With Windows 10, system updates will now occur regularly in the background. Like Gmail or Facebook, these updates will be automatic and mandatory. If you want to try to delay these updates, enable the ...

When Microsoft rolls out a new version of Windows, the company always likes to rearrange the furniture a little bit and put old features in new spots. If you’re coming to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1, ...

Some Windows fans are worried that the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update could mean costly data bills. Windows 10 currently treats Windows Updates on cellular networks differently to those over ...

Windows 10 Home users may soon lose some of their already limited ability to prevent Microsoft from forcing automatic system updates on their PCs. While there’s no official way to prevent updates in ...

For the past couple of weeks, various sites have suggested using a trick to turn off Windows 10’s forced updates. If you are using a Wi-Fi connection, the theory goes, you can turn off forced updates ...

Just a week ago, Microsoft was facing criticism for its decision to include Windows OneDrive ads within File Explorer — even for Windows 10 users that are already paying for the service. Today, ...

One of Microsoft’s biggest ambitions for Windows 10 is to ensure that all Windows users are keeping pace with the latest updates. Now, a change slated to take effect with the release of the Creators ...

With Windows 10, Microsoft switched their Windows ecosystem to a software as a service model. This means the system will get continuous feature updates among others throughout its lifetime. One of the ...

If you use a personal hotspot or tether your phone, you need to keep an eye on your data usage. Windows 8 lets you set a connection as "metered" to avoid unnecessary data usage. With a metered ...

Following build 15058, some changes to the language in the Windows Update settings indicate that Microsoft may be returning to the era of automatic updates, at least for some fixes, with the Creators ...

The latest preview build for Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update includes language that would allow the company to push out security updates and bug fixes over metered connections even ...

It's generally advisable for most users to always install the latest operating system updates, but there are legitimate reasons why some people would prefer to do them manually instead of having them ...