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Arecibo Observatory Tower collapse

Off topic post for the day – wow what a view of when the radio observatory collapsed.

There was a drone inspecting the Tower 4 Cables when the collapse started so we get a close up on the cables breaking, check the second video segment. pic.twitter.com/Qw37Z5byWg

— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) December 3, 2020

Are we ready for 2004?

ehhh…  I’m still wishy washy and thinking January might be better for the thumbs up

What do you think?  I’m on 2004 myself personally, but still see too many lingering issues that I wish were fixed.

I think the feature release process needs a redo.  I think Microsoft thinks so too.  What do you think?

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3599460/on-the-future-of-windows-10-s-feature-releases.html

Edge and Trend Micro are fighting one another

https://borncity.com/win/2020/12/02/edge-87-0-664-52/ 

Günter Born shares that Trend Micro is having issues with Edge.

There are other users there who have the problem that the Chromium Edge 87.0.664.52 will not start. In the course of the thread it turns out that affected users have installed Trend Micro OfficeScan, which blocks the start of the browser. Addition: Trend Micro is aware of the problem, by the way, because they answered the following to a user who opened a ticket there:

Edge does a “pretty paste”

So in a recent update of Edge it now does what I call a “pretty paste”.  Rather than putting in the raw url, it “copies a URL from the address bar and paste it, Edge will put the URL in an HREF with the title making it look pretty and nice when sharing.”

Go into settings, then to share, copy and paste and you can edit it to the way you want if you have applications that don’t like that setting

December 2020 Office non-Security Updates have been released

The December 2020 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, December 1, 2020. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the November 2020 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 based on a business environment that has IT support and may have time constraints on the updating process. Consumer patching should be more cautious due to limited technical and mechanical resources. The latter is the reason for the AskWoody DEFCON system.

Office 2016
Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4486745)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4486746)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4486747)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4486668)
Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4486749)
Update for Microsoft Publisher 2016 (KB4484334)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4486716)
Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4486709)
Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4486756)

There were no non-security listings for Office 2010 (which reached EOS on October 13, 2020) nor for Office 2013.
On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support will end for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

Updates are for the .msi version (persistent). Office 365 and C2R are not included.

Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

MS-Defcon 2 – Get ready to pause for Dec

It’s time to put the pause (or defer) for your updates.  It’s the first Tuesday of the month and non security Office updates are out – PK has them listed here.

More in Computerworld!

SetUp Guides for Microsoft 365 – request for feedback

Are you an IT Admin that sets up Microsoft 365 / Office 365 services? If you are, @mikebailey2000 is looking for feedback on SetUp Guides.

Mike’s a Microsoft Program Manager. It’s great to welcome his interest in the opinion of our members.

Please, head over to Mike’s first post here at AskWoody, wish him a very warm AskWoody welcome, and help him to improve the setup guides. He explains the limitations on accessing the documents.

Time to wrap up November updating — no bow required

PATCH WATCH

By Susan Bradley

By now, you should be getting over the side effects of too much turkey and pie.

Getting over some Windows upgrading issues might not be as easy.

It appears that there’s a sizable number of Win10 1909 users who are blocked from moving up to Versions 2004 or 20H2. Last week, I discussed one blocker: Conexant audio drivers. We still don’t have information on when or how this issue will be resolved.

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.47.0 (2020-11-30).