Newsletter Archives

• Office: A new Office app brings all of the Office programs under one roof

  Posted on March 11, 2019 at 03:38 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Whether you use Office 365, Office 2019 and earlier versions, or the free Office Online, the new Office — an upgraded and expanded version of the old My Office — offers one location for launching other programs in the suite (Excel, Word, Access, etc.), opening recent documents, uploading files to OneDrive, and more.

  Lance Whitney shows you how to install and use this über-app.

  Out this morning to all AskWoody Plus members, in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.9.0.

  Office News Office app, Windows Secrets Newsletter

• Hotmail social networking shreds your privacy: get over it

  Posted on April 22, 2010 at 08:19 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  You might’ve noticed that I haven’t been posting much in the past few days. Now you can find out why.

  Windows Secrets Newsletter just hit the stands, and the lead article (from an author you may recognize) tells a sobering tale about how Microsoft pulls information about you from previously obscure sources, mashing it, and dishing it out to people you may not know.

  My wife stumbled on the problem when she logged on to Hotmail a couple of days ago. That, in itself, is an interesting story, but it’ll wait until another day.

  For now, if you have a Windows Live ID (hotmail address, Life Spaces account, whatever), run over to the Windows Secrets Newsletter Top Story page and see what you need to do in order to protect your privacy. Yes, you have to take this bull by the horns. No, Microsoft doesn’t give a hoot about your personal – potentially embarrassing – information.

  Microsoft News Hotmail privacy busting, Windows Secrets Newsletter

• Clean-install Windows 7 from the upgrade disc

  Posted on November 12, 2009 at 20:22 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’ve just published one of the most important (and best-received) articles I’ve ever written for Windows Secrets Newsletter.

  If you’re thinking about installing Windows 7, or if you’re in the middle of getting it working, check out this week’s Top Story. It tells you everything you need to know to get an upgrade to work.

  Windows News Windows 7 upgrade, Windows Secrets Newsletter

• Windows Secrets Security Baseline

  Posted on February 26, 2009 at 13:21 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This week’s edition of Windows Secrets Newsletter just hit the stands, and Ryan Russel’s Top Story discusses changes in the WSN Security Baseline. (Windows Secrets Newsletter appears in both a free version and a paid version – and you get to decide how much you want to pay for the paid version. The Top Story always appears in the free version and the paid version.)

  In summary:

  1. Use a hardware firewall. WSN has some good recommendations. In fact, any router you buy these days has a fully functional hardware firewall.

  2. Install a security suite. WSN recommends Norton Internet Security. I’m too cheap. I still use AVG Free, or Avira Antivir Free.

  3. Check for updates regularly. Watch this site for the latest, particularly on Microsoft patches. Make sure you download, install, update and religiously run Secunia PSI.

  4. Select a more-secure browser. WSN and I strongly recommend Firefox.

  The PC you save may be your own.

  Windows Patches/Security AVG Free, Avira, Firefox, Secunia PSI, Security Baseline, Windows Secrets Newsletter