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• MS-DEFCON 4 – It’s time to Patch for Nov

  Posted on November 23, 2020 at 11:15 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  My advice: If you have a zoom call coming up this week for a Thanksgiving get together – ensure that you do that Zoom call FIRST – then update your computer after that!  So it’s okay to use this week as “computer maintenance week” (at least for those of us in North America).  For those outside of North America I’m still ready to give the all clear especially for those on 1909.

  Remember 1903 goes out of support next month.

  More at Computerworld.com

  Windows Patches/Security MS-DEFCON 4, November 2020 Black Tuesday, Patch Lady Posts

• The early view of November updates – we’re still at DefCon 2

  Posted on November 12, 2020 at 12:06 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  I’ve posted up my early take on the November updates in Computerworld.

  More details and the Patch charts and listings will be coming up in the Askwoody newsletter out this weekend.  Stay tuned.

  Windows Patches/Security MS-DEFCON 2, November 2020 Black Tuesday, Patch Lady Posts

• MS-DEFCON 2: Windows and Office patches out Nov 10

  Posted on November 10, 2020 at 12:09 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  Just a reminder.  Today is the day.  Usually about  10 a.m. pacific time is when I turn in my chair to look to the north (Redmond is located to the north of me) and see what the Mothership is offering up.  I’m starting to see the updates show up in the Security portal.

  We already know there’s a zero day in Windows that was used in targeted attacks.

  Home/Consumer patchers:  Make sure you are on pause and we’ll wait to monitor for issues.  If you have a spare PC you can install updates and report back.

  Business patchers:  Start your testing.  Install on a sample of PCs and monitor for issues.  Make sure you can print and use your key line of business applications.  Remember that there’s a zero day for Windows included in this bundle.  Dustin Childs has his great write up here.

  Don’t forget about the OTHER patches we may need to be aware of.  For example Intel has just posted their security advisories.

  (As you can tell I’m still getting in the swing of things, I forgot to title up what Defcon we’re on so I’m restating it again.

  More later as we know it.

  We have updates for Office 2010:  Seriously:  https://support.microsoft.com/en-nz/help/4583503/november-2020-updates-for-microsoft-office

  Office Patches/Security, Windows Patches/Security MS-DEFCON 2, November 2020 Black Tuesday, November 2020 Office security updates, Patch Lady Posts

• It’s time to pause

  Posted on November 9, 2020 at 11:16 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  Patches that is.  You know the drill by now, it’s time to make sure your computer is set to pause patches and not get them installed tomorrow.  We do have a targeted Windows zero day that got “outted” by Google the other day which has already been patched in Chrome and (New) Edge, but not yet in Windows.  The windows part of the zero day will be patched tomorrow.

  I always recommend that you be on Pro and not Home and discuss this in the Computerworld article.

  We’re at Defcon2 – and as soon as I get logged into the right console to change the image at the top of AskWoody it will show that up there as well.  I’m embarrassingly checking my notes and apparently forgot to write down an important step.  I’m going to have to bother Woody during his retirement for help already!

  Aw gee thanks Woody! (he logged in and fixed it already)

  Windows Patches/Security MS-DEFCON 2, November 2020 Black Tuesday, Patch Lady Posts

• November 2020 Office non-Security Updates are now available

  Posted on November 3, 2020 at 13:02 CST by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  The November 2020 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, November 3, 2020. They are not included in the DEFCON-3 approval for the October 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 Skype for Business 2016 (KB4486710)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4486680)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4484397)
  Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB4486720)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4486712)

  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 November 2020 Black Tuesday, November 2020 Office non-security, Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016