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• Joseph’s Machines: Pass the Pepper

  Posted on April 27, 2020 at 15:03 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  OK. I’m going to violate my policy shunning YouTube links on the main blog page. (Yes, I know any YouTube link brings along trackers.)

  Ya gotta see this:

   

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• Sign up for the AskWoody FREE Newsletter

  Posted on April 19, 2020 at 16:34 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  No, you don’t need a password. No, you don’t need an account. All you need is an email address.

  Mosey on over here:

  https://cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/fadcab1b-6abe-11ea-9648-2a7e788be8da

  and sign up. We don’t sell, rent, swap, or subvert our mailing lists. Ever.

  If you’re a Plus Member, you already get all of the content in the Free Newsletter.

  Stay safe out there.

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• Born: Don’t install Sophos UTM 9.703 firmware

  Posted on April 17, 2020 at 07:46 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Looks like Sophos has a big problem on its hands. Again. Per Günter Born:

  Administrators of the Sophos UTM appliance should not install the recently released Sophos UTM 9.703 firmware, as may will cause massive issues. Sophos has pulled this firmware update. Sophos UTM is a complete, hardware-based security solution for corporate networks, including firewall etc.

  The list of problems reads like a missive from a company that… uh… doesn’t test its patches very well.

  Sound familiar?

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• Welcome back, Windows Secrets Free subscribers

  Posted on April 10, 2020 at 07:16 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  

  I’ve heard from many of you — and I’m digging out from under an avalanche of email. I greatly appreciate all of your greetings. Yes, it’s true, we’re BACK. And, yes, we aren’t part of a big company anymore. The inmates are truly in charge of the asylum.

  If this is your first time on the new, improved Lounge, please register for a free username (upper right corner). You need a functioning email address (but don’t try to use an email address as your username). Then feel free to explore — pitch in and help, ask questions, question answers! Although our roots are in Windows, you’ll quickly find that we have our noses in many other topics. At this point, we have 140,000 registered users and well over a million posts.

  If you want to ask a question, find a forum (quick links to Windows 10, Win8.1, Win7, Surface, Office, or browse through our Forums list), scroll down to the bottom, type in a good synopsis for your “Topic,” then give us all the pertinent details.

  If you want to reply to something that’s been posted, click Reply.

  Give it a try. You’ll catch on in no time.

  Most of all, kick off your shoes and stay awhile. There’s a remarkable group of volunteers around here. Good folks.

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• I’m closing off the COVID-19 forum

  Posted on April 9, 2020 at 17:53 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There’s been a whole lotta heat and precious little light on the COVID-19 forum of late.

  Ergo, I’m shutting it down. You’re welcome to view what’s there, but you won’t be able to post anything additional.

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• AskWoody FREE Newsletter launching today

  Posted on April 8, 2020 at 07:53 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you haven’t yet signed up for the AskWoody FREE Newsletter — the gussied up, re-thought and re-targeted reincarnation of the old Windows Secrets Free Newsletter — now’s the time. We’re on track to launch the first edition today.

  To sign up, just fill out our signup form, and stand back.

  If you’re already a Plus Member, there’s no need to sign up for the FREE Newsletter — you already get all of the FREE content in the Plus Newsletter. But if you’re curious, go right ahead! Invite your Sainted Aunt Martha to join us, too.

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• RIP, John Prine

  Posted on April 7, 2020 at 21:32 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  

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• Want to Reply to a post? Hit Reply twice.

  Posted on April 3, 2020 at 09:59 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  

  Another miscellaneous bug that’s inexplicably appeared.

  If you want to reply to a post — and have your reply appear “nested” (indented) under the original post — you have to click the Reply button twice.

  If you only click Reply once, your response goes to the bottom of the pile.

  We’re workin’ on it….

  UPDATE: The devs tell me it’s been fixed. That was quick. Let me know if you hit any problems.

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• Worldometer: US confirmed COVID-19 cases just went over 200,000

  Posted on April 1, 2020 at 11:48 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

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• Any HTML/CSS pros in the audience? Want to help with the Free newsletter?

  Posted on March 31, 2020 at 14:11 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Tracey and I are looking for a code jockey to help bring Plus Newsletter articles over to the new Free Newsletter.

  Our problem: The distribution software we’re using for the Plus Newsletter, MailChimp, does a very good job of automatically formatting things so they look good in Outlook.

  But the software we’re using for the Free Newsletter, SendGrid (which is considerably cheaper than MailChimp at the volumes we’re anticipating), does a lousy job of rendering in Outlook.

  We need someone who can take the raw HTML that we use in MailChimp and make it Outlook-friendly in SendGrid.

  Anybody out there up to the task?

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• Final beta test version of the FREE Newsletter headed out shortly

  Posted on March 30, 2020 at 22:00 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  We’re just about ready to re-introduce the free Windows Secrets Newsletter.

  Now rechristened as the (what else?) AskWoody FREE Newsletter it’s, uh, free.

  Each week we’ll send out one full article from the Plus Newsletter, a recap of the latest happenings on the AskWoody web site (just like we have in the Plus Newsletter), and an offer for folks to join us as Plus Members. It’s a great way to sample what we’re up to, to see if it’s worth making a donation.

  If you’d like to take a look, please sign up. And encourage your friends to join us, too!

  Other AskWoody FREE Newsletter, Windows Secrets Free Newsletter

• Hello in there

  Posted on March 30, 2020 at 09:37 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums
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