Not to worry. There are several ways to get Windows 11 24H2. Use the GRC incontrol tool to set your machine to be at Windows 11 24H2. Then be patient and it should ultimately offer it up. Or go to UUP dump and find the Windows 11 released version, Download it to your computer and […]

ISSUE 22.40.1 • 2025-10-09 By Susan Bradley Social media is replete with complaints about how Microsoft shoves feature releases and updates, and reboots computers, at will. It makes me shake my head. It’s as if everyone were thinking they had no control over the process at all. That’s not true. You have ample time to […]

If you are still having issues accessing mapped/shared drives in Windows 11 24H2 (and the upcoming 25H2) save this info for future use. You may need to enable insecure settings. Open the Windows search bar and type “powershell” Right-click on PowerShell and select “Run as administrator” Execute the following commands: Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableInsecureGuestLogons $true […]

From Windows Update on X: Availability of version 25H2 begins today via a controlled feature rollout for eligible devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 for users who have already turned on the “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” toggle. If we detect that your device may have an issue, such as an […]

The September updates triggered issues for some folks who were still using SMBv1. Specifically, anyone using guest access was suddenly blocked for access. The updates have slowly dribbled out to fix this with the final version for 24H2 coming out yesterday. However not all issues have been fixed with this preview. There are still problems […]

ISSUE 22.39 • 2025-09-29 WINDOWS 11 By Chris Hoffman The classic Control Panel now feels like a home where the owner has mostly moved out but left some useful gadgets behind. Control Panel dates back to Windows 1.0 in 1985. Microsoft began trying to replace it with Windows 8’s PC Settings tool in 2012, but […]

Honestly? I’m not.  I just helped someone today install Windows 11 24H2 on a machine we thought couldn’t be upgraded from Windows 10. Turns out it was missing a Dell firmware and had kept trying to install Windows 11 23H2 and failing. Updated the firmware that was in the “other updates” section of Windows update […]

ISSUE 22.38.1 • 2025-09-23 By Susan Bradley For consumers, it’s the end of the road for 23H2, and a deadline looms. After nearly a year of urging you to delay the upgrade to Windows 11 24H2, I’m now giving you the all-clear. Accordingly, I am lowering the MS-DEFCON level to 4. I’m also suggesting a […]

WINDOWS 11 By Ed Tittel As the sun sets on Windows 10 support in mid-October 2025, many users face a pivotal decision: upgrade in place or start anew. Although upgrading seems simpler, it often drags along outdated baggage — Registry remnants, legacy drivers, and misconfigured services — that can hinder performance and block new features. […]

I often recommend updating your firmware to the latest before installing a feature release. But if you have ever followed my patching advice you will know that I stay away from betas, pre-release, and all other “bleeding edge” sort of software. I mean, the release software is buggy enough. Do we need to purposely choose […]

While many of you know I’m still kinda “meh” on Windows 11 24H2, if you are on Windows 11 22H2 you are missing out on the good stuff. For example, I was helping someone the other day with an accounting issue and when I remoted into their computer and did what I normally do when […]

WINDOWS 11 By Lance Whitney Microsoft offers a couple of modern methods to back up and restore your files in Windows. Here are the tools I use and how I use them. Backing up your Windows folders, files, and settings is always important. If something goes awry with Windows or with your PC, you’ll want […]

One of the most fraught issues you may face in migrating from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is finding a printer driver. I have an older Canon printer (looks like an HP) that was installed on a Windows 10 machine with a generic PCL 6 style driver. I am now attempting to set up the […]

Beware of headlines. Windows 11’s Latest Security Update Is Reportedly Causing Several SSD Failures When Writing a Large Number of Files at Once https://cybersecuritynews.com/windows-11-24h2-security-update/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2025/08/17/windows-11-latest-update-more-critical-issues-now-emerging-report-claims/ I’ve seen these reports of SSD failures after the August updates for Windows 11 24H2. But I am not seeing them in my testing, nor at patchmanagement.org, nor on Reddit’s […]

After the install of the August updates on Windows 11 24H2, I’m seeing that it’s flipping the network connection from private to public. If you have mapped drives or other peer-to-peer sharing enabled on your home network, this will appear to break the connections. To set a network to private in Windows 11, navigate to […]

Windows 11, version 24H2 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Learn Update 8/15/2025 — this has now been fixed per Microsoft, no additional action needs to be done other than to trigger a resync. The August 12, 2025 Windows security update for Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5063878), might fail to install with error code 0x80240069 […]

ISSUE 22.32 • 2025-08-11 TAME YOUR TECH By Susan Bradley A few weeks ago, I had “the talk” with Dad. This is a 97-year-old man who has gone from mechanical (not to mention heavy) 10-key calculators that he had to lug around — along with slide rules — to mainframe computers, then to portable computers, […]

WINDOWS 11 By Lance Whitney Microsoft offers a number of methods to back up your files in Windows. Here are the tools I use — and how I use them. I’m a firm believer in backing up files. By that, I mean my files. You’ve probably heard that advice hundreds of times. But imagine if […]

ISSUE 22.31 • 2025-08-04 WINDOWS 11 By Ed Tittel For Windows 11 PCs running 22H2 or later that are current with Windows updates, Microsoft has provided what might well be a “killer feature.” AskWoody readers are no strangers to this. Sometimes called “repair installs” or “in-place upgrades,” this topic has been covered since 2021 in […]

I personally find this process even easier than the “drop to command line” of Windows 11 Home. Here are actual screen shots of the process whereby you indicate you are going to be adding a Work or School account (when you really are not) and then joining a domain (when you really are not). You […]