Windows 7 And Windows Vista More At Risk To Viruses Than Windows XP, Says Microsoft Released in 2001, Windows XP proved popular enough to last a good decade. It was Microsoft’s first mass-market OS to support Windows NT, a powerful multiprocessing, multi-user OS. In a perfect example of terrible timing, Microsoft has published its biannual Security Intelligence Report… Read More »
Microsoft extends Windows 8.1 Update requirement deadline for consumer security updates from May 12 to June 10 Microsoft today extended the deadline for Windows 8.1 users to keep receiving security updates. The Windows 8.1 Update requirement has been moved up by about a month, from May 12 to June 10. Both days coincide with the day before their… Read More »
Sign Into Windows 8.x With a Four-digit PIN Unless you disable the password login completely (not recommended) you’re going to have to type in a password every time you start Windows. But what if you could log into Windows with a four-digit pin number? Maybe it’s not a secure as logging in with a 14-character password, but it’s… Read More »
Hackers now crave patches, and Microsoft’s giving them just what they want At least one of next Tuesday’s updates looks like an excellent candidate to hackers as they sniff for bugs in the now-retired Windows XP Computerworld – Hackers will have at least one, perhaps as many as four, patches next week to investigate as they search for unfixed… Read More »
How to Reset Your Computer to its Factory State Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8xIt used to be common for computer manufacturers to include a Windows installation disk – or at least a recovery disk – with your new computer. Today, it’s rare, although some computer makers will include a Windows installation disk if you want… Read More »
We learned a long time ago that antivirus alone doesn’t really do much at all. Most of us are very, very unlikely to encounter a virus on the Internet – we’re far more likely to encounter rogues, bundlers, and other malware. We’ve been saying Norton and McAfee are wastes of system resources (as well as some other antivirus… Read More »