Microsoft Issues Two Emergency Security Updates On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, Microsoft released two “out-of-band” emergency security updates for Windows 10 users. These emergency security updates patched two vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to run remote code execution against victims. Out-of-band patches are patches that are released outside of the normal cumulative updates and security updates… Read More »
Why You Should Never Turn Off Windows Updates As bad as some of Windows updates are, and as tempting as it may be, you should never turn off Windows Updates. Microsoft hasn’t done a very good job of testing updates before releasing them. It seems with almost every update there comes a massive outcry from users… Read More »
Making the Most of Your Taskbar Does your Windows 10 taskbar look like this? Taskbar real estate is like ocean-front property. It’s valuable. Every icon or item on your taskbar should be something you use often. Let’s look at the taskbar above. The huge search box takes up the space of several icons. And Cortana and… Read More »
Customize the Windows 10 Start Menu or “Look Ma! No More Tiles!” After posting an article about the new Windows 10 Start menu, we realized from the feedback we got – both in the comments and through emails – that a lot of you don’t like the Start menu tiles. But you don’t have to… Read More »
Windows 10 Will Get a New Start Menu Microsoft has been teasing users with screenshots of its new Windows 10 Start menu. In all the screenshots we’ve seen, the live tiles have been turned off. If you turn off live tiles in the current Windows 10 Start menu, you get an ugly solid block of color.… Read More »
Optional Non-Security Updates Will Return to Windows 10 in July 2020 Microsoft must think they’ve perfected their Windows update releases and are ready to bring back the oft buggy, “C” and “D” non-critical updates for Windows 10 – which, of course, allows for even greater chances for botched updates. The optional C and D releases were… Read More »