Tag: Operating systems

June 15, 2021

Microsoft quietly edited a document on its website over the weekend to reveal it’s planning to end support for Windows 10 Home and Pro on October 14, 2025. The revelation comes just before Microsoft’s “What’s Next Windows” event scheduled for […]

October 7, 2020

The built-in Windows 10 Reliability Monitor is an often-overlooked troubleshooting gem. It’s actually a specialized subset of Windows’ longstanding general-purpose Performance Monitor tool (perfmon.exe). But because Reliability Monitor zeros in and tracks a limited set of errors and changes on […]

July 28, 2020

Windows 10 version 1809 Home and Pro hit “End of Service” on Nov. 10. But users on version 1809 have been reporting for more than a month that they’re getting pushed onto Win10 version 2004. This is a hard push […]

July 21, 2020

Windows 10X began as a streamlined operating system for the Surface Neo, a premium mobile device with two screens that opened like a book. Now Microsoft seems poised to use the OS to power laptop competitors to Google’s highly successful […]

May 7, 2020

If you haven’t yet installed the April Windows and Office patches, now’s a good time to release the kraken. With a bit of prudent precaution, of course. If you have click-to-run versions of Office, you may start seeing “Compile error: […]

April 13, 2020

Microsoft announced that Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) will be generally available in Windows 10, version 2004. WSL2 was released into the Insider Program last year. With the move to general availability, WSL2 can now be automatically updated via […]

April 9, 2020

Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 preview for the insider Fast ring introduces new user cleanup recommendations in Storage Settings, as well as a new page to help users discover new and recently added features. The extra help for users to get […]

October 22, 2019

Apple has released a new version of its macOS Catalina Supplemental Update. The first iteration of the update was made available to Macs running Catalina on October 15. Like last week’s update, of which this is apparently a new version, […]

August 9, 2019

Robocall-blocking apps promise to rid your life of spoofed and spam phone calls. But are they as trustworthy as they claim to be? One security researcher said many of these apps can violate your privacy as soon as they are […]

July 17, 2019

A recent Microsoft Support knowledgebase article and servicing stack update for Windows operating systems offers a fix for a race condition issue introduced by a secure boot feature update, which caused patching to trigger a BitLocker recovery password. It reminded […]

May 31, 2019

Microsoft has issued its second advisory this month urging users to update their systems to prevent a re-run of attacks similar to WannaCry. The software giant said Thursday that the recently discovered “wormable” vulnerability in Remote Desktop Services for Windows […]

February 22, 2019

New research from Panasonic Business has shed light on the fact that the use of Android tablets and handhelds are on the rise in business but security still remains a big concern for many organizations. On average, 72 percent of […]

March 9, 2018

Only around 1.1% of Android phones are running Oreo, but, hey… don’t let that spoil the mood. Google’s got another big update in the works, and they’re finally ready to let developers take a look at it! Yes, you can […]

January 9, 2018

When Microsoft introduced group policy objects (GPOs) along with Windows Server 2000 nearly 17 years ago, they were an exciting new approach to managing user and system permissions. Today, they’re simply part of the administrative woodwork, and as a result, […]

August 31, 2017

While the generous offer from Microsoft of a free copy of Windows 10 for anyone who wants to upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.1 has now expired, it’s still possible to make the transition without spending £120 on the Microsoft […]

July 17, 2017

Microsoft’s new continuous-delivery model, with Windows releases every six months or so, makes sense for the desktop. But does it work for Windows Server? Certainly, Microsoft didn’t think so at first. Windows Server 2016 comes from the Long-Term Servicing Build […]

July 16, 2017

Android security is a frequent tech topic that most of us read about weekly, if not daily sometimes. Everybody knows that Android phones are exposed to hacks, but no one considered just how vulnerable they really are, until now. Researchers […]

July 12, 2017

Linux distributions geared toward casual desktop users are important, but developers also need to use Linux. Developers have different needs than other users, so certain distributions can be better than others for development purposes. But which distros are well suited […]

July 12, 2017

What is High Sierra? The 14th major version of Apple’s Mac operating system, High Sierra is currently going through beta testing in order to ship this fall. The OS (aka macOS 10.13) has a range of under-the-hood technology improvements, including […]

June 6, 2017

At its Worldwide Developers Conference event today (June 5) in San Jose, California, Apple revealed iOS 11, the latest edition of its mobile operating system. Top features include the Apple Pay integration in Messages, a Siri that sounds more natural […]