Tag: Windows

October 10, 2017

WITH JUST over a month until the release of Windows 10’s third major update, the company has revealed some more tweaks to privacy settings as it continues its quest to appease the public. The Autumn Creators Update will start to roll […]

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 […]

June 7, 2017

MICROSOFT HAS SPOKEN OUT following the news that Kaspersky has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Union over the firm’s Windows 10 operating system. After first filing a complaint with Russian regulators from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), Kaspersky […]

May 26, 2017

WE LOVE it when our stories go viral. When we reported on the discovery that Windows 10 is ignoring Group Policy settings for some users, Redditors went batshit crazy. And they said some very angry, insightful and funny things. Here’s […]

May 15, 2017

Coming to the aid of a fellow forum member, TSers recently shared around a dozen ways to handle a lost Windows password. We were so impressed with the list that we’ve decided to editorialize some of it for easier access. […]

May 5, 2017

OH MICROSOFT, I really don’t want to hate you. Really, I don’t. You’ve given the world so much. Zune. Windows Vista, DOS 4.0…. and then there’s the good stuff. But it just seems lately that every time you seem to […]

May 2, 2017

Microsoft’s charge to modernize its products can be described as lethargic, at best. April saw tiny gains in Windows 10 usage, while Edge flatlined. The bigger news is that since overtaking Windows in popularity last month, Android has since increased its […]

May 1, 2017

Microsoft desperately needs to simplify its patching process, but the latest change to how it rolls out updates for Windows 10 adds little to the mix except more confusion. Earlier this week Microsoft patching honcho Michael Niehaus published details of new update options […]

April 27, 2017

MICROSOFT HAS committed to banal updates to the Windows Operating System in March and September. Sorry. That should read ‘biannual updates’. The company has basically been doing this for a while and we knew that after the Creators Update (Redstone […]