Daily Archives: December 13, 2021

• Patching guidance for Apple devices – December 13, 2021

  Posted on December 13, 2021 at 15:05 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

  As you can see by the release notes there are a LOT of security fixes in these releases

  iOS 15.2 security content addresses 38 vulns.

  8: out-of-bounds access
  7: buffer overflow
  5: input validation
  4: race condition
  4: logic issues
  3: memory corruption
  3: state machine
  2: use after free
  1: type confusion
  1: misc permission issue

  Same sort of Askwoody patching rules apply:  Home user, you can wait a bit to ensure there are no side effects.

  Business user – especially someone who might be targeted (work for defense, big business etc) you’ll want this sooner not later

  Apple Patch Lady Posts

• AskWoody subscribers test Windows 11

  Posted on December 13, 2021 at 02:45 CST by Fred Langa • Comment in the Forums

  ISSUE 18.48 • 2021-12-13

  LANGALIST

  

  By Fred Langa

  AskWoody members are experimenting with Windows 11 … and getting mixed results.

  Today’s examples: One reader got good (albeit confusing) results with Microsoft’s free Win11 Virtual PC, but another suffered a much less happy outcome with a for-real installation.

  This column provides additional detail regarding the free Win11 VPC and the likely causes (and remedies!) for the second PC’s problems.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.48.0 (2021-12-13).
  This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.48.F (2021-12-13).

  AskWoody FREE Newsletter, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList, Windows 11

• Mad at costly Grinch bots? Get yourself a free one.

  Posted on December 13, 2021 at 02:44 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  This year’s global supply-chain crunch is making numerous electronic items go in and out of stock at retailers, and the problem has been made worse by “Grinch bots,” automated tools that some operators use to snap up whatever hot tech and toys may momentarily become available.

  Some worried tech buyers — and a few desperate parents of kids who “need” this year’s must-have toy — have tried to subscribe to their own Grinch bot (formally known as a shopping bot). But the services can cost $99 per month plus initiation fees, and they offer no guarantee you’ll actually score the items you want.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.48.0 (2021-12-13).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Public Defender AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Online shopping, Public Defender

• Two solid replacements for the kludgy Windows 11 Start menu

  Posted on December 13, 2021 at 02:43 CST by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Don’t like the Windows 11 Start menu? Both Start 11 and StartAllBack will bring the menu back to more traditional and usable style and functionality.

  In its fervor to push out Windows 11, Microsoft made some key changes to the new OS — some good and some bad. On the bad side of the fence is the new Start menu. Dispensing with the familiar list and tile layout in Windows 10, Microsoft pared down the menu into a single box that shows only your pinned and recommended apps.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.48.0 (2021-12-13).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Windows 11 AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Start menus, Windows 11

• Click-to-run dribbles out changes

  Posted on December 13, 2021 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Office patches are handled differently than Windows patches, and they can be very disruptive as a result.

  Microsoft always releases security patches for Windows on the second Tuesday of the month, no matter what the actual date. It’s the reason that this month’s updates haven’t yet arrived — today is December 13, and Patch Tuesday is December 14. We won’t receive security patches until tomorrow!

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.48.0 (2021-12-13).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, On Security AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Microsoft 365, Office, Patch Lady Posts, security