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MS-DEFCON 2: New year, same routine

ISSUE 23.01.1 β€’ 2026-01-08 By Susan Bradley The holidays are behind us, so now we can get back to business as usual. You know β€” 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 […]

MS-DEFCON 3: A bumpy release for some

ISSUE 22.51.1 β€’ 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 […]

KB5072033 oddities

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 β€œEnable adaptive c-States for discrete graphics” option under Advanced Setup […]

A gift of Office updates

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 […]
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