service packs

Building off the Windows 11 momentum Panos shared last week, we want to take a moment and share a little bit on what’s coming for the Windows Insider Program in 2022. It has truly been incredible to see the interest in the program grow since announcing Windows 11 last June. We have more people...

I just returned my 2009 win7 Toshiba Laptop HDD back to its factory defaults from the OEM hidden restore partition. With the final security patches for win7 due out next month in January 2020, I want to have a clean fresh out-of-box 2020 win7 install with all the service packs and security...

A Win 7 install on an old server has got me flummoxed. I cannot get the taskbar to function properly. I have tried every trick I have found Googling and none have fixed the problem. I have reloaded the OS twice since the original install and same problems reappear. Once as a Win 7 "upgrade"...

So Microsoft decided to stop making service packs for Windows, which enhance features or fix certain bugs. Do you think they should continue to make them, or do you think they're not neccesary?

Whilst the August roll-up update was formally called Windows 8.1 Update 2 this November roll-up could be considered Update 3 and are basically like mini service packs. It should be available via Windows update but the standalone is also available from the links below: This update includes the...

I am having some issues with my computer that have been annoying me for a long time now and am wondering if anyone could lend a hand. Here are the problems. 1. The nework shares seem to stop working on all devices except for my other windows 7 machines. When I'm using another windows 7...

Wsus is what Microsoft calls its updating service and you can use it to download a local copy of their updates for any Microsoft software including all the service packs. A single person with only one machine is better off doing things the normal way but if you have a couple extra machines and...

Hello all, I've got a bit of a strange issue going on with a PC i just put together. Its a Win7 Home Premium machine will all updates and service packs installed. There is no antivirus software or security software or 3rd party firewall software installed...machine is clean though only play...

For anyone thinking of setting up VMs w/ Hyper-V, you may find this helpful... will try to add some screen shots, soon. 1. One must have a CPU that supports Hyper-V 2. Hyper-V must be enabled in the BIOS 3. > Turn Windows Features On or Off. Find Hyper-V on the list & put a checkmark in its...

Well, there that's done (smile). I recently revamped my tower motivated by wanting to use Hyper-V in Windows 8. That said, I have completed building 3 VMs for client support. XP, Vista and Windows 7 w/ IE10, all up to date (SPs and Updates) & equipped w/ MSE. I gave each 2Gb RAM; they seem...

Installed VMs in Hyper-V such as Win7, Vista or XP want to connect to the Net. After, installing a VM OS & setting up a Virtual Switch the VMs may see no internet connections. The Integration Services must be installed to the VMs to have connectivity. These will not install unless & until all...

Dear All, I need some help regarding a strange issue with CryptUnprotectData function. I have a C++ code that reads the database password from the registry and decrypts it using CryptUnprotectData. We have to deploy this application on a Windows 7 machine. When I compile my code on...

I have noticed a slight variance during the installation of Windows 8 while the PC is connected to the internet and while it is not. Not being connected seems to be a little faster as it does not ask to sign in with your Windows Live ID, nor does is ask if you want to sign in with a Microsoft...

Hello. I'm having a small little problem with my computer. Well, you know that little graphic thing that appears on screen whenever you turn caps lock on or off? Yeah, that doesn't appear anymore and since my computer does not have a little light thing to indicate whether it's on or off it's...

BSOD dump file attached, reward posted I know that it looks like it points to a networking issue but I have tried what I know besides installing Windows 7. thanks for your help :) here is what the BSOD says. ================================================== Dump File ...

Hello I deleted these before knowing they are necessary for removal of a service pack. Would system restore or an Aronis image of the system be better to recover these? Thank you

Windows 7 is four to five times less vulnerable to malware infections than is Windows XP. Those are the findings of Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report ( PDF ), which detailed in depth the state of software vulnerabilities, exploits, security breaches, and malware in 2010. Overall...

New hardware required? Interview Since Windows 7 stabilised its service packs big organisations are moving into upgrade mode .… More...

Okay, I'm not the most tech savvy person. I can turn on a comp, install stuff, play games, browse the web - and that's about it, really. So I'm not really making heads or tails of all this .net framework malarky. I have to reinstall my entire .net framework from oldest to latest. However, I...

I've attempted to install a couple new applications (Adobe Acrobat and IMSI TurboCad 17.1) recently and in each case received a 1935 error, causing the installation to terminate and roll back. I have done a registry scan/clean as well as virus/spyware scans and the problem persists. I have run...