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I have exactly one Amazon device, a basic 7 inch Paper-White Kindle.  As far as I know it has no microphone, though I understand it has some low-level cellular data capability.  Do I need to take a hammer to it?

Hey Susan,

Can confirm.  Saw this on a Windows 10 Pro computer at a client’s office yesterday.  It was only because I read your posts every day that I knew what was going on.

Thanks,

Tim

I just skimmed through the article.  I think that there is a mistake in the assertion that the group policy to delay quality updates for up to 30 days is available in the GUI.  AFAIK, that option was removed from the Settings app in recent versions of Windows 10.

One fine fellow extracted all of the new icons from the release preview and made them available to download.  I was able to enjoy the nice, new shiny, icons without having to suffer the buggy preview release.

Unfortunately, it sems they’ve been taken down, the links are dead now.

I frequently clone HDs or SSDs to NVMEs using Macrium Reflect.  It usually works without issue.

Before the rollback info was posted, I fixed a couple of my customer’s Outlook 2019 installs by deleting and recreating their Mail Profiles.

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woody

UncleRemus83 wrote:

PKCano wrote:

Microsoft is in the process of moving everything online under their control.
Rent from Microsoft. Let Microsoft manage your computing.
Eventually, there will be no Partners.

Bingo.  I raised this same alarm to some partners who were enthusiastically trying to sell me on Office 365 back when it was just starting to get the hard push from Microsoft.  I told them they were selling their own funerals because, with this business model, who needs the partners?

My experience is that my clients still depend on me even after the transition to Office 365 applications and hosted Exchange email just as much as when they had an in house Exchange Server and perpetual licensed Office.  I might lose a bit of income in that I don’t get to sell and install a new version of Office every 5 years or so.  It’s not really that big a deal as I am upgrading their hardware and reinstalling their subscription products every 5 years or so anyway.

I am unhappy about the loss of IUR but with Action Pack renewals at $500 a year these days I can see where I will just subscribe to a few Office 365 seats and buy Server 2019 Essentials.  I might actually save money as I am not likely to continue with Action Pack.

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noblame no gain

anonymous wrote:

system

Susan Bradley wrote:

So the other day I upgraded my Dad’s Windows 7 computer to Windows 10.  And I totally forgot that one thing lost in the update was his start pages.  H
[See the full post at: Patch Lady – check those extensions]

Any chance your dad was using Internet Explorer with Windows 7?  Your upgrade would have buried IE and Edge probably wouldn’t have imported those home pages.

Some plain tools that I use on a daily basis that still work well include things like notepad and paint.  What plain, ordinary programs do you really like?

Good old Calculator of course.

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WildBill

Windows Upgrade Assistant is your friend.  It is installed on Windows 10 to help your machine receive the periodic Windows 10 feature updates when your normal Windows update mechanisms seem to be malfunctioning OR intentionally disabled.

Windows Upgrade Assistant will install new feature upgrades when Microsoft decides it’s time to flip the switch regardless of  your attempts to block updates.  You can uninstall the Windows Upgrade Assistant if you like but it will be promptly reinstalled.

It’s not your computer anymore.  Get used to it.