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Microsoft Says They Are Serious About Microsoft Antimalware

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securityessentialsThe Security Essentials is designed to be bottom of the antivirus rankings story broke 2 weeks ago.
In response, Microsoft states: Our commitment to Microsoft antimalware.
Source: Mark Russinovich via Twitter

We are fully committed to protecting our consumer and business customers from malware. Our strong solutions provide the comprehensive defense needed against malicious code and attacks. Our support of antimalware partners helps in building a strong and diverse ecosystem to fight malware…We believe in Microsoft antimalware products and strongly recommend them to our customers, to our friends, and to our families.

Windows Update Cleanup For Windows 7 And Windows 8

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cleanmgrWindows 8 disk cleanup introduced a new cleanup option called Windows Update Cleanup.
Yesterdays Windows updates included an update to add this option to Windows 7.
This cleanup option can regain you significant disk space in Windows 7 and Windows 8 will benefit as updates pile up.
This article will show you how to use this option in both Windows 7 and 8.
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Windows 8.1 Account Settings

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win8userWith Windows 8.1 Microsoft seems to want everyone in the cloud.
Traditionally home users had a local account. Windows 8 introduced another option, the Microsoft account.
In 8.1 Microsoft made it more difficult to have a non-Microsoft account.
In this article I will explain the differences and your options.

Sections:
Local And Microsoft Accounts Defined
– Local Account
– Microsoft Account
– Which should you use, a Local or Microsoft Account?
– Accessing Account Settings

Signing On With A Local Account During A Clean Installation

Signing Up For A Microsoft Account After Installation

Using The Windows Store When You Use A Local Account For Sign-In

Switch To A Local Account
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