Newsletter Archives

• MS-DEFCON 1: Controlling features — 24H2 pushed hard

  Posted on February 6, 2025 at 02:45 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 22.05.1 • 2025-02-06

  

  By Susan Bradley

  If your machine is eligible for Windows 11 — meaning it ticks all the boxes for hardware compatibility — Windows 11 24H2 will download in preparation for installation, with no way to stop it.

  For right now, the only way to prevent this is to adjust Registry keys accordingly, and the simplest, fastest way to do so is with InControl.

  Although it’s time to pause until Patch Tuesday passes, the increased push by Microsoft for 24H2 is the key reason I’m raising the MS-DEFCON level to 1. Pay attention, and exercise caution.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (22.05.1, 2025-02-06).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, Enablement Package, File sharing, KB5014754, KB5037754, KB5050081, NAS, Patch Lady Posts, System Recovery, Windows 11 24H2

• How to set up a local Windows account

  Posted on September 9, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Will Fastie

  Microsoft is pushing Microsoft accounts for Windows, but there are good reasons to have a separate local account other than avoiding Redmond.

  Susan discussed Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections in her On Security column last week. Setting up such a connection works only with a username/password credential. But if the PC to which a connection is desired has gone passwordless (perhaps because Windows Hello has been configured), how can RDP connect? More importantly, how can ordinary shares work?

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.37.0, 2024-09-09).

  Windows 11 Accounts, File sharing, Local account, Microsoft Accounts, Newsletters, Windows 11 Settings

• Better and safer file sharing in OneDrive

  Posted on March 25, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  ONEDRIVE

  

  By Peter Deegan

  I often use OneDrive to share photos, videos, and files from a trip or event with others who were there — or those who wish they had been!

  OneDrive has many options for people to edit, caption, and comment on photos and to play videos directly from their browser.

  Sharing photos, videos, and other files via cloud storage is a lot easier than using email, instant messaging, or the old “sneakernet” with a USB drive (quelle horreur!).

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.13.0, 2024-03-25).

  OneDrive File sharing, Microsoft 365, Newsletters, OneDrive App, sharing

• Do you use a file sharing site?

  Posted on May 9, 2011 at 19:09 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you use RapidShare.com or Easyshare.com to send large files to other people, you really need to see this paper that was presented at LEET 11 last month.

  Scary stuff. InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Other Easyshare, File sharing, RapidShare