February 2019 non-Security Office Updates are available

The February 2019 non-Security Office updates have been released Tuesday, February 5, 2019. They are not included in the DEFCON4 approval for the January 2019 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4462172)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4462187)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (KB4462182)
Update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB3115314)

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Access 2013 (KB4032252)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4461550)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4461444)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB4462141)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172473)
Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4462135)

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4032257)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB4461534)
Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4462114)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4461536)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB4462147)
Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4461599)
Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4462134)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4022161)
Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4462145)

There were no non-security listings for Office 2007 (which is out of support).
Updates are for the .msi version (persistent). Office 365 and C2R are not included.
Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

Gralla: Why Windows 10 may never get another killer feature

Interesting conjecture from one of my favorite writers, Preston Gralla, in Computerworld:

There haven’t been any “latest and greatest” features introduced into Windows for quite some time. And don’t be surprised if there never will be again.

That may well be true.

And now we know why the Win10 version 1809 updates got blocked

Last night, Microsoft officially announced the reason why its Win10 version 1809 cumulative updates were having problems. Remember the Update Servers having hiccups? Yeah, that’s the bug.

Here’s the official reason:

Fred Langa: How do I safely transfer files from an old, possibly infected laptop to an external HDD?

Give them a double washing.

More great advice from Fred Langa on his website.

Xin nian hao

Special thanks to Tracey Capen

Usually Tracey just toils behind the scenes as Editor in chief of the AskWoody Plus Newsletter.

Last night, though, he hit a formidable problem: Snow storms in his neck of the woods knocked out power. He was working on battery, a wing and a prayer, and a warm fireplace.

Somehow he got the Newsletter out in the wee hours of the morning today. He’ll have the full version posted here on the site in a few hours.

UPDATE: The full version is up.

Thanks, Tracey.

Woody’s Windows Watch: Phantom features and the Win10 treadmill

So I get it. Microsoft’s version of “as a service” means we get to slog through brand new versions of Win10 every six months. I know the downside. First hand. But what’s the upside? What are we getting in return for all the churn?

Take a look at the new feature lists and ask yourself if the gain is worth the pain.

Out this morning in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.4.0.

Langalist: Unraveling Win10’s file ‘permissions’ issues

Can’t get at your own data? There’s a reason why. Several possible reasons, actually, and Fred Langa steps you through their solutions.

Think you had problems with file lockouts in Win7? It takes Win10 to really mess things up.

See the latest Langalist in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.4.0, out to Plus members early this morning.