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Catching up on Win7 and 8.1 patching

Posted on December 23, 2016 at 04:14 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

Looks like quite a few people are trying to get caught up with their Windows 7 and 8.1 patches. Must be the season.

If you’re wondering how to proceed (or need a checklist for when you go out and fix all of your relatives’ computers) here’s the recap:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3128983/microsoft-windows/how-to-prepare-for-the-windows-781-patchocalypse.html

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3130076/microsoft-windows/win-781-patchocalypse-springs-a-few-surprises.html

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3136173/microsoft-windows/how-to-cautiously-update-windows-7-and-81-machines.html

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3142903/microsoft-windows/the-time-is-right-to-update-windows-and-office.html

I still haven’t given the go-ahead for December. We’ve hit several odd problems.

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