Patch Tuesday hits tomorrow. Maybe it’ll be benign, as it was in August. Maybe, as in July, the rolled out offal will break everything in sight. You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel ...

Microsoft has been increasingly aggressive in its attempts to push consumers to download Windows 10. Starting today, the company is upping the ante once again. As of now, Windows 10 is now classified ...

Update: my new post Why Windows 10 Installs Automatically On Windows 7 And Windows 8 looks into the two major automatic upgrades Windows 10 will perform, why and what can be done about them. For now ...

After installing updates, I used to get a plain box allowing me to either reboot or postpone the reminder for some hours. Last night, I noticed that this box had a timer on it that would count down ...

Last week changes to the Windows 10 upgrade path mean it is going to become increasingly difficult for any non-techy users to avoid being pushed to Microsoft ’s new operating system. But given Windows ...

Microsoft has come a long way with its automatic update systems, which it refers to as quality updates or cumulative updates. It hasn't all been plain sailing, and there have been updates that have ...

Here's how you can stop Windows 7 from automatically restarting after you get a blue screen of death. 1. Go to the Start menu. 2. Go to Control Panel. 3. Go to System. 4. Go to Advanced System ...

Where there are multiple versions of Windows installed, the Boot Menu is displayed for 30 seconds, giving time to the user to choose the OS, after which the computer boots into the default OS. You can ...

Windows 10 includes an enhanced version of the backup tools introduced in Windows 8/8.1. This set of features, called File History, is a major change from the image-based Windows 7 backup program.