• Still at MS-DEFCON 2 — but should have an update tomorrow

    For those of you who are still holding off on installing the December and January patches…

    Except for a few known problems, they’re looking OK. I’m going to wait and see what Susan Bradley says on Thursday in Windows Secrets Newsletter before giving a blanket go-ahead with warnings.

    The warnings will likely include as-yet-unresolved problems with Excel macros and several others.

    Let’s see how it shakes out. In the interim, rest assured that, unless you have state secrets or your work for a foreign intelligence organization, you don’t have much to worry about — there aren’t any mass clobberings going on with the December and January patches.

    Keep your powder dry and use Firefox or Chrome…