What are your favorite site for info about software patches & updates? [more inside]
posted by woodman on Sep 7, 2009 - 7 answers

Just reinstalled Vista in my laptop, and now the next step is to install MS updates, right? The thing is, I don't think now installing every available update from MS Windows Update is a good idea. What are the absolutely necessary updates to install, if any? [more inside]
posted by papafrita on Mar 27, 2009 - 10 answers

I want an e-mail or RSS update that tells me all the shows I want to watch that day and give me a brief synopsis of said episode. Is there anything like this out there? [more inside]
posted by reenum on Mar 10, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm considering getting rid of my twitter account (its too much of time waster) however I currently follow several people who post interesting links each day and I know that I could get them via RSS but I'd like an email sent to me each day contain their days "tweets". I thought their was a service to do this but I can't remember the name, any ideas?
posted by nam3d on Mar 3, 2009 - 9 answers

Which of these Java programs can i get rid of and why are they breeding like bunnies? [more inside]
posted by Black_Umbrella on Feb 19, 2009 - 12 answers

I have two wordpress blogs. I would like to show the new posts from one blog on the other, either in the sidebar, a post or some other method. Can anyone recommend an app that can do this?
posted by dennis10512 on Sep 1, 2008 - 6 answers

Why on some web hosts do uploaded file changes not appear immediately? [more inside]
posted by wastelands on May 31, 2008 - 4 answers

OSX Leopard 10.5.2 update - somehow aborted, now my macbook pro is caught in limbo. [more inside]
posted by Rumple on Feb 11, 2008 - 17 answers

Updated XP now my computer doesn't download anything. [more inside]
posted by seeminglyshy on Aug 15, 2007 - 3 answers

IE Update Filter. Help Needed ASAP [more inside]
posted by SoftSummerBreeze on Jan 4, 2007 - 11 answers

Microsoft continues to hijack my computer. Every time I get a new Windows update, it changes my default email client from Outlook Express to Outlook (I prefer OE) and my browser from Firefox to IE. [more inside]
posted by Mrs. Smith on Mar 20, 2006 - 11 answers

WindowsXP and FTP Filter: I am running WindowsXP Pro and every time I allow it to update, my FTP client fails. I have tried everything I can think of and all Microsoft's advice, to no avail. Anyone seen this before? [more inside]
posted by juggler on Sep 30, 2005 - 6 answers

Where are old copies of Microsoft updates (specifically for Office v.X) stored online? [more inside]
posted by greasy_skillet on Dec 21, 2004 - 5 answers

Are there any free services that will monitor a website of your choice, and tell you when it changes?
posted by inksyndicate on Apr 21, 2004 - 5 answers

Help me! I'm naked! With my new computer I finally got Win XP (instead of win 98, which I had been using with the older computer), but after downloading and installing all the security patches, the system slowed down to the speed of molasses, taking forever to open any folder... [more inside]
posted by taz on Dec 30, 2003 - 21 answers