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 ...

I've got no domain as we're a Novell shop.<BR><BR>I want all the machines to download and install the critical updates every Friday.<BR><BR>My problem is the user that everybody logs in as is simply a ...

Last year, several dangerous security vulnerabilities were found in the popular 7zip compression tool that were closed with new versions. However, these patches had to be downloaded and installed ...

Writing documents, surfing the internet, watching videos, or playing games: You want to use your PC and spend as little time as possible on the technology behind it. The operating system only provides ...

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I have Java for a couple of programs I use, and I like that it can notify me of updates and grab them automatically. Problem is, for security reasons I run under a user account, and as I rarely log in ...