Category: Windows

August 12, 2020

Updating Windows has become a bad joke. I can install three Linux distributions in the same time it takes me to make a single serious Windows upgrade. And, when I’m done with the Linux installations, I know they’ll work. With […]

August 11, 2020

Amazon. Apple. Facebook. Google. Microsoft. Which one of these companies is different than the others? If you answered Microsoft, you’re right. Microsoft has managed to stay out of the U.S. government’s crosshairs, while Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are squarely […]

August 5, 2020

Microsoft made available on August 5 another new Windows 10 Dev Channel (former Fast Ring) feature update test build. Build 20185 adds some IT pro/business features, plus a bunch of fixes. In Build 20185, Microsoft is making some changes to […]

August 3, 2020

Windows 10 took a breather in July, perhaps celebrating its fifth birthday with a little too much adult beverage and – although the share data was deceptive – essentially remained flat for the month. According to California analytics company Net […]

July 31, 2020

The folks at Microsoft have pretty much exterminated the bugs they introduced in July’s patches. The Outlook-killing bug got fixed by an emergency update to Microsoft’s own servers. The Win7 .NET patch was fixed and re-released nine days after paying […]

July 30, 2020

July tends to be a leisurely month in Windows and Office patch land, and this one’s no exception. We had a bit of a thrill July 15 when Outlook stopped working on millions of PCs all over the world, but […]

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 27, 2020

Microsoft has revamped its Windows Insider Preview bug bounty program with higher rewards and an improved portal for bounty hunters to report flaws, in an effort to help sniff out more vulnerabilities on its platform. The Microsoft Windows Insider Preview […]

July 27, 2020

Microsoft says it is working on a fix for an error that prevents Windows Sandbox and Windows Defender Application Guard from opening. The issue affects Windows 10 versions 1903, 1909, and 2004. When failing to open, the bug triggers the […]

July 24, 2020

Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows 10 20H2 test build to the Beta Channel (the former Slow Ring). The new build, 19042.421, includes quite a few new features, especially in the user interface arena, and a load of fixes. […]