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• MS-DEFCON 4: Safe — for now

  Posted on April 23, 2024 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 21.17.1 • 2024-04-23

  

  By Susan Bradley

  The April updates have been relatively quiet, with some exceptions.

  That’s why I’m lowering the MS-DEFCON level to 4. Most of my concerns lie not with this month’s patches but rather with the timing of future mandates.

  In addition, Microsoft finally acknowledged an “oopsie” with Edge.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (21.17.1, 2024-04-23).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, BitLocker, CVE-2023-24932, Edge, KB5014754, KB5025885, KB5034441, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 4, Secure Boot, Suggestions

• My hot annoyances

  Posted on November 6, 2023 at 02:45 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.45 • 2023-11-06

  WINDOWS

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Technology newsletters like ours often cover the annoying things about a new operating system.

  Taking potshots at such things is easy. They are new, they are different, and you didn’t have to deal with them before. But what about the aggravations in the operating systems we’ve been using for years? Or what if the vendors have rolled out new features and they are vexing, too? How do we deal with them?

  Here are some of my favorite (?) peeves.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.45.0, 2023-11-06).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Windows Dark mode, Migrating Printers, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, Printing, Suggestions, Windows 10, Windows update failures