Microsoft is today putting an end to the vulnerability found in old versions of Internet Explorer (6-8) that allowed an attacker to execute harmful code in a target computer, if the user was tricked by a specially crafted website. Soon after the security hole was found, the software giant quickly made available a temporary workaround [...]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday is here once again and this time the software giant is rolling out various updates for its line of operating systems including Windows 8 and Windows RT. In total there are six new updates that patch several vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, and Microsoft’s .NET Framework. For the company this is [...]
Today in a quick response to the matter, Microsoft is rolling out two security updates to resolve the security flaws on Internet Explorer. In this Windows Update the software giant is releasing two patches: The first patch 2744842 (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-063), permanently fixes the vulnerability on IE7, IE8 and Internet Explorer 9 on [...]
Many users may have noticed that they are unable to install Microsoft Security Essentials in Windows 8 that is because the OS comes with Windows Defender built-in. This may cause some confusion and questions among users such as: Which is the difference between the two security software? Which of the two is better? Wasn’t Windows [...]
Typically users in a small home networks map different shared folders to their computers from a home server or from other computers around the house to have a convenient access to a remote storage to simply backup files or share documents, music, pictures, or videos with family and friends. Since Windows Vista, 7 and now Windows [...]
If you upgraded your Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 system to the Windows 8 Release Preview, you’ll be happy to know that Microsoft is expanding their offer and it will allow you to upgrade to the final version of Windows 8 Pro for $39.99 as well. However, you need to provide a previous genuine Windows [...]
Microsoft has ended the mainstream support for Windows Vista, not just because it is a five years old operating system, but also to keep pushing people to use Windows 7. But this doesn’t mean that users will be completely left on the dark, it only means that users using Windows Vista will only get security updates [...]
In the case you still stuck with Windows Vista, you probably want to upgrade to Windows 7 already, and one simple option is the in-place upgrade. Technically this option should be simpler, you shouldn’t have to worry about backing up anything, and you should be able to keep all of your programs — that is [...]
Today, Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 is the day that Microsoft is ending the mainstream support for Windows Vista after five years of its release, and for Microsoft Office 2007. However, because Windows XP still a big player in the operating system world, all support is set to be terminated in about two years, together with [...]
In this Windows How-To you’ll learn how to enable God Mode on Windows. And this method of accessing the operating system settings is compatible with Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Before getting started, do you know what Windows God Mode is? God Mode is a mode on Windows that you enable by creating [...]