Aug 28, 2016 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Skype, updates, video, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft has had a bad month. In this article I’ll tell you about some of the problems with recent updates from Microsoft. In the next article, I’ll take a broader look at the long-term corrosive effects of a breakdown in Microsoft’s internal controls for approving...
Aug 4, 2016 | Chrome, Cortana, LastPass, Microsoft, updates, Windows10
Microsoft released the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 on Tuesday. Your Windows 10 computers will be automatically updated. Eventually. Here’s what you need to know. • What is the Anniversary Update? • When will you get the...
Jul 14, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows tips, Windows10
Windows 10 updates are driving me crazy. Well, so are lots of things, but the update process has become a persistent annoyance. Let me gripe about my experiences a bit, then I’ll give you a suggestion that might ease the pain. Microsoft changed the update process in...
Jul 4, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 10 will celebrate its first birthday on July 29. That’s the last day to upgrade a Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer to Windows 10 for free. Here’s the latest Windows 10 news. • Every Windows 8 computer should be upgraded to Windows 10. Windows 8 will quickly...
May 25, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 10 is a nice operating system. Microsoft should be proud. In the next few years, it will become the dominant platform on computers worldwide, with a long lifespan as the natural successor to Windows 7. But somewhere in Microsoft is a group of people making...
May 12, 2016 | Adobe, computers, Microsoft, Office 365, Outlook, software, Surface, updates, Windows10
“Personal computers are just too hard to use, and it isn’t your fault.” That was the first line in the first column that influential tech journalist Walt Mossberg wrote on October 17, 1991 for the Wall Street Journal. It’s still true. It’s twenty-five years later and...
