Three days ago (August 2nd) Microsoft released a fix (KB2286198) for a critical vulnerability in Windows shortcuts. Everyone that wrote about the patch said to install it. But they were wrong, on the ...

Over the last several years, patch management has become a huge issue for Windows machines. Microsoft constantly releases patches not only for the operating system, but also for server applications ...

While Microsoft’s launch of Flight Simulator 2020 has largely been a success (apart from the odd monolith), lots of folks have found that the massive 150GB app can get stuck during installation. To ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator has largely taken off successfully, but the first major patch since the game’s Aug. 18 debut on Windows PC looks to address some problems that players have had trying to ...

Microsoft’s patching problems this week aren’t dire, they’re just annoying. And two patches we’ve come to know and loathe top the list. KB 2976978, the Windows 8/8.1 nagware patch that touts the ...

Microsoft just dropped its Patch Tuesday security update for February 2025. This is a monthly update for Windows that includes all of the security patches and stability fixes Microsoft has been ...

To snag Microsoft's June patches and later ones, Windows 8.1 users better make sure they've installed the April update. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Whether you recently switched to Windows or have been a loyal part of the Windows world for years, update installation failures likely don't faze you. However, this time, users seem to be experiencing ...

Jason learned to read playing Pokemon Crystal on the Game Boy Color, and hasn't looked back. He received a Journalism degree at California State University, Fullerton while working on news coverage ...

Following the Windows 8.1 Update 1 model, Microsoft will no longer fix Internet Explorer 11 until earlier patches are installed The situation isn’t as dire as it was (and is) with the forced march of ...

A new update for Black Myth: Wukong makes significant performance improvements, but brace yourself for a mammoth 93.3GB download. On PS5, you'll need the install space to download the huge update, but ...