windows update
Aborting a Windows Shutdown Operation
Have you ever accidentally initiated a Windows shutdown operation? Typically for me it’s a result of not fully paying attention to what I am doing. Whether it’s from a Windows Update reboot request that I’ve been putting off only to have the dialog pop-up in the middle of the screen or clicking restart instead of [...]
Fixing Windows Update When it Gets Confused
Every second Tuesday of the month Microsoft issues a whack of patches for its products, mostly focusing around their core products – Windows and Office. Many XP/Vista installs are configured to download and install the patches automatically, without bothering the user unless a reboot is required in order to complete the installs. However, another option [...]
Microsoft: It’s our product, we don’t need your permission
Microsoft Corp. has started updating files on computers running Windows XP and Vista, even when users have explicitly disabled the operating systems’ automatic update feature, researchers said today.
Scott Dunn, an editor at the “Windows Secrets” newsletter, said that nine files in XP and Vista — but not the same files in each [...]
Microsoft organized reboot takes down Skype
Skype has finished its sleuthing and is ready to report on the conditions which led to the company discovering a flaw in its P2P networking code. The culprit? It turns out that Skype’s code wasn’t prepared for a massive restart of PCs caused by the standard Windows patching process.
“The disruption was triggered by a [...]
