Microsoft regularly releases major updates to its Windows operating systems. Formerly, those updates were pushed through comprehensive service packs, but more often these days, they're semi-regular ...

I’ll get right to it: anyone using a mature copy of Windows 7 (as opposed to a new computer or a newly installed copy) should not install Service Pack 1 (SP1). This is not a knock on Microsoft, ...

Artwork: Chip Taylor Bug fixes and security patches don’t make for the most exciting Windows update, but they’re the high points of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, now widely available for download. * ...

There I was, merrily fixing someone's computer. Among other things, they'd been having trouble connecting to Microsoft's Windows Update Web site. The Web site would seem to load up just fine, but when ...

I have had to swap out my motherboard (RAM and CPU) several times in the past few weeks. This has nothing to do with my old one crashing, my backup board ...