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• MS-DEFCON 4 – Make sure January updates are installed

  Posted on January 31, 2021 at 10:15 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  It’s time to make sure January updates are installed. More details are in the AskWoody Plus newsletter out  tonight/tomorrow (sign up for it here).

  I’m recommending that Win10 Home and Pro users move to version 2004 (or 20H2) if you haven’t already done so.  Remember you can set the Targetreleaseversion setting and make sure you only get to the version you want.

  I also have advice and information about the supposed NTFS “bug” upcoming Computerworld.  Stay tuned!

  Windows Patches/Security January 2021 Black Tuesday, MS-DEFCON 4

• January 2021 updates are here

  Posted on January 12, 2021 at 13:07 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  So this is the time of the Patch Tuesday that I call “Reading time”.  I start reading all the security blogs about patching and start seeing if there are side effects.

  Ghacks is here.

  ZDnet is here

  Zeroday is here

  I don’t see an official listing for Office patches at this time, I’ll post that when I see it.

  So far the items of interest are Defender having a bug that was probably already fixed on your machine.

  The .NET patches that really only include optional updates and not NEW security updates which means they may be offered up to you but you don’t have to install them (making them somewhat confusing).

  Of more concern to me is once again we have to dig into the details… as Dustin Childs said… ” Again, without executive summaries, we can only speculate the true severity of these bypasses.”

  Edit:  I STILL see Office 2010 updates out today.

  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4493186/security-update-for-excel-2010-january-12-2021

  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4493143/security-update-for-office-2010-january-12-2021

  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4493142/security-update-for-office-2010-january-12-2021

  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4493181/security-update-for-office-2010-january-12-2021

  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4493145/security-update-for-word-2010-january-12-2021

  Edit: Updates are now also available for Office 2013 and Office 2016.

   

  Windows Patches/Security January 2021 Black Tuesday, Patch Lady Posts

• MS-DEFCON 2 – Get ready for January updates

  Posted on January 11, 2021 at 10:33 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  Remember it’s time to prepare for January updates by delaying /or pausing updates.  Also I’m ready to give the all clear to 2004 if you want to do it before tomorrow’s patch Tuesday (or later on in the month).

  More in Computerworld.

  Windows Patches/Security January 2021 Black Tuesday, MS-DEFCON 2

• January 2021 Office non-Security Updates are available

  Posted on January 5, 2021 at 12:14 CST by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  The January 2021 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, January 5, 2021. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the December 2020 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.

  Remember, Susan’s patching sequence and recommendations are based on a business environment that has IT support and may have time constraints on the updating process. Consumer patching should be more cautious due to limited technical and mechanical resources. The latter is the reason for the AskWoody DEFCON system.

  Office 2016
  Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4484509)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4493157)
  Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB4493166)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4493159)

  There were no non-security listings for Office 2010 (which reached EOS on October 13, 2020) nor for Office 2013.
  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support will end for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  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).

  Office Patches/Security January 2021 Black Tuesday, January 2021 Office non-security, Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2019