Newsletter Archives

• Keizer: PatchLady: Win10 upgrades aren’t worth the effort, per poll

  Posted on September 17, 2020 at 09:47 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Gregg Keizer at Computerworld has another look at Susan Bradley’s latest poll.

  A majority of IT administrators polled this summer said that the twice-a-year Windows 10 feature upgrades are not useful – or rarely so – a stunning stance considering how much effort Microsoft puts into building the updates.

  About 58% of nearly 500 business professionals who are responsible for servicing Windows at their workplaces said that Windows 10 feature upgrades – two annually, one each in the spring and fall – were either not useful (24%) or rarely useful (34%)…

  “Microsoft spends the greatest amount of development in releasing these twice-a-year feature releases and … enterprises are not rolling them out fast enough to take advantage of them,” noted Bradley in an email reply to questions.

  If you’re a Plus Member, you can read the full results of the poll in the Plus Newsletter 17.33.0.

  Survey, Windows Patches/Security Patching experience survey, PatchLady

• Patching survey: Business — 2020

  Posted on August 23, 2020 at 21:15 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums
  

  PATCHING SURVEY

  By Susan Bradley

  What do IT pros and consultants think about the current status of Microsoft updating?

  Based on our just-concluded survey, the folks in Redmond could do a lot better at keeping business PCs stable and secure.

  In this first article of a two-part series, I focus on the business perspective on Windows and Office patching. Next week, I’ll show the results of our consumer input.

  This is not a highly scientific survey, but we think the results provide valuable insight into how well Microsoft’s current system of product updating is working for those on the receiving end.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.33.0 (2020-08-24).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Survey AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Business patching, Patch satisfaction, Patching experience survey, Update frequency

• Hello! Has anyone seen 2004?

  Posted on August 2, 2020 at 23:12 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums
  

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  Have you received the May feature release of Windows 10 — aka Version 2004?

  So here it’s the start of August — 68 days after the release of Microsoft’s newest Windows — and I have not seen Win10 2004 offered to any of my home PCs. These are my unmanaged machines: a home-built SilverStone small-form-factor desktop, a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop, an older Surface, and a newer Surface Go.

  On every one of my systems, Windows Update taunts me with a message that effectively says “your machine isn’t worthy.”

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.30.0 (2020-08-03).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patching experience survey, Upgrade blocks, Virtual tech shows, Win10 2004

• Wanted: Your views on Windows/Office patching

  Posted on June 22, 2020 at 01:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  By Susan Bradley

  Recently, it occurred to me that it’s been two years since I posted my survey on consumer- and business-systems updating.

  Given the changes in Windows and Office, a new audit of updating perceptions is clearly overdue. This time around, you’ll find links for two surveys: one for consumer-PC patchers and another directed at businesses.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.24.0 (2020-06-22).

  On Security AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patching experience survey, Windows patches