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Patch Tuesday problems persist: Start stops, Edge crumbles, Outlook and VMware shake
It looks as if we’ve escaped the major inherited bug in Microsoft’s rapid-fire series of Windows patches — the printing problems have subsided. Now we’re seeing reports of a second wave of bugs: Start menu has critical errors, Edge...
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Microsoft prods customers with Windows 10 retirement dates
The last update for Windows 10 Enterprise 1703 and Windows 10 Education 1703 arrived on Tuesday.
A troubled update to critical browser patches for October Patch Tuesday
This October Patch Tuesday is an important but troubled patch release from Microsoft. Our advice is to wait, test and stage your patch deployments.
Android file transfer: How to move data between your phone and computer
Moving files between your Android device and a Windows PC, Mac, or Chromebook doesn't have to be difficult — or dependent on any cloud services.
With Windows Virtual Desktop, the bad old days are coming back
The PC — and yes, Microsoft — set us free. Now Microsoft is taking control.
Patch Tuesday preliminary report: Looks like the fourth time’s a charm
It’s still much too early to give yesterday’s Windows patches a clean bill of health, but initial reports are most encouraging. In particular, the printer spooling problems introduced by the emergency manual IE zero-day patches on...
Windows 10: A guide to the updates
Here's what you need to know about each update to the current version of Windows 10 as it's released from Microsoft. Now updated for KB4517389 (OS Build 18362.418), released Oct. 8, 2019.
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Windows 10: Answering your most important questions | TECH(talk)
Computerworld Windows expert Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis are back to answer your questions about Windows 10.
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Top enterprise VPN vulnerabilities
Don’t assume VPNs are always safe. These popular enterprise VPNs all have known remote code execution vulnerabilities.
As Patch Tuesday approaches, turn off Automatic Update temporarily and — especially — disengage IE
Tomorrow’s Patch Tuesday and, given all the havoc we’ve seen with the latest Windows patches, you need to get Automatic Update turned off for now. Based on a security report hidden behind a $690 Microsoft paywall, I also recommend...
Microsoft's plan to ignore Windows 10 1809 worked
Remember the problematic rollout of last year's fall update to Windows 10? Microsoft would just as soon forget it happened, and hopes users do, too.
Microsoft crowdsourced QA, and look what we got
The Windows Insiders program has signed up lots of people willing to check out pre-release versions of Windows for free. It’s pretty clear it’s not working.
Microsoft releases even more patches for the CVE-2019-1367 IE zero-day, and the bugs are having a field day
Ten days ago, Microsoft released a half-fast set of manual patches aimed at fending off a newly described and “Exploited” Internet Explorer zero-day. Bugs crawled out of the woodwork. Yesterday, Microsoft finally released a true...
Windows by the numbers: Windows 10 continues to cannibalize Windows 7
Windows 10's share of all PCs rose 1.4 percentage points in September as users continued to shift away from Windows 7 ahead of a January end-of-support deadline.
Time to install Microsoft's mainstream September patches – and avoid the dregs
This month’s lightning rod patch — the fix for the peek-a-boo Internet Explorer zero-day CVE-2019-1367 — still isn’t in any of the pushed updates. Unless you’re a Chicken Little acolyte, avoid it, but get the rest of the September...
Post-retirement Windows 7 patches: Not just for the big dogs now
Microsoft now says it will offer patches for the aging OS through early 2023 to any business that's willing to pay up.
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How to safely erase data under Windows
Bitlocker and self-encrypting hard drives can make it easier to erase data so that it cannot be recovered. This is how the “crypto-erase” method works.
Top web browsers 2019: Microsoft's browser share falls to record low
While Microsoft's browsers lost ground in September, Firefox managed another small gain. But the big winner continues to be Google's Chrome, which dominates the browser market.
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