What is Release notes, Find Known issues and Existing Bugs in Microsoft and Adobe products

The purpose of release notes is simple:
Release notes explain what changed with this version of your software.

The title of release notes document include specific information:

• Name of product
• Version number

Following the title below information is displayed

• One sentence overview of the product
• Date of the release
• System requirements
  • Note changes, like “Discontinued support for Windows XP.”
• Link to installation instructions
• Link to a user manual
• Link to a release notes archive

Other sections in release notes

• Additions
• Removals
• Changes
• Fixes

There may be details that you would share inside a company and you would not share the same with external audiences through release notes, because the information is sensitive or it might only make sense to people in the company.

Read Windows 7 Service Pack 1 release notes in below picture or click on the link to see the webpage: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ff817572%28WS.10%29.aspx

 

Read known Issues of Windows 7 in below picture or on the webpage by clicking on link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ee461105%28WS.10%29.aspx

On finding the bug in Microsoft products, people are allowed to raise bugs on Microsoft website. Have a look at below picture or clink on the link to access the webpage to raise bug: https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&gprid=1173&&st=1&wfxredirect=1&sd=gn

 

You can find existing bugs in Microsoft product by searching on Microsoft site. Click on the below link and search a bug logged against Microsoft product: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/errormessage/en-gb

 

Have a look at Adobe Release notes in below pictures or click on below link to assess release notes: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/releasenotes.html

 

Below pictures shows “Flash Player 11.1 User Release Notes” details like New Features, Fixed Issues, Known Issues etc. Click on link below and navigate to each link and read, to have a good understanding of release notes. http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/923/cpsid_92359.html

You can find existing bugs logged against Adobe product by searching on Adobe site. Click on the below link and search a bug logged against Adobe product: https://bugbase.adobe.com/?event=search