NEWS, TIPS AND PUBLICATIONS FROM THE LXPERT COMMUNITY
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Want to be cyber safe? Here is a selection of security news, recommendations and how to guides from the Lxpert Community.
If you are using Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, you probably notice that in the past few months you have a new Windows icon on your system trays. Sometimes it will pop up with a notification bubble and prompt you to upgrade to Windows 10. So how to remove the "Get Windows 10" reminder and tray item?
If you have Java installed on your machine, every now and then you get a notification at the bottom right hand corner of your task bar, telling you that a Java update is available and asking you to update. However, oftentimes, our customers complain that their web browser looks a little bit different after the update. So how to install the Java update properly?
What to do when you get "The User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded."?
Recently I came across a situation where my old Windows 7 laptop failed to run Windows Update. It kept telling me "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart you computer". I checked the basics, googled for some answers and tried many solutions including Windows Update Diagnostic (Fixit), but none worked. Here is something that did.