Newsletter Archives

• May preview updates

  Posted on May 28, 2025 at 03:00 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft loves to release previews. These are updates released on the fourth week of the month that are advance looks at fixes that will be rolled up into the June updates.

  Microsoft (so far) has released KB5058502 for Windows 11 23H2 and I expect a preview for Windows 10 22H2 as well as Windows 11 24H2.

  The optional update includes stuff that annoys me — the dribbles, changes that won’t be seen on all machines but rather gradually. They include the ability to launch Copilot from WinC (uh, no thanks), search on taskbar that expands providers in the EEA (I actually disable external search on the taskbar – stay tuned for that tip next Monday), as well as a new Share tray when you drag an icon.

  I’m surprised Microsoft is still making changes to 23H2. Aren’t we coming up to its end of life in October?

  Windows 11 KB505802, Patch Lady Posts, Preview patches

• System Guard service error still won’t be fixed

  Posted on March 27, 2025 at 03:00 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  When the preview releases come out at the end of the month, they are a clue of nonsecurity fixes that will be included in the following month’s security patches. So, once again we turn to Windows 10 22H2’s preview update released on March 25 and find that in KB5053643, Microsoft is not prioritizing the fix for the event viewer problem — an error regarding SgrmBroker.exe. Stated reason: it’s a cosmetic issue.

  If you are seeing this error, you can safely ignore it. It is not a root cause for crashing PCs or blue screens of death. It’s one of many things one finds in the event viewer that are benign and can be ignored.

  This fix is clearly on a slow boat. Identified in January, not yet fixed, and no sign of it for April.

  Windows Security Event Viewer, Patch Lady Posts, Preview patches

• August patching: One less thing to worry about

  Posted on August 30, 2020 at 21:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  We may have numerous events keeping us awake at night — COVID-19, fires, hurricanes, elections, and more — but August patching isn’t one of them.

  The Windows and Office updates I installed on my business and personal systems were well mannered: no printing issues, no blue screens of death, no major hiccups! It’s nice to have a break from month after month of patching issues.

  Microsoft decided that enterprises need a break, too. It’s once again pushing off Windows 10 1803’s end of life (more info). The final security updates for business editions of Version 1803 will now be released on May 11, 2021 — not November 10, 2020.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.34.0 (2020-08-31).

  Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Office updates, Out-of-band patch, Preview patches, Win10 2004 upgrades, Windows Updates