Daily Archives: November 15, 2020

• Freeware Spotlight — PingStatus

  Posted on November 15, 2020 at 21:15 CST by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums
  

  BEST UTILITIES

  By Deanna McElveen

  In our neck of the woods, high-speed and reliable Internet connections can be a rare commodity.

  It’s not uncommon to report Internet issues to your provider via the phone, only to have a tech show up while everything is running fine.

  If this sounds familiar, then Bakidok’s PingStatus is the tool for you.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.45.0 (2020-11-16).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Best Utilities, Freeware AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Network testing, Ping

• Why does Windows still generate registry junk?

  Posted on November 15, 2020 at 21:10 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  LANGALIST

  By Fred Langa

  And why does Win10 still not have a built-in tool for deleting dead, empty, obsolete, or useless registry data?

  Win10 has capable options for removing file-related debris on drives. But to thoroughly clean the registry, you need a third-party tool.

  Plus: Test your security smarts with this free online quiz!

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.45.0 (2020-11-16).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Registry cleaning, Security quiz

• RIP Office 2010? Not so fast!

  Posted on November 15, 2020 at 21:05 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  Well … we thought we’d seen the last of Office Version 2010.

  But Microsoft surprised us by pushing out a batch of November updates for its suite of productivity apps. Note that this isn’t a completely novel event. Microsoft has dribbled out patches for other products that have reached their end of service.

  Going forward, Office 2010 will become more dangerous to use — especially when it comes to email phishing attacks.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.45.0 (2020-11-16).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Microcode, Office patching, Win7 vulnerabilities, Windows patching

• Business cyber insurance: A sea change

  Posted on November 15, 2020 at 21:00 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  SMALL-BUSINESS COMPUTING

  By Amy Babinchak

  For IT businesses — and by extension, their clients — adapting to a rapidly shifting technology environment has been a challenge.

  Not the least of those changes is insuring for data-related privacy and security losses.

  Not that long ago, insuring my business was relatively simple. We were covered primarily for liability and errors/omissions. Today, the array of events covered by my policy is mind-boggling — much of it focused on data security and privacy.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.45.0 (2020-11-16).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Small Business Computing AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Business insurance, IT changes, Privacy, Security