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All’s clear to install Microsoft’s November patches
The one pervasive bug — an Access 'Query xxx is corrupt' error in all Office patches — has a manual fix. Everything else looks good to go. For those of you who have been putting off patching until the coast is clear, well, the coast...
Microsoft’s Intune is now Endpoint Manager: What is it, and how well does the UEM tool work?
Microsoft's Endpoint Manager has the potential to reduce time and effort managing desktop and mobile work environments. But it's not without its own set of problems, according to users.
Microsoft’s JEDI contract move: Those are not the cloud providers you’re looking for
Just like old times, Windows was the company’s secret weapon in winning the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.
Windows by the numbers: Windows 10 hits late wall, stalls
With support for Windows 7 ending in January, the push to upgrade to Windows 10 continues. But the pace of Win10 adoptions stalled in November.
Microsoft Patch Alert: November patches behave themselves – with a few exceptions
After all the calisthenics required by the October 2019 patches, November gave us a much-deserved break. Although Win10 1909 has some lingering problems, other versions– Win7, 8.1, Win10 1803, 1809, and 1903 – saw relatively few...
Top web browsers 2019: No end in sight for Firefox's losses
Mozilla's efforts to make Firefox more attractive as a web browser have failed to move the share needle. Meanwhile, Google's Chrome continues its dominance.
Microsoft names its next Windows 10 upgrade: '2004'
Although the name would indicate an April 2020 release, the company's past Windows upgrade tempo has rarely hit the mark.
Microsoft touts Edge's new tab page connection to Office 365
By using group policy objects, IT admins can turn the browser into a front end for Office 365 with an enterprise-centric new tab page.
Running Win10 version 1803 or 1809? You have options. Here’s how to control your upgrade.
With support for the venerable Win10 version 1803 officially at an end, and 1809 not too long for this earth, it’s time to think seriously about upgrading. Fortunately, you have lots of options — and a surprising amount of control...
Food fight: Slack and Microsoft trade barbs, sling stats in collaboration app battle
Although Slack led the way on chat-based collaboration software, Microsoft pushed back with its own Teams app. Now, the two companies are battling for enterprise hearts and minds (and users).
Microsoft and Apple are better together
A new Office 365 feature shows one way in which the Apple/Microsoft partnership helps you get things done.
Microsoft goes very small for Windows 10 1909's 'On' switch
The latest version of Windows relies on an 'enablement package' to turn on features that transform Windows 10 1903 into 1909. Microsoft now calls that move a pilot program.
Mysterious app keeps you from shutting down — or does it?
Some people are finding that Windows shutdown is blocked by a running program called G. Except there is no G, no G.exe, nothing even resembling G. In spite of what you’ve read, it isn’t a virus or other malware. It’s a bug — in...
Why Windows 10 1909 should not be a one-off
It's never easy figuring out what Microsoft is up to when it comes to its plans for Windows 10. But the way it's handled updates in 2019 could point to what it plans to do in 2020 and beyond.
Microsoft releases Monthly Rollup previews for Win7, 8.1, Server 2008 SP2, 2012 and .Net
While 'optional non-security' cumulative updates for Windows 10 are supposed to be on holiday hiatus, we just got a full assortment of optional patches for earlier versions of Windows — full of telemetry — including odd ones with no...
Microsoft starts releasing fixes for Access bugs introduced in Office security patches this month
If you’ve been seeing new Access 'Query is corrupt' errors, they’re likely caused by buggy Office patches released on Patch Tuesday last week. Microsoft has started releasing fixes for the bad Office security patches. One of them, for...
Windows 10 1909: 7 oddities, quirks and inconsistencies
It's a "feature upgrade" without many new features, shares release documentation with its predecessor, and was ready to go a month before its actual release. Yes, Windows 10 1909 is a rare bird indeed.
What we know about the Win10 version 1909 upgrade — and what you can do about it
Microsoft magnanimously made the Win10 version 1909 upgrade a 'Download and install now' option for almost all PCs. The cumulative devil’s in the details, though, and extensive testing has filled out some of the picture. Here’s what’s...
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