Newsletter Archives

• July’s Outlook Click-to-Run update lays an egg

  Posted on July 20, 2020 at 01:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  Yes, it’s a bit macabre, but I affectionately call the day after Patch Tuesday “dead-body Wednesday.”

  I coined that term because Wednesday morning is when we get to see whether our systems survived the updates installed the night before. (These are, of course, my test platforms; I would never subject my production machines to immediate/automatic updating.)

  There’s always some anticipation as to which Windows or Office component will be wounded by an update. This time around, it was Outlook’s turn to be placed on the life-support list.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.28.0 (2020-07-20).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Chromium Edge, Microcode, Office Click-to-Run, Office updates, Outlook failure, Windows Updates

• Microsoft Edge Privacy Whitepaper

  Posted on April 19, 2020 at 09:23 CDT by joep517 • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft has published a very detailed whitepaper on Microsoft Edge data collection. It is very long and detailed. It explains what data is collected, why it is collected, and how to turn off the collection. No doubt this is a response to the article that surfaced a couple of weeks ago concerning tracking in browsers. You may read the article at [url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/privacy-whitepaper]Microsoft Edge Privacy Whitepaper[/url].

  Windows 10 Chromium Edge, Edge, Microsoft Edge

• Microsoft agrees to clean up a small Win7 mess

  Posted on February 3, 2020 at 01:05 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  The NSA might have rained on Windows 10’s patching parade in January, but most of the attention was focused on the demise of Windows 7.

  You’d think Microsoft would get the last batch of free Win7 updates right — but apparently not. January’s Patch Tuesday fixes broke Win7’s wallpaper. If you used the “Stretch” option for background slide shows, you ended up with just black! Microsoft’s initial response? The fix would be offered only to those who had purchased Win7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) keys.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.5.0 (2020-02-03).

  Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Chromium Edge, Win7 extended security updates, Windows Updates