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    Posted on December 26, 2023 at 02:42 CST by • Comment in the Forums

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    Susan Bradley

    By Susan Bradley

    We’re closing another patching year for consumers and home users (aka the “unmanaged crowd”).

    Will and I have an ongoing, two-year struggle with a phrase I commonly use, “consumer and home users.” Will thinks it cumbersome and that there is no meaningful difference.

    I define consumers as anyone running Windows Home or Professional editions but not configured in a domain or not using patching tools favored by businesses. Consumers don’t have an IT department (assuming you don’t call the teenager next door an IT department) and don’t use a managed service provider. Consumers usually have a peer-to-peer network (because who doesn’t have multiple devices connected to their Internet service these days?) and may use it to connect to shared devices such as printers. Consumers tend to blur the lines of technology and will use Apple iPads or Android phones right alongside Windows machines.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.52.0, 2023-12-26).

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