I enrolled another computer just now. If you are a free subscriber to the newsletter, you received a recap of all of the Windows 10 end-of-life information you missed – but that was included in the Plus newsletter over the last several weeks. And if you happen to get both the free newsletter and the […]

  October 7, 2025 is the last scheduled release date for Office 2016 non-Security updates. Microsoft released NO non-security updates for Office on October 7, 2025   Office 2016 reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025. Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). Office 365 […]

ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley The headlines may say that support for Windows 10 ends next week, but the reality is that many of us will be using Windows 10 for much longer. We’ve already discussed how businesses can purchase one, two, or even three years of security updates. Microsoft has also provided a relatively […]

ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley If you are in a business, or you perform technology consulting for businesses, chances are the computer systems you manage are either in a domain or controlled by Microsoft’s Intune. These machines cannot receive the single-year extension specifically designed for consumers. Instead, those of us with business networks must use […]

I was on my local county assessor’s website yesterday and spotted this alert — that something in the latest release from Apple was causing users to have issues. I have seen some various smatterings of issues with iOS 26 but this is the first I’ve seen of a public website indicating major issues. Remember what […]

ISSUE 22.38 • 2025-09-22 ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley Microsoft provides several options to extend the life of Windows 10 through its Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. This topic will be discussed in a three-part series. The first two parts are about obtaining the ESU in business settings. The third part will address consumers. However, […]

You may have seen in the news that Consumer Reports is asking Microsoft to give consumers additional years of free support for Windows 10 devices. The vast majority of users I’ve seen that have either been offered the additional year, or have not paid any fee when using the command process to enroll devices into […]

ISSUE 22.35.1 • 2025-09-04 By Susan Bradley Despite the headlines and my caution last week about lowering the MS-DEFCON level too far, another wave of patches is right around the corner. Accordingly, I’m raising the MS-DEFCON level to 2. This is not different from any other month’s recommendation — I always suggest deferring patches before […]

Microsoft released NO non-security updates for Office on September 2, 2025     Office 2016 reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025. Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). Office 365 and C2R are not included. Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office […]

Don’t worry — you aren’t alone. But you can jump to the front of the line and kick it into offering it to you by using a series of commands. This weekend I will be recording a video so you can see the process from start to finish. Remember, we have a special forum dedicated […]

Apple is out with its Patch Wednesday, releasing the following: iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2 iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later 20 […]

ISSUE 22.31.1 • 2025-08-07 By Susan Bradley Windows 11 24H2 is a large update that takes some time to install. Don’t do this close to Patch Tuesday. And because new patches are a mere five days away, it’s time to defer everything except critical or emergency patches until I’ve spent the time to understand any […]

Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, August 5, 2025. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the July 2025 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported. Remember, Susan’s patching sequence and recommendations are […]

ISSUE 22.28 • 2025-07-14 PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley July’s updates begin the dribble of the Windows 10 ESU offering. Consumers using Windows 10 Home or Professional editions may start to see the system offering the one-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) service after the July updates are applied. To be clear, my simple definition of […]

ISSUE 22.26.1 • 2025-07-03 By Susan Bradley There are times when Microsoft drives us crazy, and then there are times when we don’t give Redmond enough credit. This is a time when we probably don’t praise the company enough for doing the right thing. I say this because I recently installed the July Insider preview […]

Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, July 1, 2025. They are not included in the DEFCON-3 approval for the June 2025 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported. Remember, Susan’s patching sequence and recommendations are […]

ISSUE 22.25.2 • 2025-06-25 By Susan Bradley You know I’ve been trying — for months — to find a vendor from which I could purchase Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESUs). I certainly want to make such a purchase for my firm, and perhaps for use on my home PCs. You also know that I’ve […]

PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley Every so often, your feedback does make a difference. When you ask for feedback, sometimes respondents provide answers based upon what they think you want to hear. When that is followed by testing to observe actual behavior, vendors discover the difference between those answers and reality. What brought this to […]

David Fletcher// My wife and I recently purchased a 2016 Ford Flex to replace an aging version of the same make and model that met an untimely fate. During the […]

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