Page 8 - Computeractive - January 2, 2018 UK

N e w s

IN BRIEF Microso f t f ixesWin d o w s 7 u pda t e

EDITVIDEOSINREV A MPED ‘scre w -up’
WINDOWS A PP
Microsoft h as updated its
built-in ‘ Films & T V’ Windows Microsoft has fi xed a fl aw that
10 app t o l et you e dit v ideos, was p reventing W indows 7
although i t s till l acks m any users c hecking f or updates.
features popular i n t he Hundreds of frustrated people
discontinued Movie M aker. had c omplained o n t he
The editing o ptions, w hich company’s f orums ( www.
appear in the P hotos a pp, snipca.com/26466) a bout
include creating a s low- error c ode ‘ 80248015’,
motion video a nd drawing o n worried t hat t hey w ouldn’t
a c lip. We’ll h ave a W orkshop be able to install s ecurity
explaining h ow to use i t i n updates.
our n ext i ssue (out Weds 3 On 3 D ecember t hey
January). reported seeing the m essage problem b y r ebooting their Some users o n t he forum
‘Windows could not search for PC then changing the d ate t o wondered whether W indows
GET 4 2 P ER CENT OFF new u pdates’ ( see s creenshot) 12 March 2 017 a nd checking 7 w as still a p riority. J uliepp
PHONES SHOWING ADS or ‘Windows Update cannot for u pdates. wrote: “We’re left here not
British phone manufacturer currently c heck for u pdates That s uch a n o bvious error knowing i f i t’s a r oyal
Wileyfox is offering a 4 2 p er because the s ervice i s n ot went unnoticed has r evived screw-up, o r i f t hey h ave j ust
cent discount on its A ndroid running. Y ou may n eed to suspicions that Microsoft is dropped us Windows 7 u sers
handsets i f y ou accept restart y our c omputer’. neglecting Windows 7 a nd 8. like y esterday’s bath water”.
adverts on the l ock screens. One u ser c alled J uliepp In October, Google said that Windows 7 r emains the
With Wileyfox’s ‘Add-X’ wrote: “What t he heck has by not applying security fixes most popular version of the
advertising software Microsoft done n ow? I t’s to older o perating systems operating s ystem, u sed o n
installed, the p rice o f i ts pretty annoying b ecause now when it updated W indows 10, 43 per c ent o f c omputers
cheapest phone, the S park I d on’t know if I’m g etting Microsoft was u nintentionally worldwide according t o
Plus, f alls from £120 to £70. updates o r n ot!” leaving c lues for h ackers to November’s figures from
On signing u p y ou have to The problem w as caused spot (see ‘Question of the NetMarketShare, a n a nnual
confirm your age and g ender by a fi le on Microsoft’s Fortnight’, I ssue 513). drop of five p er cent.
to get adverts tailored to you. update servers e xpiring o n 3 Google criticised Microsoft Windows 1 0 u se has g rown
Visit Wileyfox’s site f or details: December. Before Microsoft for t aking f our m onths t o fi x by almost 10 per c ent d uring
www.snipca.com/26457. fixed it two d ays l ater, s ome flaws it had s potted in the s ame p eriod – u p t o 3 1
users s aid they’d solved the Windows 7 a nd 8.1. per c ent.

Suffolk v illage h as UK’s s low e st broadband

Broadband speeds are s o s low Avenue it would t ake j ust fi ve
in parts o f B ritain that it takes minutes.
longer t o d ownload a fi lm One r esident in Thorpe This i s t he sortthe s o rt
than it does to fly to Australia. Lane, Ann Owen, 6 5, said of smartphonephone
Research from comparison speeds are m uch f aster i n h er Fred Flintstonestone
site uSwitch f ound that homes cottage i n t he Orkney Isles. would u se.e.
in Thorpe L ane ( pictured), in She a dded: “The broadband Instead of aa
the S uffolk v illage o f T rimley here is incredibly s low . Y o u USwitch’s fi gures r eveal t he touchscreen i tn it
St Martin, s uffer the s lowest cannot do two o r t hree things UK’s stark b roadband divide. has five s tonene
speeds in the c ountry, a t a on your laptop at once as Streets in Pickering, G loucester, beads which
snail-like 0 .68Mbps. other p eople m anage t o d o”. Chorley a nd Andover a ll you c an scroll, s wipe andswipe a nd
This i s 5 3 t imes slower Thorpe L ane i s a s ignificant endure speeds under 1 Mbps. In zoom. It’s Austrian d esignertrian design
than the a verage speed of distance from the n earest contrast, a reas in Leicester, Klemens Schillinger’s
36.2Mbps, and 2 60 times telephone exchange, w hich Swindon, M iddlesbrough and solution to phone addiction;
slower than the f astest speeds connects to the w eb via slow Halesowen a ll enjoy s peeds like an e-cigarette, i t
(177Mbps), found i n B enford copper-based wires. Benford above 1 50Mbps. See the f ull list harmlessly satisfies o ur need
Avenue, M otherwell. Avenue uses Virgin Media’s at www.snipca.com/26489. to fiddle with something.
Downloading a t wo-hour fibre-broadband network, Read m ore o n h is site:
HD film in Thorpe L ane w ould which c an deliver speeds Are y ou happy w ith y our www.snipca.com/26364.
broadband s peed? Let u s k now:
take 21 hours; i n B enford up to 300Mbps. letters@computeractive.co.uk

8 20 December 2017 – 2 J anuary 2 018