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AskWoody PlusAugust 23, 2017 at 3:57 pm in reply to: Brad Smith, MS chief legal officer, leaves US Commerce Dept’s Digital Economy Board of Advisors #130433Woody you screwed up. You should have monetized this particular column and linked it to a click bait advertiser . Your site would have been funded for the rest of the year.
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AskWoody PlusAugust 16, 2017 at 8:17 pm in reply to: The usual non-security update previews are out, along with three non-security patches for Server 2008 #129730Group A guinea pig. Win 7 SP1 X64 home premium. Took the full updates. So far nothing happened out of the ordinary.
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AskWoody PlusAugust 11, 2017 at 11:13 am in reply to: Oh boy. Just what we need. Another edition of Windows 10, WTFCUPFWP #128983It should be called Windows 7 SP2. Back to the drawing board.
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AskWoody PlusA while back one of the updates wiped out my update history and started over. I don`t remember which update wiped out my update history. I have Win 7, group A.
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AskWoody PlusAugust 9, 2017 at 11:14 am in reply to: Windows 10 1607 cumulative update KB 4034658 wipes out Update History #128633I have Win 7 and group A. Awhile back my history was wiped out and started over but I don`t remember which update caused it.
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AskWoody PlusGroup A , Win 7, SP1,X64 Home Premium installed KB4034664. No problems so far. I only use this computer for print, email, internet.
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AskWoody PlusI agree, I don`t need Eastern European currency changes or time zone changes.
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AskWoody PlusAugust 7, 2017 at 11:08 am in reply to: MS-DEFCON 2: It’s time to check your Windows machines and temporarily turn off Automatic Update #128301I agree. I`m Group A but I only let it check for updates.
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AskWoody PlusJuly 23, 2017 at 10:25 am in reply to: Adobe: 64% of American computer owners say they apply updates immediately #126096I use firefox`s add on Flashblock. When I want to watch a movie I disable it.
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AskWoody PlusJuly 22, 2017 at 11:43 am in reply to: Another bug in a security patch only fixed in a rollup #126027I
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AskWoody PlusJuly 17, 2017 at 10:54 am in reply to: KB 4025341, KB 4025337 cause crashes on some older hardware running Win7 #125217Same with me. E machine, 2010, AMD, win7, home premium X 64. No problems with KB4025341.
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AskWoody PlusJuly 15, 2017 at 3:05 pm in reply to: July 2017 Patch Tuesday rolls out with another load of updates #125080Grp A, Win 7 home premium, SP1, X64, AMD Sempron 145 processor, Nvidia GeForce 6150SE, Office 2010. Downloaded KB4925341. Everything works . No printing problems either. Also MSRT X64 Kb890830.
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AskWoody PlusIf he has Win 7 X64 he needs patch KB4025341 for his system.
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AskWoody PlusJune 30, 2017 at 8:44 pm in reply to: Turn off SMBv1 on Windows, but be aware of the consequences #122795For Win 7 x64 apply security patch KB4012212
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