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 […]

PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley If you are a bit timid about February’s patches and not looking forward to installing them, I don’t blame you. The last few months have been bumpy, to say the least. But neither I nor the five Windows 11 and two Windows 10 machines at my house, the one Windows […]

ISSUE 22.45.1 • 2025-11-13 PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley This is the first month for updates from the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) plan. If you’ve signed up for the ESU, you should start seeing them as you would have seen any updates in the past. But that doesn’t mean you should install them […]

ISSUE 22.44.1 • 2025-11-06 By Susan Bradley This month marks the first time that security updates will be released to Windows 10 under Microsoft’s Extended Security Update program. If you’ve enrolled in the ESU plan, you should see them offered in Windows Update. But that does not mean you should install them now. Nothing has […]

Some applications are dealing with the bug IIS websites might fail to load. The fix for that issue is included in KB5067036. Note this does not impact all users.  I’ve not seen the issue in my applications. Note this is a preview update that also includes some additional user interface changes. So if you were alerted […]