Erland Sommarskog reached out to me regarding a new project: ErrorCodeReference (ECR). If you’ve ever been stumped by the useless and unhelpful Microsoft error codes, check out the site. For example, let’s check out a recent post — which points to error 0x80070643. My two cents regarding reading the suggestions: overall, very good advice. But […]

For those of you that cater to small and medium businesses and look for deals on refurbished computers to help with the penny pinching, just wanted to give you a heads up regarding a less than stellar purchasing experience with Dell Refurbished.  An AskWoody reader relayed to me that he had purchased several refurbished computers […]

I’ve updated the master patch list here.  Please note I am not recommending installing updates at this time, we are just testing and reporting. So far it’s been quiet but it’s much too early to evaluate if we’re going to have a good patching month. I’ll be updating that page and monitoring for issues. As always, […]

Here come those pesky updates for March 2026. KB5079473 for Windows 11 25H2/24H2 This includes the following updates: [Secure Boot] With this update, Windows quality updates include additional high confidence device targeting data, increasing coverage of devices eligible to automatically receive new Secure Boot certificates. Devices receive the new certificates only after demonstrating sufficient successful […]

I’ve updated the master patch list here.  Please note I am not recommending installing updates at this time, we are just testing and reporting. I’m holding my breath that this month is better than January and we won’t see the constant out of band updates like we’ve been doing. But I don’t want to fall over […]

Here come those pesky updates for February 2026. First off there is a Windows 11 26h1. But don’t worry most of us will not even see this release. As Microsoft notes:  “At this time, devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon® X2 Series processors will come with Windows 11, version 26H1.”  KB5077179 will be released for these unique […]