Windows 10 Creators Update To Launch On April 11th Microsoft has confirmed in a blog post that the Windows 10 Creators Update (known as 1703) will arrive on April 11. Microsoft will likely roll out the Creators Update gradually over a few months. The timeline in which your PC will receive the update depends on the device type. Windows Insider users have been testing the Creators Update over the last few months, which has helped Microsoft work some of the potential kinks. What Is New In The Creators Update? The Creators Update has a few new major features included in the upgrade. There is a new Paint 3D app, which makes it much easier to create 3D objects. The Creators Update also has built-in game broadcasting for Windows 10 and the Xbox One via Beam. Soon Acer, ASUS , Dell, HP and Lenovo will ship Windows Mixed Reality-enabled headsets with the Creators Update. In the Creators Update, the Microsoft Edge browser will have advanced tab management and support for e-books in the Windows Store. There are also a few subtle features Microsoft is adding in the Creators Update that is inspired by user feedback. The Creators Update will have a “night light” feature, which reduces the blue light emitted by the screen to help you sleep better. The update will have a mini view that allows you to keep a small window on top of what you are doing so that you can watch shows or hold Skype conversations while you work on Office documents. The Creators Update has a “screen time limits” feature so parents can manage how much time kids are spending playing games. And there will be a new “remote lock” feature that automatically locks your PC or tablet when you step away from it by pairing with your smartphone. There will be additional options for managing Windows updates. For example, users will be able to schedule when to install an update. And “active hours” can be set for when a reboot should not take place. The Creators Update will be a free upgrade for devices that are running on Windows 10 already. And Microsoft will also sell Windows 10 Home, Pro, Enterprise and Education versions of the Creators Update for PCs and tablets. In the Windows Creators Update announcement, Microsoft also revealed an expansion of availability for the Surface Book with Performance base, the Surface Studio and the Surface Dial. “
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Here is a nice article for anyone that is worried about the bill that was signed in on monday this week. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/your-internet-history-is-now-for-sale-heres-how-you-can-protect-it/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/30/privacy-protection-web-browsing-history-data-congress The quick answer is that incongnito or private browsing will not work, so you have about three choices. 1.) Opt out with your internet service provider, try a vpn system, and always use sides that start with https - these are secure. You can also try different browsers and don't use google for searches. For more information please feel free to contact us. Over the past few weeks we have had several customers call about internet issues. Many thought it was thier ISP or router but it was confirmed to be an windows 10 update that has caused this issue. The problems connecting to the Internet or Wi-Fi started late last week. Microsoft acknowledged the problems in a discussion forum on Dec. 8, which indicated that "some customers are experiencing difficulty connecting to the Internet." Microsoft's advice, in a Dec. 9 support article, was for users to reboot, but not shutdown their PCs. Users also were directed to look for other possible problem sources, such as a cable modem issues or Internet service provider connection problems. Today, Microsoft indicated that patch KB3206632, which was released today and included in this month's security bulletin release, is designed to fix the problem. This patch replaces update KB3201845, which reportedly was blamed for the Internet connection problems, although InfoWorld author Woody Leonhard observed that those problems happened two days before the release of KB3201845. The Internet connection issue only affected devices running "Windows 10 1607 (RS1)," according to Nathan Mercer, a Microsoft technical evangelist, in a Patchmanagement.org list-serve post. But, so far, that's just about all the information Microsoft has provided on the issue. Microsoft's KB3206632 bulletin isn't too descriptive, although it does indicate a December fix for "a service crash in CDPSVC that in some situations could lead to the machine not being able to acquire an IP address." A description of the problem by The Register had suggested that a Microsoft software update had somehow broken the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol used to issue IP addresses. Possibly, then, Microsoft has fixed a problem that it never fully described. Description seems to be a past practice abandoned with the new agile Windows 10 software delivery approach. Microsoft today also released 12 security bulletins in its December patch, with six "Critical" flaws being addressed. The top items on the Microsoft's "exploitability index" this month include a scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability, a browser memory corruption vulnerability and an Office security feature bypass flaw, among others, as described in the December bulletin. If you still have this issue - please call us and we can fix it very quickly. Also to prevent this problem please do your updates for windows 10 by pressing Windows logo key + I and then going to "update and security" The ransomware itself is called "CriticalUpdate01.exe," the file it extracts is called "WindowsUpdate.exe," and the screen that displays as it begins to encrypt your files looks very much like the modern blue screen that Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 users are familiar with. "Unfortunately, there is no way to currently decrypt the Fantom Ransomware," While you're waiting for Windows Update to finish and the machine to restart, Fantom is happily at work encrypting all the files it can find bearing any of about 600 different suffixes, including those commonly used for music, video, photo and office files. Encrypted files get the additional suffix ".fantom." When the encryption process is finished, Fantom pops up a ransom note instructing the user to email a Russian email address. No specific ransom amount is mentioned, but presumably the response from the online criminals will include one. Victims have a week to pay up or the files will be erased, the note says in pretty poor English. To prevent infection by any kind of ransomware, don't click on any links in email messages you don't expect and install and run robust, continually updating antivirus software. Apple said that it strongly recommends that all windows users uninstall QuickTime as soon as possible. The main reason is that Apple is deprecating QuickTime for Microsoft Windows. They will no longer be issuing security updates for the product on the Windows Platform and recommend users uninstall it. Keeping this software on your system does leave you potentially open for attack. Note that this does not apply to QuickTime on Mac OS X.
The first known ransomware attack on Apple Mac computers, which was discovered over the weekend, was downloaded more than 6,000 times before the threat was contained, according to a developer whose product was tainted with the malicious software. Hackers infected Macs with the "KeRanger" ransomware through a tainted copy of Transmission, a popular program for transferring data through the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing network. So-called ransomware is a type of malicious software that restricts access to a computer system in some way and demands the user pay a ransom to the malware operators to remove the restriction. KeRanger, which locks data on Macs so users cannot access it, was downloaded about 6,500 times before Apple and developers were able to thwart the threat. Still, cyber security experts said they expect to see more attacks on Macs as the KeRanger hackers and other groups look for new ways to infect Mac computers. Just give us a call if you would like us to look at your mac and setup antivirus software and protection. Great little gaming system - has a new screen, power switch, new samsung battery, memory upgraded and a brand new SSD solid state drive card installed. Super fast and loads windows 10 within 30 seconds. The Laptop has the following specs - core i7 3610qm, 12gb ddr3 ram, 128gb ssd, 750gb hdd, bluray player, and Nvidia gt 650m 2gb card - this will play most if not all older games like witcher 2, battlefield 4, mass effect 3, bioshock infinite and more. Everything looks and works like brand new Microsoft isn’t forcing Windows 7 and 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10, but they are pushing it on them pretty aggressively. Windows 10 is now automatically downloaded to all Windows 7 and 8.1 machines as a “recommended update” with the Windows Update tool—whether you want it or not. (Before it was just an "optional update" Microsoft already made a similar push for Windows 10 last fall, but now they are pushing Windows 10 even harder. The change is meant to make the transition to Windows 10 easier for those who still haven’t upgraded, but the automatic download can be frustrating for some users especially for those in the buisness world who have to stick with windows 7. The download is at least a few gigabytes in size, so if you have a capped data connection, or have no interest in upgrading ever, the automatic download just ends up using data and taking space. Fortunately, in a previous blog we showed you how to stop the windows 10 update and that process still works. You can also just stop windows updates from automatically downloading and installing - this will stop the update too, just make sure you install the important security updates regularly. If you need to keep windows 7 or 8.1 and would like us to help you stop the windows 10 update from happening on your computer - just call us and we can help you out. Update: The Safari crash bug has now been fixed - according to APPLE A strange bug is affecting many Safari users today, causing crashes on iPhone, iPad and Mac. For many users, simply tapping in the URL bar will cause the browser app to crash completely. The exact issue causing the crashing has not been locked down, but it appears to be related to Apple’s Safari Suggestions service. It’s a very annoying bug that is affecting a lot of people all of sudden today. When you type a URL, Apple sends what you type to its servers, returning a response with autocomplete search queries, Top Sites and other info. There appears to be a bug in this server request that is causing Safari to randomly crash. Users are discovering some potential workarounds until Apple fixes the problem properly … Disabling Safari Suggestions seems to be helping resolve the bug for many people on iOS. On your iPhone or iPad, go into Settings, tap Safari, and toggle off the ‘Safari Suggestions’ switch. This will fix the crashing, obviously its only a temporary fix until Apple sorts its servers out as it will disable the Safari Suggestions functionality. Another option is to enter Private Browsing mode. In private browsing, by design Safari does not contact the suggestions server for intelligent completion options, so the server is never contacted and the crash never arises. |
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