Newsletter Archives

• MS-DEFCON 4: Patching weather is clearing

  Posted on January 24, 2023 at 02:45 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.04.1 • 2023-01-24

  

  By Susan Bradley

  In general, the January updates have been well behaved.

  So far, I’m not seeing any trending issues with them; accordingly, I’m lowering the MS-DEFCON level to 4. But that’s not to say we haven’t seen some other issues related to other types of updates. In addition to describing those, I’ll discuss a vulnerability in a part of your computer you may never think about.

  Two issues recently impacted Start menus and shortcuts but were unrelated to one another.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (20.04.1, 2023-01-24).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, Hardware drivers, macOS Ventura, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 4, Printer Drivers, Windows Recovery Environment

• PrintNightmare still a nightmare for patchers

  Posted on September 13, 2021 at 02:41 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  As we start to ready ourselves for the September updates, we’re still haunted by the PrintNightmare issues from the August updates.

  The good news for home users and consumers is that we haven’t seen the August updates triggering side effects with printers. For business users, there are still issues requiring vigilance.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.35.0 (2021-09-13).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Lady Posts, Patch Watch, Printer Drivers, printing

• March madness drives printers to blue screen

  Posted on March 15, 2021 at 01:00 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  The month of March is not starting off well for those of us who patch Windows 10 machines.

  Patchers who have installed the March Windows 10 updates are reporting that upon printing to various printers, they receive a blue screen of death (BSOD), thus crashing their machines. While it doesn’t appear to impact every Windows machine/printer combination, it is widespread enough that Microsoft pulled these particular updates while it investigates.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.10.0 (2021-03-15).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Blue screens of death, Patch Lady Posts, Printer Drivers