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    Sparky

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    • What is normal wake-up time from Sleep mode (standby)?

      Started by: Sparky in: Windows 10 version 1909 – November 2019 Update

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      Last Post: 5 years, 1 month ago

      anonymous

    • MS-DEFCON 3: Get the February patches installed

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

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      Last Post: 5 years, 1 month ago

      wavy

    • MS-DEFCON 4: It’s time to get patched

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

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      Last Post: 5 years, 5 months ago

      Sparky

    • Black screen with blinking cursor

      Started by: Sparky in: Questions: Windows 7

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      Last Post: 5 years, 10 months ago

      anonymous

    • After scrolling website an image appeared on my desktop.

      Started by: Sparky in: Questions: Windows 7

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      Last Post: 6 years ago

      Sparky

    • MS-DEFCON 4: With the Win7 Monthly Rollup now working, it’s time to get everything updated

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

      Voices: 51, Replies: 258
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      Last Post: 6 years, 4 months ago

      PKCano

    • MS-DEFCON 3: Most February 2018 patches are good to go

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

      Voices: 36, Replies: 186
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      Last Post: 7 years, 1 month ago

      anonymous

    • January Patch Tuesday overview

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

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      Last Post: 7 years, 3 months ago

      walker

    • MS-DEFCON 3: Yep, it’s time to get patched

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

      Voices: 41, Replies: 161
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      Last Post: 7 years, 3 months ago

      PKCano

    • MS-DEFCON 4: Watch out for .NET and Office patches, but get caught up

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

      Voices: 39, Replies: 160
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      Last Post: 7 years, 3 months ago

      MrBrian

    • If you’re only seeing older versions of the site…

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

      Voices: 17, Replies: 35
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      Last Post: 7 years, 5 months ago

      dgreen

    • Notify me of follow-up replies via email

      Started by: Sparky in: Suggestions about improving the Forum

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      Last Post: 7 years, 6 months ago

      Sparky

    • Ordering a pizza

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

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      Last Post: 7 years, 6 months ago

      HiFlyer

    • MS-DEFCON 1: Patches failing at a phenomenal rate

      Started by: woody in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

      Voices: 42, Replies: 118
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      Last Post: 7 years, 6 months ago

      CraigS26

    • KB 4025341, KB 4025337 cause crashes on some older hardware running Win7

      Started by: PKCano in: Newsletter and Homepage topics

      Voices: 21, Replies: 60
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      anonymous

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