Your Computer Will Restart Tonight

Apr 11, 2011 | Apple, Microsoft, security, software, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP

A large collection of patches and updates will be delivered tonight, Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month. Last month was a paltry bunch of updates, not really worth mentioning, but this month brings 17 security bulletins fixing 64 different vulnerabilities,...

Enable Outlook 2010 Search And Indexing On Windows 7

Apr 7, 2011 | Office, Outlook, search, software, Windows7

I fixed a problem today with Outlook 2010 that has never come up before and won’t have any relevance to any of you. This description may help someone who finds it in a Google search – and it will serve as yet another illustration of how our lives are getting...

Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem

Mar 25, 2011 | Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, security, software, web_services, Windows7

Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates The latest and greatest versions of the three major Internet browsers have been released. Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Mozilla Firefox 4 Google Chrome 10 They are all streamlined and secure. Each has slightly different...

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 – Ready To Install, But No Rush

Feb 25, 2011 | Microsoft, software, updates, Windows7

If your computer is running Windows 7, you will find Windows 7 Service Pack 1 waiting in the queue in Windows Update. Here are the things you need to know. You should install Windows 7 Service Pack 1. You will not notice any difference after it’s installed. It will...

Watch For Microsoft Security Essentials Upgrade

Jan 30, 2011 | Microsoft, security, software, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP

If you use Microsoft Security Essentials for antivirus protection, keep an eye on the icon in the lower right. The exclamation point means it’s ready to install the upgrade to version 2, released a few weeks ago as a manual upgrade and now being rolled out to everyone...

Bruceb Consulting Monitoring – A Few More Details

Jan 25, 2011 | bruceb, business, computers, laptops, Microsoft, software, Vista, web_services, Windows7, WinXP

Previously: Bruceb Consulting Offers New Patch Management Service Yesterday I announced that my monitoring software will also install patches and updates for my clients. Let me give you a few more details about that service. This works just as well for home computers...