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Using OneDrive on your iPhone or iPad
Posted on February 15th, 2021 at 01:15 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeONEDRIVE
Using OneDrive on your iPhone or iPadBy Lance Whitney
Using the OneDrive app on your Apple devices allows you to cross that great Apple/Microsoft divide.
Microsoft OneDrive is a helpful tool for backing up and synchronizing your folders and files across your Windows computers. But it can also play a similar role on your mobile devices. With the OneDrive app for iOS/iPadOS, you can access, open, and share your online files. You can download files to your device to view them without being online. You can automatically upload photos and videos taken on your phone or tablet so they’re accessible from OneDrive. And you can even edit your files with the right mobile apps.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.6.0 (2021-02-15).
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More on Win10’s Ransomware protection
Posted on February 8th, 2021 at 01:45 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeLANGALIST
More on Win10’s Ransomware protectionBy Fred Langa
Many subscribers tried enabling this optional security enhancement, only to discover it can be hard to get going!
There are at least five reasons why Ransomware protection — and other Win10 security features — might not be available on your PC.
Here’s what they are, and what you can do about them.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.5.0 (2021-02-08).
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Have you enabled Win10’s ransomware protection?
Posted on February 1st, 2021 at 01:05 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeLANGALIST
Have you enabled Win10’s ransomware protection?By Fred Langa
This free, optional feature is disabled by default but, if enabled, can help protect and recover your PC from a ransomware takeover!
It’s easy to enable the ransomware protection, but you should know about its quirks and drawbacks before doing so. Here’s how to decide whether this optional protection is for you and, if so, how to get it going!
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.4.0 (2021-02-01).
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HP Issues Sure Click Enterprise 4.2 Patch 1 to fix Initialization Failures caused by Windows Updates (October 2020)
Posted on October 16th, 2020 at 10:34 Comment on the AskWoody LoungePosted on October 15, 2020, HP announced the release of HP Sure Click Enterprise 4.4 Patch 1 and Bromium Secure Platform 4.1 Update 8 (Patch 5) to fix Initialization failures caused by October 2020 Windows Updates.
Issue Description
After installing any of the referenced Windows Update KBs below, HP Sure Click Enterprise and Bromium Secure Platform will be unable to successfully initialize. New initialization attempts will fail with error UPDATEGUEST_NETWORK_SETUP_FAIL. Your devices will continue to work until a new initialization is needed, giving you additional time to rollback the Microsoft KBs. New initialization requests would generally be caused by:
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Upgrading supported applications to a new major version, such as Chrome, Microsoft Office or Adobe Reader.
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Manually requesting a new initialization from the Desktop Console
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Installing a new version of HP Sure Click Enterprise
This is a list of the Windows Updates affected
- KB4579311 – Windows 10 Version 2004 x64
- KB4577671 – Windows 10 Version 1903 x64
- KB4577671 – Windows 10 Version 1909 x64
- KB4577668 – Windows 10 Version 1809 x64
- KB4580330 – Windows 10 Version 1803 x64
- KB4580328 – Windows 10 Version 1709 x64
- KB4580346 – Windows 10 Version 1607 x64
- KB4580327 – Windows 10 RTM x6
HP Sure Click Enterprise 4.2 Patch 1 Released.
According to Windows Central
There’s HP Sure Click Enterprise. HP calls this the “world’s most secure endpoint application isolation and containment solution.” Supported on Windows 8 and Windows 10, Sure Click Enterprise brings enhanced run-time protection with non-persistent virtual machines. It can also protect user credentials from phishing attacks and supports large-scale deployments.
Gunter Born has more details on Born’s Tech and Windows World.
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Microsoft removes Windows 10 2004 block for Surface devices
Posted on July 1st, 2020 at 10:37 Comment on the AskWoody LoungePer the erstwhile Mary jo Foley, Microsoft has removed the compatibility block for Windows 10 2004. If you have one of these devices you may see the upgrade offered to you in the next several days. If you don’t wish to upgrade take precautions now.
See Microsoft removes the Windows 10 2004 block on Surface devices for more details on the block and what fixed it.
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Windows 10 Insider Program Changes
Posted on June 16th, 2020 at 09:45 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeMicrosoft has announced changes to the Windows 10 Insider Program. The rings will be renamed channels with the channel names better aligned with other Microsoft products. Additionally, Microsoft says that the focus of the releases will change from frequency to quality. See Introducing Windows Insider Channels for a more in-depth discussion.
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Autologon is NOT being removed in Windows 10 2004
Posted on November 28th, 2019 at 09:16 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeThe erstwhile Martin Brinkmann reports that some users have noticed the automatic sign-in capability is missing from the latest Windows 10 2004 test build (19033). There is an explanation. If you have Windows Hello configured the option is not present. See No, Microsoft is not removing AutoLogin from Windows 10 version 2004 for more details.
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Has MS cleaned up its Win10-update mess? (Spoiler: No!)
Posted on September 23rd, 2019 at 01:15 Comment on the AskWoody Lounge
WOODY’S WINDOWS WATCHBy Woody Leonhard
Give Microsoft some credit: it keeps trying to improve patch quality.
But in spite of two significant improvements to the patching infrastructure, it looks to me as though the process is getting worse, not better.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.34.0 (2019-09-23).
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