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A few days ago I wrote a post about a bad Windows Update that was causing many Windows 7 PCs to go into a reboot loop. Inexplicably, Microsoft has yet to release a fix for the issue.
As I explained in that post, if your PC already has the bad update installed and it’s stuck in a reboot loop, you can probably use the System Restore utility to roll back your Windows installation to a point in time before the bad update was installed. [Read more…]
Microsoft announced yesterday in a blog post that Windows 10 will be released “this summer”. The term “this summer” is pretty ambiguous, but I believe they’ll want to get it out to the masses as soon as they can.
The much-maligned Windows 8’s replacement was widely expected to be released some time around October, but yesterday’s announcement leaves open the possibility that it could be released much sooner. [Read more…]
It’s no secret that new models of the most popular tech items are released virtually every day. That makes it virtually impossible to always own the latest and greatest computer, smart phone or tablet for more than just a short while.
Think about it or a moment. The last time you bought an electronic device, just how long was it before you found out that a newer model had just released? My guess is it was just a few months, and possibly even just weeks.
The gadget manufacturers of the world know that the only way to keep making money hand over fist is to keep selling new gadgets to existing customers. To that end, they keep producing an endless stream of new models that offer more features, faster CPUs, more memory, and other real (but not necessarily important) enhancements.
The question is, do those new features and capabilities justify replacing a perfectly good, fully operational device? Or if you’re buying a new device ouright, is it worth the extra cash you’d have to lay out in order to come home with the latest and greatest model? [Read more…]
Do you install all Windows Updates as soon as possible after they are released?
I do, because I believe that’s the best way to keep a PC safe from hackers by patching security holes in the operating system before they can be exploited.
That being said, every once in a while a buggy update can actually cause a problem instead of fix one. That seems to be the case with one of the Windows Updates that was released this past Tuesday. [Read more…]
For years now the irritating Ask Toolbar has been installed along with Java updates on Windows PCs by default, but Mac users have always been able to update Java without this unwanted adware download tagging along.
Well, that has now come to and end. If you aren’t careful, the next time you update Java on your Mac you’ll end up with the Ask Toolbar as well.
The Ask Toolbar is considered by most people to simply be adware, but in my opinion it is full-blown malware, for the following reasons: [Read more…]