Longtime subscriber Clif of the Clif Notes Newsletter wrote about my Windows 7 installation experience articles in last week’s online issue: Hi Terry, Thanks for the preview of the hassle to come when I move my laptop to win7 from the RC. Hopefully the drivers I have backed up will work. I’m hoping the driver [...]

I received a question from subscriber and friend Ralph Campbell, who asked: A number of times I have seen you refer disparagingly of “Active-x controls”. I have seen downloads that require Active X to run properly. I have read the definition of the program, but, I guess I am just dense. What is this thing, [...]

It’s time for another article on Microsoft Update and why we should be using it. Although Microsoft has been recommending that users switch from Windows Updates to Microsoft Updates since mid-2005, at the end of 2006 new computers from at least one major manufacturer were still being shipped with Windows Update and not Microsoft Update [...]

AP has a good article about yesterday’s “Patch Tuesday” updates from Microsoft. Microsoft releases almost all updates on one day each month — the 2nd Tuesday of the month. This time, there were 6 crifical updates, including one for the “malicious software engine” that powers Windows Defender, including on Vista. What kind of problem? The [...]