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It isn’t like I’m on vacation or anything, but…There’s been precious little news in the past week or so – little tidbits here and there, but nothing
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Woody – just a year-end THANK YOU for keeping all of us out of trouble! Best wishes for all your projects in the coming year. – Ken

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Woody,

Have you heard anything about KB3008925, KB3013126, KB2944290, KB3008242, or KB3012199 causing any problems for windows 8.1 users? If I haven’t installed any updates since November’s patch Tuesday should I install any of these December updates?
Thanks for any advice.
Jeff

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Woody, now that you have had a chance to look over what Windows 10 probably will be, what is your overall impression? Is Win 10 likely to be a significant improvement over #%$#@$#*& (a.k.a. Win 8)for those of us who still earn a living at a keyboard/desktop computer and find those little touch and go tablets a step backward?

As always, thanks and best wishes for the new year.

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@Ax –

From what I’ve seen so far, if MS can deliver a much-improved Metro, we’re looking at a tremendous new version of Windows — assuming Microsoft can patch it properly, which is by no means a given.

Keep your fingers crossed.

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@Jeff –

Hang on for a few days before installing any of the December updates. It’s a real mess, and I’m trying to sort it all out.

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@Ken -=

Thanks! Same to you, too.

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Hi Woody,

Any updates on patches? Rebuilding my system as my HDD crashed right before the college semester began. Trying to get it running before I get too far behind.

In Windows update on a clean install w/SP1 64-BIT 1, should we go ahead and install all of the IE 8 Security updates First OR Just Go Ahead And Install IE11. Both are offered. Go figure.

Any other advice on a clean install? (We only get 2 activations as it’s an academic version (even though it’s the same hardware).

Thanks and Happy New Year!

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@Mis –

I just posted a long list of woes with the December patches.

If you’re rebuilding a system from scratch, apply all of the patches right away. Go through Windows Update 3 or 4 or 5 times, to make sure you got all of them.

I wouldn’t bother with IE 8 patches. Install IE 11 and be done with it. (IE 10 is probably better, but you likely don’t have it offered.) Usual admonition applies: Keep IE up to date, but use Chrome and/or Firefox.

Clean installs are definitely the way to go, if you can afford the time. And the pain…

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