Newsletter Archives

• Microsoft confirms – and pulls – botched WPD driver

  Posted on March 10, 2017 at 07:31 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you checked the box to install the Optional driver update, rolling back isn’t too difficult.

  If you’re using Windows 10, you may well be shafted. Welcome to my world.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  UPDATE: Günter Born has published more details about Microsoft’s proposed solutions. Take particular note of the “Method 2 Part 2” discussion, which I mention briefly in the InfoWorld article.

  Windows Patches/Security Drivers, forced updates, Restore Point, WPD

• Options for controlling update in Windows 10

  Posted on December 23, 2015 at 19:54 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Susan Bradley has an important analysis of how to stop the forced updates in Windows 10. The news isn’t particularly good, but it isn’t dire.

  Windows Secrets Newsletter.

  Windows Patches/Security forced updates, Win10 updating

• Has AskWoody gone soft?

  Posted on August 13, 2015 at 02:34 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Fair question from reader JN:

  Here’s the rub: for as long as I have been following ASKWOODY.COM, Woody has been firm about the automatic update issue and therefore has gone out of his way to provide the MS-Defcon ratings for the benefit of his readers.

  Since Windows 10 does not allow the user to turn off automatic updates, I expected you to take a negative position re. Windows 10. Am I wrong?

  And here’s my answer:

  So far, Win10 patches have been fairly good. I’m willing to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt. 

  I also take a strong stance on personal privacy, and Win10 rubs me the wrong way.
   
  Still, there’s a lot to like about Win10.
   
  Rock and a hard place time, eh?
  Other forced updates, Privacy, Windows 10 upgrade