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woody wrote:

Full article in Computerworld Woody on Windows. [See the full post at: Patch Alert: Here’s where we stand with the June patches]

Re latest v1803 patch KB4284848 for Windows 10 Pro, this patch was “missing in action” from Windows Update until the machine was moved into the Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) branch AND the feature update delay was set to 0 days.  (I usually leave my machine in the Semi-Annual Channel with deferral set to 365 days but needed to test this patch via Windows Update delivery).  This happened on two completely different PCs.

When I checked yesterday, KB4284848 still hadn’t made it onto the WSUS server I maintain either.

I don’t find google search that useful either. It also misses files on the machine. And it doesn’t offer nearly enough control over the search criteria.

Most often I use Agent Ransack. It’s not indexed, so it’s a little slower, but it is an accurate search. Furthermore it offers simple wildcard searches in filenames and within files, or more powerful regular expression searching. When I want a search to be thorough and correct–which is all the time–Agent Ransack is my choice.

Agent Ransack is also avaiable under the name “FileLocator Lite” – it’s exactly the same program, just a different name, chosen to make it less of a potential concern in corporate environments. The link above will give you the option of downloading either. There’s both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and it’s free for both personal and commercial use.

When installed, Agent Ransack sits in the Windows Explorer context menu so it’s never far away. File searches are very quick and there’s an in-built viewer to have a quick look at the contents of the files the search has found. You can also search for particular contents within files – such a search can be slower, but the same preview capabilities are still available.

If you want a more capable version, check out Filelocator Pro. It’s a “pay-for” version that can also search Outlook .PST files. I haven’t used it, but the extra capabilities might be useful in some circumstances.