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I am seeing quite a few "Optional" updates for Windows 10. Some of those are related to the Update process. I realize they may just be realigning the Update servers or some necessary change in order to keep the update process working, but are they doing more? Making changes to the Update...

I have Win 7 . I signed up for the Win 10 upgrade , as I understood it would download , and then ask for confirmation before installing . It appears that it will install straight after downloading - right ? My Win Update will always try to start downloading it ( and I then cancel it manually ) ...

Whether you do it during the Windows 10 upgrade process or after the new operating system is installed, dealing with your web browser choice and making it the default is simple on the new OS. read more Continue reading...

This week on Channel 9, Nikola and Vlad discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed Windows 10 Launch, Link Removed [Terry Myerson] Link Removed Link Removed [Dan Rayburn] Link Removed Downloads and tools for Windows 10 Link Removed Link Removed [Soma] Link Removed Opening...

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. Link Removed

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (July 14, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability, which exists in Windows Remote Procedure Call (RPC) authentication, could allow elevation of privilege if an...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (July 14, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow Remote Code Execution if an attacker first places a specially crafted dynamic link library (DLL) file...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (July 14, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow Remote Code Execution if an attacker first places a specially crafted dynamic link library (DLL) file...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (July 14, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability, which exists in Windows Remote Procedure Call (RPC) authentication, could allow elevation of privilege if an...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (July 14, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a target system and runs a specially crafted...

For Windows 10 beta testers there’s slightly less control because the final version of Windows 10 will automatically download and install automatically for these users. This is also great news apart from one significant unknown: the ability to downgrade...

Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 5.0 is a managed-code platform that developers use to build applications that provide access to and control over Microsoft Enhanced Presence information, instant messaging, telephone and video calls, and audio/video conferencing. Link Removed

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. Link Removed

We know there’s a vocal set of people who just love virtual desktops. Having desktops beyond the limitations of a physical display is a powerful way to organize and quickly access groups of windows. Virtual desktops aren’t new. In fact, Xerox PARC created one of the earliest virtual desktop...

Hello Again, Anyone know if it's possible to put the Line-In level slider on the desktop, or at least a shortcut to it? I have a programme which insists on depressing the Line-In level when it starts, and it's a real pain going via the volume control thing in the tray. Regards Cheemag

Speed. That's key to ending the Ebola epidemic, says the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Link Removed is visiting West Africa this week to figure out how to reduce the time it takes to find new Ebola cases and isolate them. Otherwise, Ebola could become a...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (December 9, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the VBScript scripting engine in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially...

Many think that Sherlock Holmes is the best detective ever introduced, and many think James Bond is the best secret agent introduced, but woe to you, the smartest is the smart one, Maxwell Smart, code name Agent 86 in the secret service called Control. In constant fight against Chaos he has...

In the first case of Ebola in the country, an Indian national returning from Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus and has been quarantined at a special facility at Delhi airport. The Health Ministry said the 26-year-old man, who reached here on November 10, was already treated for...

Fearful of a surge of Ebola cases, Mali placed more than 440 people under surveillance, as a US hospital said Monday it had been unable to save the life of a doctor airlifted from Sierra Leone. Officials in Mali met to consider increasing security at its border following two confirmed cases of...