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• Time to wrap up November updating — no bow required

  Posted on November 29, 2020 at 21:00 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums
  

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  By now, you should be getting over the side effects of too much turkey and pie.

  Getting over some Windows upgrading issues might not be as easy.

  It appears that there’s a sizable number of Win10 1909 users who are blocked from moving up to Versions 2004 or 20H2. Last week, I discussed one blocker: Conexant audio drivers. We still don’t have information on when or how this issue will be resolved.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.47.0 (2020-11-30).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch Antivirus support, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Upgrade blocks, Win7 vulnerabilities, Windows updating

• 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