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• Kicking the Win10 2004 tires

  Posted on September 20, 2020 at 21:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  Windows 10

  By TB Capen

  The newest Windows is trickling out to a PC near you — or maybe not.

  The mystery with Version 2004 is why it’s been offered to some systems but not others. That was the case on three of my PCs. So to get a look at the newest Windows, I forced an upgrade. Here’s what I found.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.37.0 (2020-09-21).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Windows 10 Releases AskWoody Plus Newsletter, System upgrading issues, Task Manager, Task View, update, Virtual desktops, Win10 2004, Windows Update

• Is Windows 1511 Update unhiding the 1607 patch – again?

  Posted on February 2, 2017 at 19:18 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I just got a report from AElMassry that Windows Update unhid the “Feature update to Windows 10, version 1607” again.

  Many people were caught unawares around January 20, when a similar unhiding took place. I talked about it then.

  Now it seems that, once again, 1511 users who have hidden the “Feature update to Windows 10, version 1607” are seeing the patch reappear. As I said two weeks ago:

  I can understand why having the 14393.447 build available could trigger hidden 1607 upgrades to become unhidden. After all, that’s what happens with earlier versions of Windows – when a new version of a patch rolls out, it’s usually automatically taken off the hidden list.

  But this is the first time I’ve seen it for Win10, and it seems disconcerting that folks who have intentionally hidden the 1607 upgrade are now getting it installed silently – on both Win10 Home and Win10 Pro machines.

  If you’re trying to block the upgrade to 1607 (Anniversary Update) by using wushowhide, watch out. Your system may be back in play.

  UPDATE: Fascinating explanation from the patchmanagement.org mailing list (which I’m not supposed to quote directly): It looks like this new version of the upgrade to 1607 is different from the one released in late January – the upgrade in late Jan was 3 GB, this one is 4 GB. That’s what would trigger another round of unhiding.

  Sure nice of Microsoft to warn us….

  Windows Patches/Security update, Windows 10 1607, WUShowHide

• OK to update the Junk Email Filter?

  Posted on March 20, 2009 at 07:53 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Reader BS writes:

  I have Vista Home Premium. Thanks for the blanket OK to install updates for Windows Defender and the Malicious Software Removal Tool, but what about Windows Mail Junk Email Filter?

  I never used Outlook or Outlook Express or anything MS email related. Should I update these?

  If you don’t use Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook or Outlook Express, you don’t need to update the junk email filter. But I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it. The updates are generally innocuous.

  Office Patches/Security, Windows Patches/Security Junk Email Filter, Outlook, outlook express, update, Windows Mail