Oracle has dispelled rumors that the upcoming security update for Java 7 and those it will release in the future might not work on Windows XP. “We expect all versions of Java that were supported prior ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...