by wwarren | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
Microsoft has just announced they are adding a year to their windows 7 Skylake and above support times. Excerpted from The Tech Report article: Microsoft has now updated its Skylake support policy, and saw it fit to extend the support period for Windows 7 and...
by wwarren | Feb 11, 2016 | General, Security, Security Alerts, Server 8, Vista, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
There’s no real way to know how much legacy code is still in Windows but i get it is more than anyone wants to admit. I see articles that claim windows has been rewritten but i have known for a long time that is not the case. The latest major security problem...
by wwarren | Oct 29, 2015 | Microsoft, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
If you want to get rid of the windows 10 upgrade nag I found this program called Windows 10 When I Want it. I have run it against every a/v engine i can think of and it has not tripped my own defenses so it is as good as i can test it to be. It DOES remove the wind...
by wwarren | Aug 13, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Server 8, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 8
I have not been a fan of Windows 8 and I was not enamored with Windows 10. With windows 8 persistent reliance on the cloud and Windows 10 even more so I had serious concerns about both operating systems. Microsoft has now really done the unthinkable and purposefully...
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows365
Right now is a good time to buy a computer. Why? The upcoming release of Windows 10 which will be free for most computers. What I am advising clients who do NOT have domain controllers is to buy a computer and basically turn it on and let it get the updates that...
by wwarren | Jul 9, 2015 | Microsoft, Windows 8
Updates. Windows has been prone to update problems ever since Windows update was launched. Windows 8 is the worst about it of all. Once Win8 gets stuck it’s stuck. The process for recovery is quite laborious. In many cases it is because WU installed an...
