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AskWoody_MVP

January 30, 2018 at 7:38 pm in reply to: How Computers Work, from code.org, Khan Academy, and BillG hisself #163341

This is a great basic starter instruction kit. Thank you for posting it.

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January 27, 2018 at 7:47 pm in reply to: Yet another surprise patch, KB 4078130, for all versions of Windows, disables part of the Meltdown/Spectre patches #162712

I neither flash (nor streak).

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AskWoody_MVP

January 25, 2018 at 7:11 am in reply to: More problems with this month’s patches #162051

Late-to-the-party patch: KB4074906 Fix-it tool .NET Framework 4.7.1

It appeared late yesterday afternoon.

What is it and what does it do?

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January 22, 2018 at 10:35 am in reply to: Win10 1709 programs come back from the dead on reboot #161012

It’s zombie.

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AskWoody_MVP

January 19, 2018 at 8:38 pm in reply to: Yet another massive release of patches, re-patches, re-grouped patches, and a few explanations #160562

Thanks for the update. Any further late-breaking patch number soup?

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January 19, 2018 at 7:41 am in reply to: Windows patches are rolling out NOW #160420

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4055532/security-and-quality-rollup-for-net-framework-3-5-1-4-5-2-4-6-4-6-1-4

KB4055532 shows as checked important prior to installation.

KB4074880 shows as update after installation.

It would be helpful if Microsoft provided the same update name before and after installation. Cross-checking names to determine what update has been installed or omitted is extremely tedious.

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January 17, 2018 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Windows patches are rolling out NOW #159974

Precisely what does all this flurry of update activity signify?

Are we supposed to do anything?

Start a pool on which updates fail?

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January 11, 2018 at 3:15 pm in reply to: Born: Is my browser vulnerable for Spectre attacks? #158578

It’s way too early to tell. The test must first be reliable.

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January 9, 2018 at 4:03 pm in reply to: January security patches are coming shortly #157909

In light of today’s patches, what is the defcon level?

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AskWoody_MVP

January 9, 2018 at 8:42 am in reply to: Microsoft yanks all of this month’s Windows patches for “devices with impacted AMD processors” #157727

What is troubling about the Monthly Rollup is that when a component of the update fails after installation, it is no longer possible to locate what element caused system crash. If the chip patch is bundled with several other patches today and if there are system failures, there will be problems determining exactly which patch causes failure.

The Monthly Rollup issue is not new. However, the difficulties in one giant patch (as opposed to numerous small ones) are highlighted with the obvious failure of the early chip patch.

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AskWoody_MVP

January 8, 2018 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Multiple reports of blue screens (BSODs) 0X000000C4 when installing the January Win7 Monthly Rollup KB 4056894 #157450

I believe I’ll wait until after spring thaw to patch.

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AskWoody_MVP

January 5, 2018 at 12:58 pm in reply to: Windows 7 Monthly Rollup patch is out #156619

“I’m installing it right now on my “Group A” test Win7 machine, using Windows Update.”

How is your test machine behaving?

Have there been any difficulties?

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AskWoody_MVP

January 4, 2018 at 4:49 pm in reply to: MS-DEFCON 2: Batten down the hatches, there’s a kernel patch headed your way #156184

January 4, 2018 KB4056894 (Monthly Rollup)

This update just showed for Windows 7, SP1, 64-bit.

Install or ignore?

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AskWoody_MVP

January 4, 2018 at 7:18 am in reply to: MS-DEFCON 2: Batten down the hatches, there’s a kernel patch headed your way #155973

Since I don’t have a death wish for my computer, I will wait until the Monthly Rollup is issued.

Windows 7 Professional

Service Pack 1

64-bit Operating System

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January 3, 2018 at 6:24 pm in reply to: MS-DEFCON 2: Batten down the hatches, there’s a kernel patch headed your way #155798

What of other Windows versions?

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