ISSUE 23.01.1 • 2026-01-08 By Susan Bradley The holidays are behind us, so now we can get back to business as usual. You know — when to pause updates so we can test and evaluate the January patches. Thus, the MS-DEFCON goes up to level 2. For those of you still running Windows 10, rest […]

ISSUE 22.51.1 • 2025-12-24 By Susan Bradley We’re ending 2025 with a mixed bag of issues. To be on the safe side, I’m lowering the MS-DEFCON level just one notch, to 3. Even though the holiday season offers many users the time to apply updates, this year it’s not quite as quiet. Use caution. For […]

Reader Randy Hollenbeck shares a recent finding with KB5072033: Several users reported that these systems freeze after installing the update. Initial speculation pointed to Intel Arc graphics drivers. Further investigation by users revealed that a BIOS setting caused the issue. They found that disabling the “Enable adaptive c-States for discrete graphics” option under Advanced Setup […]

PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley We often think of Microsoft as one massive company that doesn’t always pull its oars in the same direction. In reality, it consists of a lot of divisions, moving in its own direction. A case in point is how Microsoft handles the end of life for Office versus the end […]