Assuming you don’t want or can’t upgrade to Windows 11 then although Windows 10 has run out of time, you can extend support for up to 3 years. Some organizations may need to pay but home users can get at least the first year free of charge.
Continue reading “Windows 10 Extended Support”Win 11 – 23H2 (ZINC?) Preview
Windows 11 23H2 update, expected in the latter part of the year, has quite a few updates and possibly a strange code name (ZINC). So if you would lie a quick run down, without the ads we seem to get more of now on YouTube, read on.
What to expect – more detail with Pictures & Videos later in this post
Continue reading “Win 11 – 23H2 (ZINC?) Preview”CVE-2022-30190 Exploit
This refers to a means of launching the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Tool (MSDT) which can be via a URI from a malicious source avoiding normal security checks including browser protected mode.
Continue reading “CVE-2022-30190 Exploit”The Need for Speed
A quote from Top Gun maybe, but many broadband providers are offering superfast connections these days. So why are we not noticing it? Well the speed you get at the device depends on more than the Megabits that your provider allows you. One thing that you may have some control over is your device Network Interface.
Continue reading “The Need for Speed”News & Interests in Win 10
A nice addition in the lasted update is the News & Interests button at the righthand side of taskbar. Here it is showing the weather on the button.
Unfortunatly, because it pops up when the pointer moves over it it can be a bit distracting. It can also cause a problem on some computer configurations.
Continue reading “News & Interests in Win 10”Windows 11 Install
There are a few scam downloads for Windows 11 installation media, so best avoided. However, techies will want to install the new OS to test it and the best way to do this, the only way currently according to Microsoft, is to install Windows 10 and then join the Windows Insider Program.
I have tried using a Virtual PC and it isn’t very useful, so I got another SSD for my main PC, installed Win 10 on it and joined the program.
WINDOWS 11
The long awaited, or long dreaded, update for Windows is being advertised and once more moves itself further towards OSX.
Continue reading “WINDOWS 11”Meet Now and other tweaks in Win 10 20H2
Meet Now is a new icon that you may see in your taskbar if / when you install the Windows 10 20H2 update. Don’t worry, it is suppose to be there.
This little icon is a new Skype feature that Microsoft hopes will take on Zoom for meetings.
Continue reading “Meet Now and other tweaks in Win 10 20H2”Windows 10 Update Problems
KB4524244 and KB4532693 recent updates and their unintended consequences are still causing concern to some users. It is recommended that these are removed from Windows Update.
Here are some of the problems.
Continue reading “Windows 10 Update Problems”Windows 7 & Server 2008
You will have seen many news items about Windows 7 reaching end of life but as techies we should probably be more concerned with Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2010 which were also dragged into the recycle bin this month.
