ISSUE 23.17.1 • 2026-04-28 By Susan Bradley The April updates continue to dribble out more fixes for Secure Boot certificates for some systems. But once you receive the April updates, you still may be waiting for the new certs to be installed. That happened to me on some systems. Nonetheless, the patching world is relatively […]

I received this email yesterday: I have received notifications about photos in OneDrive, along the lines of “This day in OneDrive” or something similar. After experimenting with that long ago, I simply ignore and delete them. Because this was unusual, I decided to click through and take a look. I was taken to an online […]

ISSUE 23.09 • 2026-03-02 PERSONAL MEDIA By Ashwin Karthik Dealing with photos, screenshots, and videos created by your phone isn’t simply a matter of deleting them. In this article, I’ll describe how to move media off your phone and onto your computer, remove media from the cloud, and disable automatic synchronization of media (which is […]

ISSUE 23.05.1 • 2026-02-05 By Susan Bradley Unless you really want to be an unpaid beta tester for Microsoft, it’s wise to pause, defer, and mainly sit on the sidelines. That’s why I’m raising the MS-DEFCON level to 2. I realize the opportunity to install January patches was brief, but that’s a combination of calendar […]

MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan 2025 was a wild ride for Microsoft’s customers. Big changes hit Microsoft 365 plans and Office apps. It might not seem that way, but not all the changes related to Copilot and AI. Early in 2025, Microsoft 365 consumer plans saw their biggest changes since “subscriptions” began (AskWoody, 2025-02-24). Prices […]

WINDOWS By Mary Branscombe Windows treats some folders as “special,” and has started putting them where it wants, not where you would prefer. They are called “shell folders” and are usually associated with your user profile. They include such folders as Documents, Music, Photos, Downloads, and the folder used for files you save to your […]

ONEDRIVE By Peter Deegan You can now pay Microsoft for more than a terabyte of storage — or be clever and get extra OneDrive for nix. It was inevitable that Microsoft would start charging for extra OneDrive space beyond the single terabyte that comes with most Microsoft 365 plans. The company has been loading up […]