Microsoft will be imposing a monthly update servicing model for users of the Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems, starting in October. This "monthly rollup" model also will apply to users of ...

If you get annoyed when the Java Auto Update alert intrudes on your work, you may have tried to turn the feature off. Java provides a convenient switch on its control panel for stopping the periodic ...

Oracle today rushed out new releases of Java because bad guys are exploiting bugs in the prior version, which was released just two weeks ago. In their own words The original Critical Patch Update for ...

Windows 7 has just received its last set of security updates. After today, Windows 7 won't receive any security or non-security updates from Microsoft, and it is now considered an unsupported ...

For several months, I’ve seen complaints about slow Windows 7 updates. This month, the gripes have reached a crescendo, and it’s time for Microsoft to fix it. Back in March, I created two ...

Spotted by the ever-alert Mark Wyciślik-Wilson for BetaNews, Microsoft has used blog post promoting its Microsoft 365 subscription service to quietly announce it will start taking payments for ...

If the location where Windows 7 saves the update files becomes corrupted, then updates may not load. The temporary update files are stored at C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and that folder ...

A little more clarity and information has been revealed by Microsoft about its scheme to offer Windows 10 as a free update for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users for the first year of Windows 10's ...