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• It’s time for 20H2

  Posted on April 5, 2021 at 01:00 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Are you ready for 20H2? I am!

  If your computer hasn’t yet been offered 20H2, you aren’t alone. I’ve seen several laptops, including high end Dell gamer-style models, that haven’t been offered 20H2. A notification is shown in the bottom corner indicating that the system is coming to the end of support but when you click on the notice, nothing happens.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.12.0 (2021-04-05).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Conexant, Dymo, Patch Lady Posts, Windows Update

• Have an HP computer? Check for the Conexant keylogger called MicTray

  Posted on May 11, 2017 at 08:30 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you have an HP computer, or Speccy tells you that you have a Conexant audio driver, check to see if you have the MicTray keylogger.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  UPDATE: HP has started releasing new drivers. See https://twitter.com/teroalhonen/status/863027614956609536

  Ina at Axios has a good update here. It looks like some debugging code made it into production. I’m still baffled how a 64-bit driver with that kind of flaw made it past the Windows driver verification steps.

  Windows Patches/Security Conexant, MicTray