Oct 14, 2015 | updates, Windows10
Microsoft has delayed the release of the first service pack for Windows 10 until November. There is no official announcement so the update may arrive anywhere between Patch Tuesday (November 10) and the end of the month. If you want to upgrade to Windows 10, you’ll...
Oct 1, 2015 | Microsoft, updates, Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
The picture above appears to show a normal Windows 7 Start menu. If your computer is running Windows 8 and your Start menu looks like the picture, then you’re probably running Start8, the wonderful utility from Stardock Software that replaces the Windows 8 Start...
Sep 28, 2015 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, shopping, software, updates
The new version of Office 2016 for Windows is now generally available. The takeaway: • Most of you will get it automatically. • Most of you won’t care very much. Microsoft has completely lost control of branding and licensing. There is no way to explain any of this...
Sep 13, 2015 | file_sharing, Microsoft, updates, Windows10
The tech press has been full of manufactured outrage and clickbait headlines about supposed invasions of privacy built into Windows 10 by a wicked Microsoft. Most of it falls apart on close examination and turns out to be mundane and uninteresting – I can’t find the...
Aug 31, 2015 | updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
For the last few months I’ve been trying to figure out how I can upgrade your computers to Windows 10. You expect that, right? I’m your trusted IT superhero, after all. (Actually, come to think of it, no one has used exactly those words to describe me, but I assume...
Aug 19, 2015 | Microsoft, updates, Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Previously: What’s new in Windows 10? Should you upgrade to Windows 10? Today: When should you upgrade to Windows 10? Spoiler alert! When should you upgrade to Windows 10? October. After Service Pack 1 is released, probably on Patch Tuesday, October 13. Windows 10...
