Microsoft released Windows 11 update KB5083769 around the middle of April, and it has caused a number of serious issues, the latest of which is that it’s breaking third-party backup programs that rely on the Volume Shadow Copy service (VSS). Those 3rd-party backup programs affected […]
Device drivers are programs that allow the operating system to communicate with hardware devices. When it comes to driver updates, the old saying “if it isn’t broken, it doesn’t need fixing” well and truly applies. The one possible exception is graphics card drivers, which often
The last few browser updates have been wreaking havoc on Opera. One thing that I kept losing was my personalized backgrounds or wallpapers. On the “Speed Dial” page you can set a background picture. I already had a bunch of pictures set up that I
Do you remember how in earlier Windows versions the user was in control of updates? We could hide and unhide updates and pick and choose what to download and install when WE were ready. If you would like to go back to that old system
I’ve railed against Microsoft’s policy of forced updates since the very beginning, it’s the one aspect of Windows 10 that I really don’t like. Users can quite easily decide when to install updates, at a time that is convenient, but have little to zero control
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Almost every time Microsoft releases updates for Windows 10 we read about more issues caused by these updates. Indeed, one well-known site pretty much makes a living out of reporting all these problems with Windows Updates. I have often gone to bat for the users
Microsoft today released updates to plug security holes in its software, including patches to fix at least 74 weaknesses in various flavors of Windows and programs that run on top of it. The November updates include patches for a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer that
Windows 10 has become infamous for pushing buggy updates onto our computers. The rule of the day seems to be “deferral” until the unpaid beta testers (that’s us) have had a chance to iron out the wrinkles. The “ring” system is obviously deficient in that
Past versions of Windows have required a nominal amount of disk space to run properly. The required storage amounts for the different editions of Windows was a tight fit, but with only a few programs it was doable. The new minimum space requirements beginning with
In my opinion, Ninite is the safest site to install programs from. When you open Ninite you are presented with a list of programs to select from. You check the ones you want– the ones I picked here are Chrome, Malwarebytes, SUPERAntiSpyware, Revo, and Glary.
1903 Windows Update If Microsoft remains true to form, then version 1903 will show up on our doorsteps a month late– sometime in April. The problem is that we can no longer trust Microsoft to deliver a bug-free experience. All you have to do is
Windows Is Broken This is an out-of-schedule post, but I had this itch that demanded to be scratched. Beginning of Rant There was a time when I looked forward to Windows updates. It was a time when you could expect bug fixes (if they existed)
The Windows 10 update sequence has been riddled with bugs over the past few months. July was a particularly bad month where the sheer number of buggy patches was concerned. Not so August, however. August was an uneventful month by comparison, but there was one
It’s only been eight days since July’s Patch Tuesday (the 10th) and already Microsoft is patching its patches. I don’t know how true this is, but I think I read somewhere that Windows is over-encumbered with perhaps millions of lines of unused code, but Microsoft
