software maintenance

When Typing an Email Turns Your CPU into a Furnace: Unpacking the Latest Outlook Bug Picture this: you’re drafting a simple email in the classic Outlook for Microsoft 365, and suddenly your computer sounds like a jet engine taking off. Your CPU usage spikes wildly, soaring to 30-50% utilization...

The link you provided for the article (support.microsoft.com) currently leads to a "Page Not Found" or error page. As a result, the content for "KB5055671: Safe OS dynamic update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Server 2025" from April 8, 2025, is not available directly from that link. If you...

You’d think that after two decades, the digital skies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would hold no more surprises—but just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (or, rather, to try taking off from it), a bug as old as some Gen Zers themselves emerges, causing fans to wonder: are...

Last October, amid the usual relentless hum of Windows updates and the low-key anxiety that comes with “will my device still work tomorrow?”, Microsoft dropped Windows 11 24H2 into the world. You know the drill: Copilot gets smarter, the file manager speaks fluent TAR and 7z, there’s a new...

In what might be a turning point in the way we maintain our computers, Microsoft has recently filed a provocative patent for an AI-based system designed to fix bugs and mend software issues on Windows 11. This emerging technology leverages the power of generative AI to not only diagnose but also...

Is your trusty Windows machine feeling more like a sluggish snail than a speedy hare? Fear not—2025 brings you a wealth of savvy tips to supercharge your computer’s performance without necessarily reaching for your wallet’s spare change. Today, we dive deep into 12 expert-approved methods to...

As far as I found out the rollup packages are cumulative. So if I want to apply all patches from November 2016 until now only the last rollup package is needed. Regarding the security packages its the opposite: Every single security package from Novemeber 2016 until now is needed if I want to...

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I'm not interested in upgrading to windows 10 yet everything I check 'Window Update' I'm told I have 39 outstanding updates. When I start the update the window displays an 'Updating to Windows 10'. I just want the updates to 7 not an upgrade to 10! Is it really upgrading me to 10 or I'm I...

Having tried Win10 on my Lenovo T61, I found too many problems with hardware and restored Win7 from an image backup. Since then, my Windows update consistently tells me to upgrade to 10 and, when I try to search for new Win7 updates, it just searches for hours with no results or reports that...

If I remember correctly, this is the second update where they replace a bunch of .dll files. The last time they found some type of problem. Have they found another problem or were these files not replaced the first time...? At least the Support Info page is working.

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