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Yearly Archives: 2020

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2020-06-29

17.25.F

FREE EDITION: A Win10 guide for Windows Update settings
2020-06-29

17.25.0

A Win10 guide for Windows Update settings
2020-06-22

17.24.F

FREE EDITION: Wanted: Your views on Windows/Office patching
2020-06-22

17.24.0

What is your Web presence?
2020-06-15

17.23.F

FREE EDITION: Office tools: Something old, something new
2020-06-15

17.23.0

Office tools: Something old, something new
2020-06-08

17.22.1

MS-DEFCON 2: Pause updates today, see what appears tomorrow
2020-06-08

17.22.F

FREE EDITION: Coming to a PC near you: Win10 2004, the ‘May 2020 Update’
2020-06-08

17.22.0

Coming to a PC near you: Win10 2004, the ‘May 2020 Update’
2020-06-01

17.21.F

FREE EDITION: Terabyte update: The hard-drive price advantage
2020-06-01

17.21.1

MS-DEFCON 4: An unusually good month for installing updates
2020-06-01

17.21.0

Terabyte update: The hard-drive price advantage
2020-05-25

17.20.F

FREE EDITION: Setting up a new PC: The first steps
2020-05-25

17.20.0

Cheap Windows 10 product keys — Are they legit?
2020-05-18

17.19.F

FREE EDITION: Zoom: Is it safe?
2020-05-18

17.19.0

Zoom: Is it safe?
2020-05-11

17.18.F

FREE EDITION: BSoDs can be a good thing — really!
2020-05-11

17.18.1

MS-DEFCON 2: Patches are coming — head for the bunkers
2020-05-11

17.18.0

BSoDs can be a good thing — really!
2020-05-07

17.17.1

It’s time to install the April Windows and Office patches
2020-05-04

17.17.F

FREE EDITION: Simple ways to receive severe-weather alerts
2020-05-04

17.17.0

Simple ways to receive severe-weather alerts
2020-04-28

17.16.F

FREE EDITION: 2020’s Windows 10 2004
2020-04-27

17.16.0

2020’s Windows 10 2004
2020-04-20

17.15.0

Unrelenting flood of EVTX files chokes 1TB drive
2020-04-13

17.14.1

MS-DEFCON 2: Make sure you’ve paused Windows Update
2020-04-13

17.14.0

Office 365 becomes Microsoft 365: Less here than meets the eye
2020-04-06

17.13.0

Keeping in touch — from a distance
2020-04-03

17.12.1

MS-DEFCON 3: Install the March patches, but watch out for bugs
2020-03-30

17.12.0

COVID-19: The challenges of working from home
2020-03-16

17.11.0

Hard drive runs almost continually
2020-03-09

17.10.1

Patch Tuesday’s tomorrow — time to defer Windows updates
2020-03-09

17.10.0

How small businesses are easy ransomware targets
2020-03-02

17.9.0

How to tell if software truly needs updating
2020-03-01

17.8.1

It’s time to make sure your February patches are installed
2020-02-24

17.8.0

Windows 10X: Future fireworks or another dud?
2020-02-21

17.7.1

The February Win10 cumulative update is broken — make sure Pause Updates is set!
2020-02-17

17.7.0

RIP FTP: There’s a better way to share files
2020-02-11

17.6.1

MS-DEFCON 2: Make sure automatic updating is paused
2020-02-10

17.6.0

Important developments in the world of Windows
2020-02-03

17.5.0

Tools for monitoring drive health
2020-01-27

17.4.1

MS-DEFCON 3: Go ahead and install January patches
2020-01-27

17.4.0

Another January casualty: Windows Media Center
2020-01-20

17.3.0

Closing the book on Windows 7
2020-01-13

17.2.1

We’re at MS-DEFCON 2: Time to batten down the hatches
2020-01-13

17.2.0

How to manage your router – Part II
2020-01-11

17.1.1

A rare event: Microsoft patches are surprisingly stable
2020-01-06

17.1.0

How to manage your router – Part I

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