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Posted on March 2, 2020 at 01:15 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

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By Fred Langa

There are four types of useful version-checking tools that can help determine exactly which patches and updates are actually worthwhile or important — and which you can safely ignore.

Fully automatic updating apps and services should be avoided — they might needlessly destabilize your system by chasing pointless, trivial updates.

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.9.0 (2020-03-02).

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