Earlier this year Microsoft discontinued security updates for Windows XP with Service Pack 2, and Windows Vista with no service packs. I'm still seeing a lot of machines out there without the latest service packs installed.Users running Windows Vist… more »

The 5th Security Intelligence Report has been released this covers January to June 2008. The full report can be downloaded here. Here's a quick look at it: First up we see the percentage of browser exploits on Windows XP vs Windows Vista. We ca… more »

Let's put this bit of FUD to rest. Fact: Windows Vista on launch was around 5-10% slower than Windows XP for gaming, this was largely due to video drivers not being as mature. 10% isn't even noticeable, I'd happily trade 10% for video drivers whic… more »

I've recommended AVG Free anti-virus for years, I used to run it back when I was using Windows XP. I've still not, after using Windows Vista for two years, got around to actually installing any anti-virus on my main machines. But when my sister got her… more »

This question pops up quite a lot in online forums nowadays. Before I could quite honestly tell somebody if you need to ask, you have 32-bit. That's not true anymore, you can buy machines with 4GB of RAM in them, and increasingly they are being loaded… more »

So this error message has been doing the rounds lately.This application has failed to start because d3dx9_32.dll was not found.Or other error messages around d3dx9.dll, dxdx9d.dll, d3dx10.dll, xinput.dll, xact.dll, d3dx10_33.dll and other variati… more »