WINDOWS 11 By Will Fastie Unaccountably, Microsoft has lost its UI mojo. It’s not surprising that the Windows Start menu gets a lot of attention whenever it changes. It’s a highly visible feature of Windows’ overall user interface. No one can escape the need to use Start from time to time, even when some of […]

ISSUE 23.04.1 • 2026-01-27 By Susan Bradley The January updates present no issues for some, but lots of issues for others. I’m always hopeful of giving everyone some time every month to apply updates after we’ve vetted them. This month, I can lower the MS-DEFCON level to only 2.5. Unfortunately, we don’t have that, so […]

PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley The second week of January is when patching returns to business as usual. That’s generally true for patches and updates from all sources — Windows, Apple, Adobe, Google — pretty much all the majors. Patches arrive for operating systems as well as for apps and Web browsers. As usual, I’ll […]