Newsletter Archives
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Update fails, and WaaSMedic runs for hours …
LANGALIST
By Fred Langa
Windows 10/11’s built-in WaaSMedic agent is supposed to automatically detect and repair problems with Windows Update.
But sometimes, it can’t fix what’s wrong; other times, WaaSMedic itself is the problem!
Fortunately, there are a number of known solutions — including some new advice from Microsoft — to remedy this and other common Update problems.
Plus: Edge won’t stay dead! And: A Wi-Fi dongle takes down a keyboard and mouse.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.42.0 (2021-11-01).
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There are no USB cables any more
PUBLIC DEFENDER
By Brian Livingston
It used to be that you could run any old USB cable between just about any two USB ports, and the devices on each end would simply work. But that hasn’t been true for a long, long time.
As more and more manufacturers wanted to bring different devices with different needs to market, the standard USB-A cable was lost in the shuffle. Instead, we got a gaggle of novel USB connectors named Mini-A, Mini-B, Micro-A, Micro-B, Apple’s similar-but-different Lightning, and more.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.9.0 (2021-03-08).
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PC bargains: Buying a laptop on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
PC BUYING
By Michael Lasky
Shopping for a new PC this holiday season? The best bargains are almost always on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) and the following Cyber Monday.
While Cyber Monday’s online shopping binge might have lessened the Friday brick-and-mortar crowds — and extended the time we have to look for bargains — it hasn’t reduced the seduction for impulse buying.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.41.0 (2019-11-11).
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Windows 10 1709 still isn’t ready for prime time — and the latest buggy cumulative update, KB 4074588, proves the point
I’m seeing a whole host of different problems with this month’s cumulative update for Win10 Fall Creators Update.
Computerworld Woody on Windows.