Untrustworthy OEM updaters cause trouble

Keeping a PC up to date gets harder as the system ages, especially when OEM and vendor update tools start missing things entirely — or actively making bad suggestions!

Here are several ways to help ensure that your PC’s BIOS, hardware drivers, operating system, and software are getting all the updates they need — and not getting any updates they don’t!

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.28.0 (2021-07-26).

Also in this issue:

  • MICROSOFT 365: Microsoft 365 plans revealed!
  • WINDOWS 11: Update: Where does TPM live?
  • PUBLIC DEFENDER: What’s up with Firefox 90? Should you go back to version 88?
  • BEST UTILITIES: Freeware Spotlight — Logyx Pack
  • ON SECURITY: Microsoft deemphasizes backing up

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Fred Langa

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