With some confidence I can say that all of us have been a victim of the diabolical, automatic 3am Windows Update restart. You might be watching a movie or you might be slaying a boss in World of ...

There are several reasons I switched to a Mac from a Windows PC a few years ago. Frequent BSODs, issues with drivers, and Windows updates that ruin the experience from time to time are some of them.

Q: Why does Windows always want to restart after it downloads updates? Do I have to restart? Why do some software updates not require the whole computer to be restarted? A: Big system-software updates ...

Windows Optional updates are not compulsory updates but are made available to users when they are available. While many PC users and IT admins choose to install the updates manually, new policies ...

Windows has a built-in feature that automatically reopens apps you had running before a shutdown or restart. It's designed to help you pick up right where you left off. Interestingly, this feature isn ...

When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega Genesis for a 2400 baud modem, he got even. Years of Internet shareware, eBay'd possessions and video game testing ...

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18965 (20H1) to Insiders in the Fast ring, a build that now makes it possible to enable restarting apps at Windows sign-in. This Insider ...

Windows XP has a setting enabled by default that allows you to keep working on your computer when a critical stop error would otherwise cause it to quit operating ...

Windows Update can be a pain. Rebooting for updates is one thing — but a forced reboot for updates that shut down your running applications when you’re trying to get work done? Now, that’s obnoxious.