Daily Archives: October 11, 2020
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MS-DEFCON 2: Incoming! Pause Windows and Office patches
Posted on October 11th, 2020 at 22:56 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeOctober Patch Tuesday is just around the corner.
Now’s a good time to make sure you have “Pause” set on your Win10 machines (or that you turn off Automatic Update on your Win7 and 8.1 machines).
Full step-by-step details in Computerworld Woody on Windows.
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Touring through Apple’s September updates
Posted on October 11th, 2020 at 21:15 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeAPPLE
By Nathan Parker
For those who follow Apple development, September is a special time of year.
It’s when the company showcases major updates to its various consumer operating systems: iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Recently, I took each of them for a test drive.
Here’s a quick summary of what I’ve found so far — both the good and the … not so good.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.40.0 (2020-10-12).
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A post-reinstall checklist for Windows 10
Posted on October 11th, 2020 at 21:10 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeLANGALIST
By Fred Langa
After a Win10 reinstall, the order in which you set up a PC’s drivers, updates, apps, and data can fundamentally affect its stability, performance, and ease of use.
Here’s how to get a Win10 reinstallation off on the right foot — solid, fast, glitch-free, and running as well as it possibly can!
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.40.0 (2020-10-12).
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What is Microsoft saying to SMBs?
Posted on October 11th, 2020 at 21:05 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeSMALL-BUSINESS COMPUTING
By Amy Babinchak
Microsoft’s 2020 Inspire and Ignite conferences are now literally history; as with most other major tech meetings this year, they were, for the first time, both entirely virtual.
Inspire is focused on Microsoft-partner marketing, while Ignite is more about technology. Both events showcase the company’s vision of future business computing. But sometimes you have to read between the lines, too. Here’s what I think Microsoft is saying to small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and IT professionals.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.40.0 (2020-10-12).
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Freeware Spotlight — URL Disabler
Posted on October 11th, 2020 at 21:00 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeBEST UTILITIES
By Deanna McElveen
Are you a parent struggling to keep Timmy focused on online schoolwork?
Are you a business manager who needs to bar Carl from browsing Amazon for fishing lures on company time?
There’s a profusion of reasons for blocking certain websites. Regrettably, many site-blocking tools simply modify Windows’ built-in hosts file, which is easily worked around. Fortunately, the folks at Sordum.org offer URL Disabler, a free and portable app that’s difficult to circumvent.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.40.0 (2020-10-12).