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FYI, I am being offered the following –

2022-04 Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)

Yet another example of why depending on Microsoft is foolish.

 

In a nutshell, The Affordable Care Act contains several legally-untested provisions unrelated to health care that could impact electronic distribution of copyrighted material as well as aid small companies in competing in markets controlled by a larger entity.  The author, demonstrating his skepticism about their usefulness, references provisions of the 1976 Copyright Act to provide examples of how these provisions might likely be meaningless.

Overall, the article was enlightening.

 

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Most DHCP clients do attempt to reclaim the same IP address well before it is set to expire.  Unfortunately, there are ISPs that force new IP address assignment at the end of a lease period.  Windstream’s use of this “capability” was a heavy-handed attempt at preventing customers from running servers (or using long-running connections).  Whenever an IP address switch occurred, there was an outage.  I doubt they were (or are) the only ISP to view the behavior as beneficial.

 

If streaming is being interrupted, it could be the ISP forcing its modem to get a different IP address – in an effort to prevent customers from successfully running “servers” on a residential internet connection.  Comcast did this and I suspect that many other ISPs do as well.  Depending on the ISP, it might be possible to shift the IP reset to a more convenient time of day.

It looks like the AskWoody Plus Newsletter mail headers have been changed.

Previously, the From header contained “AskWoody Plus Newsletter <Editor@AskWoody.com>” and the subject contained something like “Issue 17.25.0 – 2020-06-29 – A Win10 guide for Windows Update settings.”

Today, the From header contained “Issue 17.26.0 – 2020-07-06 Tech insights from relocating home and office <editor@askwoody.com>” and the Subject header contained “Moving home and office is never fun, but it can let you see some things in a new light.”

Perhaps just a temporary change?

 

That’s not really accurate, but Microsoft probably appreciates the thought.

You might want to take a look at OpenSuSE Tumbleweed, a distribution that is built using the latest versions of kernels and packages.  The maintainers do a great job of providing rolling updates, even when I delay the application of upgrades for several months.  SuSE is a major distribution used quite extensively in Europe.

I dual-boot it with the KDE desktop on a MacBook Pro and it handles the hardware – which has both Intel and Nvidia graphics – without issues.

Have you considered assigning a unique, static IP address to each Win7 system and then blocking those addresses from internet access (in, out or both) using the router?  You have to be certain to use static addresses outside of the range of addresses used by the DHCP server in the router.  Intra-LAN traffic should not be affected.

If you find that the Win7 systems need access to an internet service, such as DNS, that can explicitly be permitted in the router.

Perhaps this apples-to-oranges comparison of Microsoft and Ford would be more appropriate if Ford refused to allow anyone to drive their cars unless they agree to an EULA that absolves Ford of any damage caused by the use of their product.

 

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Cybertooth

Given the costs of a recall, Ford might prefer a fine.

 

My interpretation of Woody’s comment was that “patching changes without warning” have been happening “forever” in the lifetime of Windows 10.