Interesting Weekend Reading – 04.24.21 We gleaned some of the most interesting articles we read this past week and found three we thought would be most interesting to most of you. Microsoft’s new Windows 10 taskbar widget starts rolling out today News and weather on your Windows taskbar Microsoft is starting to roll out its biggest change… Read More »
Microsoft Fixes Botched Update Causing Blue Screens When Trying to Print The following is from The Verge… Microsoft is fixing the issue where trying to use certain printers would freak out your Windows 10 computer and cause it to blue screen. If you (or your IT department) have been dealing with the issue, today’s update should… Read More »
What Going on With LastPass? We have been big fans of LastPass. It’s been a great free password manager for many years. I’ve been using LastPass for almost ten years and to say I’m disappointed in the news that LastPass is changing its free accounts beginning March 16, 2021, is an understatement. If you’re using LastPass… Read More »
Microsoft Yanks Buggy Windows 10 Security Update (KB4524244) Still stuck! Microsoft can’t seem to pull itself out of the quicksand of seemingly endless buggy updates. So far, 2020 has not been a good year for Windows 10 updates with many people (certainly not everyone) reporting problems. Microsoft has pulled its latest update (KB452444) released on Tuesday,… Read More »
Avast Promises It Won’t Sell Your Data… Anymore For years we’ve thought Avast was run by a sneaky bunch. They supposedly protect their users from all manner of nasty things including software bundling. But Avast has been bundling useless programs with its Antivirus program for years. There’s an old saying that “there’s no such thing as… Read More »
Microsoft to Stop Providing Malware Updates for Microsoft Security Essentials According to Microsoft, it will no longer provide new malware signatures for Microsoft Security Essentials after January 14, 2020 – the end-of-support date for Windows 7. This means that Microsoft Security Essentials will become outdated and even more ineffective than it already is. According to Computerworld:… Read More »