Monthly Archives: June 2015

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KB3050265 Solves Windows Update Scan High Memory Usage

A long running thread on Microsoft’s TechNet gives details of a problem that has existed since the fall of last year.  A Windows 7 machine with the default Windows Update settings checks for updates once per day. This process of checking for updates was consuming an inordinate amount of resources, upwards […]

Free Windows 10 Upgrade, Should I Do It?

If you’re running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and are receiving “Reccommended updates”, you will soon be installing KB3035583.  This update will be offering you a free upgrade to Windows 10 via a small icon in the tray near the clock.  The upgrade will be available as of July 29, 2015. […]