• Patch Lady – Windows 7 documentation is showing it’s age

    Posted on January 16, 2019 at 00:00 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    So I’m working on a master listing of all the Windows 7 updates that I’ve installed on my crusty Windows 7 machines and I’ve found something interesting.  In documenting each knowledge base article that is installed, I’ve noted that there’s a handful of updates out of the 540 someodd updates listed in my Windows update history that don’t have a corresponding knowledge base article.

    Take for example this patch.  If I  click on it and try to find the KB link, it says that KB2868623 is “sorry not found”.  The security bulletin page is there  in the docs.  It’s just the KB article that is missing.  When you get to the end of the life of a product, you start to see a fair amount of what I call “link rot”.   Links no longer work, or venues no longer are as active as they were.

    It’s also interesting to see the evolution in resources as well.  I used to go to https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/ as the go to place to read technical blogs.  Now I’ve added the Techcommunity to my list of resources.  As we come to the year countdown to the end of life for Windows 7, you need to determine your road ahead.  Do not plan on using your Windows 7 after the end of patching while surfing the web.  I’d much rather have you surf on a phone or a tablet than an unpatched anything.

    So be thinking now, be planning now to prevent your own “windows 7 rot”.  What are you planning to do?

    Windows Patches/Security
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