no longer being actively developed
In software terms, this can often be a lot like being placed on death row, and it means that these features are likely to disappear in a
future update to Windows 10.The Windows Help Viewer app is being depreciated, with all Windows help information now available online
off soon, with Microsoft pointing users to the People app in Windows 10 for similar functionality.The Phone Companion app is no longer being