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- Windows 7 in the real world: 10 PCs under the microscope
- Intel DriversThe Intel drivers submitted to Windows Update (the ones Windows 7 uses by default) absolutely, positively SUCK! Go immediately to the Intel Download Center and download the latest stable drivers for your chipset for Windows 7 (which have been available since mid-September), and I guarantee your results will be...
- Tags: Chipsets, Operating systems, PC, Application Failures, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Update, Windows Hardware Quality Lab, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- WindowsUpdateSilencer 1.0 (Windows)
- This handy application will automatically 'silence' any Windows update notifications. It is easy to use and runs in the system background. If you are annoyed by these Windows update popup screens that force you to restart your computer, then here is a handy utility to keep you from having to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Computer, Jaron ICT-Services, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-03
- Windows Update kills PowerPoint feature
- I don't think that's the only problem...All of a sudden, I have problems with ClipArt. If I do a search in the ClipArt search box, I get an error message stating "Clip Organizer can not complete the operation. Class not registered. Error code 0x80040154". Anyway,...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, ClipArt, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows Update
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Windows Update kills PowerPoint feature
- I'm getting reports that a recent Windows Update has killed a feature in PowerPoint. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Vista SP2: Microsoft to push via Windows Update in 'the coming weeks'
- Vista SP2: Microsoft to push via Windows Update in 'the coming weeks'shame it takes so long It a shame it took an article to make them see the light.Steve Ballmer needs to step down.Really Mary Jo?Patch Tuesday anyone?RE: Vista SP2: Microsoft to push via Windows Update in 'the coming weeks'Oh...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack 2, Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Patch Tuesday, Microsoft Windows Update
- Discussion threads 2009-05-21
- Vista SP2: Microsoft to push via Windows Update in 'the coming weeks'
- Microsoft still isn't saying anything more about why Vista SP2 still isn't available yet on the Microsoft Download site, but company officials are telling customers that Microsoft will push SP2 automatically via Windows Update "in the coming weeks." by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- WUfacility 1.2 beta (Windows)
- The WUfacility implements procedures for troubleshooting Windows Update. The software cleans temporary files from Windows, cleans temporary files from Windows Update, and registers the Windows Update DLLs. It was developed based on experience with technical support, where the vast majority of cases of problems with Windows Update are solved with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Beta, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-04-15
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Prevent auto Windows shutdown, reboot
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Prevent auto Windows shutdown, rebootWhy didn't Microsoft think of this?I have a CAD workstation which I often leave locked overnight when I am in the middle of something large and complex. It is dismaying to come in to work in the morning and EVERYTHIGN is gone...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, reboot, Windows Shutdown, Weekend Gadget Guidance
- Discussion threads 2008-11-14
- Clearing up the Windows Live confusion
- Clearing up the Windows Live confusionI think its an interesting approachI don't use the applications that will be excluded, it certainly alleviates anti-trust whining, but it is a little risky. Some less techy users will want the applications and having to download the Live apps may annoy them. Personally...
- Tags: Photo Gallery, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-11-02
- Microsoft to push another Windows Update to users ... whether you want it or not
- Microsoft to push another Windows Update to users ... whether you want it or notI agree completely[i]I just can't understand why Download updates but let me choose whether to install them or Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them doesn't mean what it says...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Microsoft to push another Windows Update to users ... whether you want it or not
- According to Microsoft, there's another update to the Windows Update mechanism ready to be unleashed. The difference between this update and the stealth update from back in 2007 is that Microsoft is being more open about this update and actually talking about it before it hits the download servers and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Update, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateAnd you will find some reason why Linux is worse.Just watch and enjoy the spin.They'll find some reason why Windows is worse.Just watch and enjoy their spin.RE: Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateI always did find it amusing at how the Ubuntu crowd simultaneously defend the sudo...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
- A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was “a work in progress.†That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing. After all, look how many updates Windows Vista has had since it was first released. Obviously, it was a disaster, or there would have been no need...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows Update, Operating System, Update, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update
- Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update updateStill got it wrong?!?!What part of "check for updates but let me decide" do they not understand???If the people at MS are feeling so benevolentwhy not have the programmers pop up a box when the update occurs, sort of hand holding for the wary.If...
- Tags: Operating systems, Opting-Out, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, proper warning
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update
- For years, Microsoft has occasionally updated its Windows Update client software automatically on systems that are configured to check for updates. This has been true even when Windows Update is set to simply check for (and optionally, download) updates but not to install them. That decision led...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Update, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic
- Analyzing IT program management failures with the perfect vision of hindsight often leads the observer through a senseless and convoluted maze of past decisions. Studying the Byzantine and idiotic logic behind many IT failures, one wonders, "How did we get here from there?" Bill Gates experienced this Tower of Babel...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows Update, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., MovieMaker, Zoliblog, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Hot off the wire: Windows XP SP3 available from Windows Update
- Hot off the wire: Windows XP SP3 available from Windows UpdateI will compare it to XP SP2I will test it on a Virtual machine today along with different software and then compare with the same virtual machine with only XP SP2.More secret updates?Maybe "forced" secret updates?I'd be surprised if it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP SP3, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Update
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- News to know: Vista troubleshooting, RIM, XP SP3, Apple, SAP
- Notable headlines: XP SP3: Now on Windows Update Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools [See Gallery] David Morgenstern: Is Mac OS X Leopard, Safari 3.x too dark? Larry Dignan: Cisco third...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Update, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Hot off the wire: Windows XP SP3 available from Windows Update
- From Paul Miller at Engadget: "At last the moment you've been waiting for. Microsoft wants to hit your version of Windows with an update, and this time you don't have to go rummaging around the internet to find it: just fire up Windows Update and let Microsoft do all...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Microsoft releases Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center
- Microsoft releases Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download CenterGood Man!Adrian;Downloading as I speak. Thank's for the hard work and personal drive in technology, Dude!
- Tags: Microsoft Download Center, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
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