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• Dealing with incremental updates, aka “dribbles”

  Posted on November 7, 2022 at 02:41 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Last year, Microsoft announced that Windows was moving to an annual release schedule rather than the twice-a-year release cadence.

  The impression at that time was that Microsoft would be settling into a nice, boring release schedule with only one disruption per year. But the reality so far has been the exact opposite. Even with the Insider testing program, the timing is such that you can’t really test things until they get to the general public.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.45.0, 2022-11-07).

  Patch Watch Hardware drivers, Newsletters, OpenSSL, Patch Lady Posts, Patch Watch, Windows Update

• MS-DEFCON 2: More “dribbled” changes coming

  Posted on November 3, 2022 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 19.44.1 • 2022-11-03

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Defer them.

  Microsoft’s incremental protocol for bringing new features to Windows has its good and bad sides. To the good, one or two new features is better than 50 delivered all at once. To the bad, we must study the safety of such updates every month, not every year.

  In effect, “dribbling” requires a heightened state of awareness because we’re not dealing just with bug fixes — we must deal with new stuff as well. That increased awareness is reflected in my raising of the MS-DEFCON level to 2.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (19.44.1, 2022-11-03).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON DCOM, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 2, OpenSSL, Patch Lady Posts, Windows 22H2, Windows Update