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• No fireworks, closing out 2019 updating

  Posted on January 6, 2020 at 01:05 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

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  By Susan Bradley

  The past year of Windows and Office patching sure had its ups and downs, false alarms, and true debacles.

  Fortunately, we seem to be ending the year on a relatively positive note.

  The new decade starts off with the official end of Windows 7 support — for most users. As regular readers know, we’ve come up with a process for acquiring extended security updates. It’s not free, but the cost is relatively low for any small business that can’t easily upgrade to a newer OS. (See my article “Hunting for an elusive Win7 ESU license” in the 2019-12-23 AskWoody Plus Newsletter.)

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.1.0 (2020-01-06).

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• Closing out the patching year …

  Posted on December 16, 2019 at 01:05 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

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  By Susan Bradley

  This is a busy time for Windows upgrading.

  Win10 1803 officially fell into the bit bucket this past November; Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 will suffer the same fate this coming January.

  Upgrading to a newer version of Windows 10 should be relatively painless. But the shift will be far more difficult and consequential for the mass of PC users still running Win7.

  Security is obviously a concern for Win7 users, but Microsoft has stated that Security Essentials updates will also end in January. However, it’s likely that third-party browsers and anti-malware apps will continue to get updates for some unknown period of time. Based on the XP experience, it could be months or years.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.46.0 (2019-12-16).

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• Getting ready for Windows 10 1909

  Posted on October 28, 2019 at 01:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

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  By Susan Bradley

  Many of us are still pondering Win10 1903 — and now Version 1909 is almost upon us. Here’s how not to be the next release’s beta tester.

  If the rumors are true, the next feature release for Windows 10 will begin trickling out on November 12. It looks like Version 1909 won’t be the big deal we thought it might be, which is all the more reason to not be one of the early adopters — unless you really like testing “beta” operating systems.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.39.0 (2019-10-28).

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