Oct 13, 2009 | Adobe, Microsoft, security, Vista, WinXP
Your computer should restart tonight after installing this month’s critical updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly large batch of updates and some of them are for the kind of vulnerabilities that the bad guys will quickly be attempting to exploit. Adobe...
Oct 12, 2009 | bruceb, computers, security, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
I’m happy to announce a new service available to anyone looking for some help maintaining a Windows XP or Vista PC – office users, home users, my clients, your parents, anyone who could use a hand, anywhere. My colleague Mike Cook of MC Solutions and I will tune up...
Sep 22, 2009 | Microsoft, security, software, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft will soon release Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus and anti-malware software for computers running Windows 7, Vista, or Windows XP. It is simple to install, effective, requires no attention, and uses almost no system resources. It is completely...
Aug 16, 2009 | Apple, computers, hardware, Microsoft, software, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
I wish we could count on the software and hardware vendors to play fair and treat us well, but it’s not happening. We have to take responsibility for our computers. When Windows XP/Vista/7 is installed on a freshly formatted hard drive, it is secure, rock-solid,...
Aug 9, 2009 | computers, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
There was some confusion when I wrote about Windows 7 upgrades a couple of months ago, so let me try to be completely clear about how you should plan to get Windows 7 later this year. You should get Windows 7 with a new computer. You should not plan to upgrade a...
Jul 12, 2009 | Microsoft, software, Vista, WinXP
One of the things that kept Vista from being adopted quickly was a simple problem: once we are used to doing something a certain way, it’s difficult for many people to change. Vista was deliberately made very similar to Windows XP in most respects but there are a few...
