Once upon a time, the fourth Tuesday of the month was reserved by Microsoft for non-security…
Author: Woody Leonhard
Microsoft Patch Alert: February’s fixes aren’t as bad as last month, but problems abound
The January 2018 Microsoft patching cycle may have been the worst and most invasive set of…
New non-security patches arrive for Win10 1607 and 1703; 1709 update likely soon
Microsoft last night released a flood of unexpected patches. Yes, that’s a Thursday night dump. No,…
Intel releases more Meltdown/Spectre firmware fixes, Microsoft feints an SP3 patch
One month ago today, Intel told the world that their Meltdown/Spectre patches were a mess. Their…
Buggy Win10 1709 cumulative update KB 4074588 redlining, bluescreening, borking USB
At least it isn’t as bad as last month’s three cumulative updates for the bestest version…
Microsoft is distributing security patches through insecure HTTP links
The Microsoft Update Catalog uses insecure HTTP links – not HTTPS links – on the download…
February patches bring ominous Outlook fixes and a rebirth of KB 2952664
The very early reports are in, and it looks like this month’s monstrous panoply of patches…
Get Windows Update locked down in preparation for this month’s problems
January 2018 will go down in history as one of the worst patching months in Microsoft’s…