Microsoft has been known to make the occasional misstep when it comes to Windows 10. Whether it’s pushing a software update that deletes user files or forcefully introducing unwanted or unnecessary features with the latest versions of the OS, the tech giant has done it all. Unfortunately, Microsoft has made ... Read More »
Windows 10 updates continue to cause problems STEVE KOTECKI Picked up by both TechDows and MSPoweruser, they are warning the KB4517389 update (which is already causing Start Menu, search and browser problems) is now causing the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on some PCs as well. At this stage, it isn’t clear what ... Read More »
Microsoft has released optional cumulative updates for multiple versions of Windows 10, including one for Windows 10 version 1809 that fixes a Start menu problem when upgrading to this version. A week after October Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released the non-security update KB4520062 for Windows 10 version 1809. Microsoft highlights that it ... Read More »
Microsoft release a cumulative patch, KB4517389, only a few days ago which was supposed to fix a number of highly publicised errors, and while it seems to have fixed the printer problems that were plaguing Windows 10 recently, it seems like the Start menu continues to have issues. If news that Microsoft has ... Read More »
Windows 10 has a quality control problem. While Microsoft has made improvements, updates remain a minefield and this month alone just one broke Search, the Start Menu and caused USB and audio problems for good measure. Now Microsoft is making changes every one of its 800M Windows 10 users needs to know about. Windows 10 will soon warn users which ... Read More »
Windows Defender was recently boosted by an industry-respected AV Test report that gave it a perfect rating alongside F-Secure Safe 17 and Norton Security 22 for home antivirus protection. The differentiator is that Windows Defender is a free solution that comes installed as part of Windows 10. This was excellent news for ... Read More »
Windows 10 continues to be hit by an unacceptably large number of self-inflicted problems. And Microsoft’s latest warning to its users perfectly sums this up. Windows 10’s new update is causing more problems than it fixes STEVE KOTECKI Picked up by Windows Latest, KB4515384 – an update Microsoft released to fix the CPU spiking search ... Read More »
While Microsoft deserves some sympathy for recent Windows 10 problems, typically the buck stops in Redmond. And with its latest Windows 10 update warning, Microsoft makes it clear there is only one company to blame. Windows 10 1903 users risk breaking their Bluetooth connectivity with Microsoft’s latest update STEVE KOTECKI Last month, Microsoft began forcibly ... Read More »
Microsoft has pushed out a pair of Windows 10 preview builds for the big update due later in 2019 (19H2), one of which has all the new features turned off – and those tweaks include some interesting moves, such as the promise of better battery life for laptops running certain processors. So ... Read More »
We are days away from the fourth anniversary of Windows 10’s initial release, which alsomarks the beginning of the “Windows as a service” era. By this time, you’d think Microsoft would have settled on an easy-to-understand set of rules that IT pros can follow for managing updates. Think again. For 2019, ... Read More »
