I can't connect to messenger (two seperate accounts) and msn.com and passport.com are down for me. Anyone else having problems? Email worms hit them again ...?
At work we still have a couple of people that use a version of AutoCAD LT purchased in 1994.
This predates Windows 95 and works fine on versions of Windows up to XP. Its long since run in an locked down isolated XP VM, accessible via RDP.
I did install LibreCAD for them, however they said it was just too different to get to grips with. In all fairness one of them is now 75 and the other is almost 60.
Nothing is stopping you from continuing with your testing cadence.
If updates are released every 2 weeks instead of 4, and you test once every 4 weeks, the exact same amount of patches will still be available for you in those 4 weeks.
For example:
Before
4th week - patch 1, 2, 3, 4
After
2nd week - patch 1 and 2
4th week - patch 3 and 4
Still the same amount after 4.
Everyone else has said it. I'm gonna say it - you don't know what you're talking about.
I do. I have two laptops. One work, one personal. I have access to two more laptops - both personal. At home I manually update my personal laptop when I see on Neowin that there is an update - I carry on and only apply the updates when I am ready. My work one only updates when my workplace decides to send it - I carry on and only apply the updates (when they actually arrive, which is usually days after the release) when I switch off the laptop at the end of the day as usual. The two other personal laptops only get updated when I get to it which is rarely - the people who own them carry on using them until I get to it and update them.
All of the browsers on all laptops are configured to restore the tabs when launched.
Google and Microsoft have changed from 6 weeks to 4, and it looks like it's going to move to 2. None of these changes affect how any of these browsers on the laptops are used. Not one jot.
My advice to you is stop panicking whenever you see an update. Just carry on with what you're doing. This even benefits you in a way - from your comment you sound like you don't like the changes or the frivolous new features - great - then carry on as before!
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I can't connect to messenger (two seperate accounts) and msn.com and passport.com are down for me. Anyone else having problems? Email worms hit them again ...?
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