Daily Archives: March 17, 2025

• Woody Leonhard (1951–2025)

  Posted on March 17, 2025 at 02:45 CDT by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 22.11 • 2025-03-17

  EDITORIAL

  Woody Leonhard (1951–2025)

  

  By Will Fastie

  Woody Leonhard, né Gregory Forrest Leonhard, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2025.

  He is survived by his wife Addie and their son Andy; son Justin and granddaughter Angel; brothers Scott, Corey, Dustin, and Brent; sisters Trudy Rosler and Lisa Chappa; numerous nephews, nieces, grandnephews, and grandnieces; and Jasper, the dog.

  Woody was born Gregory Forrest Leonhard on October 20, 1951 …

  Read the eulogy in our Plus Newsletter (22.11.0, 2025-03-17).
  It also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Editorial Eulogy, Newsletters, Woody Leonhard

• What I learned from Woody Leonhard

  Posted on March 17, 2025 at 02:44 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  The newsletter you’re reading today is here primarily because of one man: Woody Leonhard. He passed away on March 8, 2025. May he rest in peace.

  Woody’s early days in the tech business included a stint as a beta tester for Microsoft’s Word for Windows 1.1. That experience enabled him to publish his first book in 1994: The Underground Guide to Word for Windows.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.11.0, 2025-03-17).

  Public Defender Newsletters, Woody Leonhard

• Windows Settings today

  Posted on March 17, 2025 at 02:43 CDT by Simon Bisson • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Simon Bisson

  Windows Settings today is a mix of old and new.

  Windows settings applications across the years, from DOS to Windows 11, comprise a history of what were, at the time, logical decisions about how to manage and group settings, opening them up to third parties, and then freezing them as part of Microsoft’s commitment to backward compatibility.

  We’re now in a position where we have not one, not two, not three, but four different settings applications, each with different user interfaces.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.11.0, 2025-03-17).

  Windows 11 Advanced Settings, Command Line, Control Panel, Newsletters, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, System Center, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Management Interface, Windows Settings

• Mail Merge magic in Microsoft Word

  Posted on March 17, 2025 at 02:42 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  Mail Merge is found under the Mailings tab in Word, but that title hides the extent of what the feature can do.

  Yes, it can combine any list of people, places, or things with a document to make letters, documents, emails, envelopes, labels, directories or lists — in bulk.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.11.0, 2025-03-17).

  Microsoft 365 Excel, Mail Merge, Newsletters, Office, Word

• Businesses in the crosshairs

  Posted on March 17, 2025 at 02:41 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  But first, a personal note.

  As you know by now, the founder of this site, Gregory Forrest “Woody” Leonhard, passed away unexpectedly on March 8, 2025.

  When Woody retired from freelance writing in 2020, he reached out to ask whether I wanted to take over the AskWoody.com site. He wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue other, personal interests. I didn’t hesitate for a second.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.11.0, 2025-03-17).

  Patch Watch Apple, CVE-2025-24984, CVE-2025-24991, CVE-2025-24993, CVE-2025-26633, Internet Printing Protocol, iOS, IPP, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, Remote Code Execution, SQL Server 2019, USB Printers, Web Browsers, Windows 11 24H2