Daily Archives: November 22, 2021
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Why is printing so hard to get right?
ISSUE 18.45 • 2021-11-22 Look for our special issue on November 29! ON SECURITY
By Susan Bradley
I work in an industry that keeps promising we are going paperless, but we still find ways to kill trees. Even though I regularly print to PDF, I continue to print to various desktop and network printers.
Physical printing is still very important to me and many other professionals. Any problem with printing will affect productivity. Each month, when new updates come out, one of my top priorities is to test printing. Can I print? If I can, then I know I can keep the new patches installed. But why are we constantly fighting issues with printing, and why are we constantly patching our systems for printing?
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.45.0 (2021-11-22).
This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.45.F (2021-11-22). -
Windows 11: Not quite ready for prime time
LANGALIST
By Fred Langa
These early days of Win11 are looking a bit rough. Driver issues remain the leading cause of serious upgrade problems, and some solutions are out of end-users’ hands until Microsoft and various OEMs and software publishers catch up.
To make matters worse, Win11’s Device Encryption may stumble when upgrading a Win10 BitLocker drive, and the Win11 interface repeats some of the same mistakes Microsoft made in Windows 8!
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.45.0 (2021-11-22).
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Take a selfie – NOW!
LEGAL BRIEF
By Max Stul Oppenheimer, Esq.
Deepfakes are a growing problem. Could taking a selfie be your best defense?
In the last column, we saw why law must lag technology. It must, because legislators have no better crystal ball than the rest of us — and judges, faced with the task of extrapolating existing statutes to situations that were not foreseen, reach different conclusions as to how to draw the curve. Therefore, a period of uncertainty — until a legislature reacts or a judicial consensus is reached or imposed by the Supreme Court — is inevitable.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.45.0 (2021-11-22).
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Understanding Office 2021 and Office LTSC
MICROSOFT 365
By Peter Deegan
What are Office 2021 and Office LTSC, and should you care?
Office 2021 and Office LTSC are the latest nonsubscription versions of Microsoft Office. Microsoft calls each a “perpetual license,” but historically we might have called them the “boxed” editions of Office. These two Office versions are very similar and deliberately limited in new features, licensing, and even support.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.45.0 (2021-11-22).