There’s no question that you need to keep your Windows machine patched. In this age of EternalBlue and Shadow Brokers, Wikileaks and the CIA, avoiding Windows security patches is like hanging a sign ...

Stop letting automatic updates ruin your workflow. These Registry tweaks help you regain control over Windows update behavior for good.

Have you been asking yourself how to turn off automatic updates in Windows 10? No one can blame you — it's not as easy as it used to be, and there are reasons why you might want to hold off on ...

This is an update of a post I wrote nearly three years ago. Because I continue to encounter the problem on new PCs, I figured it was time to revisit it for those users who missed the original article.

Avoid the ill effects of an update gone awry by altering Windows Update's default settings to prevent automatic installations. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for ...

Microsoft's Windows 10 doesn't care if you're in the middle of a super important presentation or Word document. It will update your computer anyway, whether you want it to or not. And the company ...

Microsoft is experimenting with automatic updates from Windows RT 8.0 to Windows RT 8.1, which would allow users to skip the Windows Store and still get the latest software. According to Paul Thurrott ...

Update: my new post Why Windows 10 Installs Automatically On Windows 7 And Windows 8 looks into the two major automatic upgrades Windows 10 will perform, why and what can be done about them. For now ...

Microsoft's Windows 10 doesn't care if you're in the middle of a super important presentation or Word document. It will update your computer anyway, whether you want it to or not. And the company ...