Windows Help and Advice - USA (2019-06)

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n officialsecuritypatch,
releasedbyMicrosofton
April9th,causedusersof
manypopularthird-party
anti-viruspackagesfrom
companieslikeSophos,Avast,and
McAfeetosufferslowdownontheir
machinessoextremeastomakethem
unusable.Theupdate,oneofWindows
7’sfinalsecuritypatchesandalso
releasedonWindows8.1(thoughnot
onWindows10)wasquicklypulled

• butuserswhoreceivedit beforeit was
  withdrawnwereforcedtowadethrough
  treacletoinstalla newversionoftheir
  anti-virussoftware.If wewere
  sensationalist,wemightevendubthe
  updateakintoa virusinitself.

PROTECTYOURSELF

Thisisn’tthefirsttimea Windowsupdate
hasgonehaywire,andit likelywon’tbe
thelast.Windows,frequentlyupdatedas
it is againstthelatestthreats,is extremely
complicated,andthenumberofdistinct
interactionsit canmakewithitsappsis

almostinfinite.CredittoMicrosoftfor

puttingonthebrakesassoonasthe

glitchwasuncovered;thecompanyis

knownfordelayingmajorupdatesto

makesurethey’rereadyforrelease.But

theproblemisn’tsomuchtheupdates

themselves,buttheautomaticwayin

whichthey’reoftenrudelyapplied.

Windowsupdatesrolloutgraduallyto

groupsofusersata time.If youhappen

tobeoneofthoseunluckyusersto

receivea brokenupdatefirst,you’llhave

todealwiththeconsequences.

Sowhat’stheanswer?Therearea

coupleofwaystoprotectyourselffrom

rogueupdates.First,makeregular

backupsofyourfiles.Youcanusethe

Windows10’sFileHistorytool,which

automaticallycopieseverything

importanttoanexternaldrive,butwe’d

alsorecommendcreatingregularSystem

Restorepoints,whichletyourollWindows

backtoa previouslyusablestate.It’salso

importanttonotethat,howevermuch

Microsoftmighttrytoencourageyou

toalwaysbeonthelatestversionof

Windows,youdohave

a choicetodefer

automaticupdates.

ChecktheSettings>

Update& Security>

WindowsUpdate

sectiontosetthe

optionstoyourliking.

Shouldyouinstalleveryupdatestraightaway?It

mightnotbe assafeasyou’dthink

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1

What do the initials

SSD stand for?

A Solid-State Drive

B Super Speedy Drive

C Seven Sector Drive

2

How does an

SSD differ from a

standard hard drive?

A It uses lasers instead

of magnets

B It’s incompatible

with Windows 10

C There are no

moving parts

3

Which of these is a

format of SSD?

A U.

B We.

C Them.

4

What effect

might an SSD

have on your PC?

A Faster Internet

connection

B Faster boot times

C Faster spell check

in Microsoft Word

5

When was the first

20MB SSD released?

A 1991

B 2001

C 2011

6

What is a

hybrid drive?

A Half-SSD, half-hard drive

B Half-SSD, half-processor

C Half-SSD, half-USB stick

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1A 2C 3A 4B 5A 6AAnswers

Windows Update woes

Microsoft Edge

http://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/

en-us/download/

Windows 10’s default web browser, Edge,

will soon take advantage of the same

behind-the-scenes code as Google

Chrome, which will make it compatible

with a lot more of the web. It won’t be

sent automatically to your PC for a while,

but if you do want to get your hands on it

early Microsoft has set up a site offering

preview editions for download.

Since the Chromium version of Edge is

still in development, it’s available in

various states of completion: down-

loading Edge from the Beta channel

should give you the least problematic

version, the Dev channel will offer a newer

but wobblier edition, and picking the

Canary channel gets you access to the

latest updates in the shakiest version

going. It’s up to you – but you could

always stick with what you have.

BLEEDING EDGE The new web browser is

available through three different channels.

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