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Microsoft sets post-retirement patching record with Windows XP fix – 5 years after support ended
The update – aimed at stopping the spread of WannaCry-like malware on PCs running the outdated OS – must be manually downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
Critical updates to IE and Windows, make for an urgent May Patch Tuesday
With 79 reported CVE vulnerability entries and two advisories from Microsoft, this is a big update for Windows this month. With this May Patch Tuesday update cycle, we are seeing reported issues in Remote Desktop Services (RDS), DHCP...
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How to set up a Microsoft Azure backup process
Setting up a backup process in Azure is one way to quickly recover from a ransomware attack.
If you’re running Windows XP, 7 or associated Servers, patch them
The much-publicized “wormable” security hole in Windows XP and Windows 7, and similar-era Windows Servers needs to be patched now. The benefits of patching those older machines outweigh the risks.
What happened to Windows 10 1909?
If past were prologue, this fall's version of Windows 10 would already be in the hands of Insiders for testing. But it's yet to be seen.
Windows 10: A guide to the updates
Here's what you need to know about each update to Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for KB4494441 (OS Build 17763.503), released May 14, 2019.
Patches are coming Tuesday. Make sure Windows Update gets locked down.
With Patch Tuesday arriving, this is the time to make sure that you have your patching mechanism thoroughly clogged. You’ll have to apply the May patches sooner or later but, as has been amply demonstrated many times recently, you’re...
Coming to Windows 10: More browsers, not fewer
As the company transitions its Edge browser in Windows 10 to one that's Chromium based, it also plans to maintain support for IE11. For IT admins, the variety of browser iterations could get confusing.
Edge for Mac leaks; Beta build for Windows 10 quickly follows
Microsoft is in the midst of revamping the browser, which will soon be based on the same open-source Chromium technologies that run Google Chrome.
Microsoft will demote IE to a 'mode' inside Edge
The move will allow companies who continue to use the legacy browser to run web sites or web apps inside the upcoming Chromium-based Edge.
New Win10 1903 'Download and install now' — for cumulative updates, too?
Win10 version 1903, due any day now, will include an update-delaying mechanism called “Download and install now.” We’ve only seen it in action once — and in a confusing way. Will it only delay version changes, as promised, or will it...
Microsoft surrenders in its Windows Update war with users
It’s another sign that the company is changing in fundamental ways under the leadership of Satya Nadella.
Now’s the time to install the April Windows and Office patches
With one final April patch delivered in May, the time looks ripe to install last month’s patches. One antivirus manufacturer has a significant disagreement with Microsoft about the April patches, but you can easily bypass the problem...
Windows by the numbers: Maybe Windows 7 doesn't want to retire
With the countdown on to the January end-of-support date for Windows 7, the aging operating system doesn't seem to be going anywhere fast.
Win10 version 1809 gets its laggard second 'April' cumulative update, KB 4501835
But with a release on the first Wednesday in May, is the long-anticipated 'optional non-security' cumulative update an 'E Week' patch, an early 'A Week' or something else altogether? Inquiring minds, etc., etc.
Top web browsers 2019: Chrome dumps user share
It was a good month for Mozilla's Firefox browser, which is at its highlest level of use in a year, and for the Microsoft IE/Edge combo. The user share for the two browsers jumped 1.4 points.
About that Windows 7 End-of-Life nag screen: It ain’t working
Microsoft's end-of-life screen telling Windows 7 users to back up their files and prepare for what's next has had zero effect on Windows 7 usage statistics.
Microsoft tells IT admins to nix 'obsolete' password reset practice
The company now says forcing users to routinely reset passwords at pre-set time intervals doesn't work as well other security options.
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