Newsletter Archives

• Controlling the Moments

  Posted on April 8, 2024 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Microsoft releases more changes to Windows 10 and 11.

  Last year, Microsoft announced that 22H2 would be the last version of Windows 10 and hinted that no more changes would be rolled out. The reality is vastly different.

  Included in the preview updates for Windows 10 22H2, and therefore in the April updates, are the following changes for Windows 10.

  • Windows Spotlight is added to your desktop background.
  • More content is added to your lock screen, such as weather, sports, traffic, and finance.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.15.0, 2024-04-08).

  Patch Watch Copilot, Copilot app, KB5035942, Kerberos, Lock screen, Moment Updates, Newsletters, NTLM, Patch Lady Posts, SMB Signing, Windows Server 2025, Windows Spotlight

• MS-DEFCON 4: Installing just the updates

  Posted on June 27, 2023 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.26.1 • 2023-06-27

  

  By Susan Bradley

  If you recall, earlier this month Microsoft released an update that needed some additional steps — manually adding registry keys — to fully protect your machine.

  My position on this matter has been that I did not recommend taking the additional steps unless you knew that you or your firm was specifically being targeted. Microsoft’s notes indicated that it would be releasing a future update that would not require manual intervention — and that if you did not install it, you might experience side effects.

  Microsoft did not provide any hints about which side effects. Helpful, don’t you think?

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (20.26.1, 2023-06-27).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, Kerberos, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 4, Netlogon, VPNs