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I just wanted to know if you have any further advice before I get started
For one, get started. As I said earlier in this thread, using an outdated, insecure product is dangerous.
Thunderbird is far better than WLM. I predict that once you’ve converted, you won’t bother with Windows 10’s built-in mail client. You had alluded to that possible transition in previous notes here.
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Just guessing but you can probably count on losing all or most control over updating
Except that Microsoft got a lot of pushback the last time it tried that and backtracked.
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In Windows’ 38-year history, there have been 26 version releases for the desktop and 16 version releases for the server. While it’s true that every release came with gnashing of teeth, criticism, and complaints, the truth is that the user base has taken the ride and the world has not come to an end.
That is supported by the fact that about 95% of the AskWoody audience use Windows 10, gnashing of teeth aside.
Writ broadly, Microsoft has not made many mistakes over this long period of time. Not perfection, but steady improvement. Whatever the June 24 announcement holds, I predict the same once again.
Long after Windows 7, there were Windows XP holdouts. Long after Windows 10, there are Windows 7 holdouts. Again, I predict the same.
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But inside a laptop or desktop workstation, it simply doesn’t seem to make sense.
My boot drive is an SSD.
However, my D: drive is a mirrored (RAID 1) pair of 3TB hard drives. Neither drive has failed (yet) but they are overdue for replacement. Why did I create the mirror? To buy time. If one of the drives fail, I’m still up and running and have the time to get a new drive and re-image. It’s a safety margin.
My big question is what to do for my next build. At this moment, buying two 4TB HDDs costs about the same as buying one 4TB SSD. But as reliable as SSDs are, they are not failure-proof. I would probably do the rotating mirror again, just with slightly larger drives.
I have also experienced failure, although it wasn’t the drive. I originally built my system with Windows 8.1 and then migrated it to 10 about a year later, I think. I made a mistake – I should have upgraded the Intel Rapid Storage software first and then done the Windows 10 upgrade. That error caused the RAID configuration to vanish, so the system only saw one of the two drives when the upgrade was done. I explained to my system that the two drives were a pair, after which the system rebuilt the mirror.
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I see a definite need to try to find a full replacement for him, someone that will be available often enough, on a more or less regular basis, to let us know about new developments.
So do we. News will probably continue to be covered by me. Not being an Apple person, I won’t be much help in the forums.
But just to be clear, we are not recruiting for a forum replacement. The forums are organic; folks come and go as they please, write and post as they please. Actively recruiting for someone to cover a particular topic in the forums would imply editorial control and we don’t do that.
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Life doesn’t happen on a single platform anymore, and I am glad that AskWoody recognizes that.
We do.
Thanks for your additional coverage of Apple, and support of Linux in the discussion groups.
Thank you for being a Plus member!
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In my case ( and I’m probably not unique) I have an iPhone and an iPad.
We know, from our January survey, that a large percentage of our readers, like you, have an iPhone and thus at least a toe dipping in Apple waters.
We also know that many of our readers use Microsoft (nee Office) 365 on non-Windows equipment. More coverage of 365 across platforms is coming.
In short, we’re aware.
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Every cell phone I’ve ever owned has been plugged into a charger overnight and charged to 100%.
That’s what I’ve done historically, too. My Lumia 920 lasted two years, another 18 months after battery replacement (that was tought). My Lumia 950 lasted two years but only one year more with a replacement battery, probably because the replacement was manufactured the same year as the phone.
My experience with the same phone charged in the same way was entirely different.
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Thanks to all who caught this typo. The paragraph that reads
What’s a person to do? Given rumors and the fact that Microsoft itself has stated that 20H2 is in final testing, it’s clear that 20H2 will appear in May or June. We also know that 1909 will be out of support in May of 2021. So, it’s time to plan your upgrade to 20H2.
Should read
What’s a person to do? Given rumors and the fact that Microsoft itself has stated that 21H2 is in final testing, it’s clear that 21H2 will appear in May or June. We also know that 1909 will be out of support in May of 2021. So, it’s time to plan your upgrade to 20H2.
(emphasis mine)
This typo has been fixed in the online version of the newsletter.
I apologize for the error.
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Maybe they are hiding?
In my Web practice I have noticed an increasing tendency to use one of the “privacy” services provided by companies such as GoDaddy to obscure ownership. When my clients ask whether they should buy the service, my stock answer is “Only if you have something to hide (and want everyone to realize it).”
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How long until the banner at the top of the page that actually displays the DEFCON rating isn’t accessible without payment?
As far as I’m concerned, never. We’ve never suggested otherwise.
Now the DEFCON system is almost entirely paywalled…
The MS-DEFCON Alert mailings have always been behind the paywall.
ReAd ThE rEsT iN tHe PlUs NeWsLeTtEr!
Again, not a change. That was the case throughout Woody’s ownership. Check older articles, say from 2019, and you’ll see the same thing. It is true that I have made those notices more prominent, but they are not new.
bad form considering this month’s fiasco.
We agree that the details have value. Membership has benefits.
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The graphics for this article in the Newsletter and here at AskWoody are the wrong images. They are leftovers from last week’s article. Please fix.
The images have been updated and are now correct. This was my error, for which I apologize.
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Why is a public service announcement for the better of everyone a Plus-only thing?
We have not changed the behavior. When newsletters and alerts go out, they are numbered, such as 18.9.0, 18.9.1, etc. 0 is a newsletter, higher digits are alerts. If the suffix of an issue is a digit, it is paid content. Always has been, as best I can tell.
If the issue number is something like 18.9.F, that is free content.
Why paid only? Because it’s not free for us to do the mailing – we pay every time we mail. Without the community support, without your donations, we couldn’t do any of this.
Remember that two things are always public. The first is the MS-DEFCON banner at the top of every page on the site, accessible not only to paid and registered members, but to anyone who visits. We invite everyone to stop by, at any time, to see Susan’s take on patch safety. The second is this very forum topic, also accessible to all.
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The Quick Assist protocol is on the light side for most things, but a helper can watch a movie on the other person’s PC. Preventing access over a metered c0nnection is a reasonable safety.
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