ISSUE 23.43.1 • 2026-10-27 By Susan Bradley Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to install. This month I’m seeing side effects, but ones that predominantly impact business patchers, not consumers. Accordingly, I’ve lowered the MS-DEFCON level to 4. Install updates at this time. I’d lower the MS-DEFCON to a rare level 5, were it not for […]

PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley Will October bring tricks or treats? It’s the season when children in all manner of scary and not-so-scary costumes come to my door at the end of the month to yell “Trick or Treat!” and are handed candy. It’s also the time when I look to Microsoft and wonder whether […]

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’ll be updating that page and monitoring for issues. So far the trending issues are with business systems, not consumer machines: KB5127648 breaks WPA2-Enterprise (802.1X PEAP) Wi‑Fi authentication on Windows 11. You […]