Newsletter Archives

• Batten down the hatches for January updates

  Posted on January 10, 2023 at 12:13 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  #PatchTuesday

  As the wind blows in California where I live, we’re trying to batten down the hatches (as the trite saying goes).  So batten down the hatches on your computer as here comes the January Windows patches

  98 updates.

  1 publicly disclosed.

  11 critical

  Stay tuned and remember to defer at this time and I’ll be reporting on any side effects and issues.

  Remember it’s the end of the road for Windows 8.1 and the last of the updates for Windows 7 ESU.

  I’ll be discussing options you can take for these two platforms (yes once again 0patch is coming to the rescue)

  Don’t forget the OTHER needed updates:  Chrome, Firefox (14 critical), Citrix, Foxit, VMware.  As always don’t forget to check your browser updates.

  Edit of 1-12-2023.  I’m not sure if this is a coincidence or not but I’ve had to run the QB tool hub tool to fix printers on two of the three test machines at the office. All other printing was fine, it was just printing a report from INSIDE of QuickBooks that wouldn’t print. Ran the printer fix up tool and all was well.

  Windows 7 January 2023 Black Tuesday, Patch Lady Posts

• January 2023 Office non-Security updates are now available

  Posted on January 3, 2023 at 13:43 CST by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  The January 2023 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, January 3, 2023. They are not included in the DEFCON-3 approval for the December 2022 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 Office 2016 (KB5002293)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB5002244)

  There was no update for Office 2013.
  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ends 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 (perpetual). 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 2023 Black Tuesday, January 2023 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016