If you haven't already installed the 1903 Windows 10 update released in May, be advised. When you install it, you'll start seeing warning popup boxes any time you connect to a WiFi network that is using TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) to encrypt and secure those connections. The particulars of the message … [Read more...] about Windows Possibly Removing Option To Use Outdated Wifi Connections
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Password Policies Getting Update From Microsoft
Industry experts have been predicting the death of the humble password for decades. To date, those predictions have amounted to nothing. Passwords are still with us, and still serve as the cornerstone of security, even as other measures have arisen alongside them to help better secure your all-important data. Even though passwords … [Read more...] about Password Policies Getting Update From Microsoft
Windows Update May Fail With External Storage Devices
Microsoft recently issued an important support document that your IT staff needs to be aware of. In part, their notice reads as follows: "Inappropriate drive reassignment can occur on eligible computers that have an external USB device or SD memory card attached during the installation of the May 2019 update. For this reason, these … [Read more...] about Windows Update May Fail With External Storage Devices
Microsoft Is Keeping Paint Program For Now
Back in July 2017, Microsoft created a bit of an uproar when they released a build of Windows 10 that promoted their new Paint 3D app. Paired with the new arrival was an announcement that the classic Windows Paint program would be deprecated and ultimately removed from the OS in subsequent versions. Paint has been part of the Windows … [Read more...] about Microsoft Is Keeping Paint Program For Now
Recent Data Breach May Affect Hotmail And Outlook Users
Microsoft recently confirmed that the login credentials of one of its customer support agents was compromised. This allows unknown third parties to log in and gain access to data contained in an unspecified number of users' Hotmail and Outlook email accounts. The exposure occurred between January 1 and March 28 of this year (2019). When news … [Read more...] about Recent Data Breach May Affect Hotmail And Outlook Users
End Of Support Notifications Being Sent To Windows 7 Users
If you're still clinging to your old Windows 7 machine, you should know that the day is relentlessly drawing closer when Microsoft is going to stop supporting the OS altogether. In fact, in the near future, you're going to start seeing reminders pushed out by the company that the end is drawing near. They're calling this a "courtesy reminder" … [Read more...] about End Of Support Notifications Being Sent To Windows 7 Users
