{"id":1785,"date":"2019-01-28T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2019-01-28T07:55:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T12:55:20","slug":"the-old-windowssecrets-gang-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/28\/the-old-windowssecrets-gang-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The old &#8216;Windows Secrets&#8217; gang is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good news! As many of you already know, Woody Leonhard is folding the Windows Secrets newsletter and Lounge into the operations at <a aria-label=\"AskWoody.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AskWoody.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s enlisted many of the original Windows Secrets crew to help out, including me, Susan Bradley, Tracy Capen, Woody himself, and others (<a aria-label=\"list (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">list<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m principally involved with the newly-launched AskWoody Plus newsletter, which is very much cast in the mold of the classic Windows Secrets newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been three issues so far. In the first issue, <a aria-label=\"a column from me (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-plus-issue-16-1-0-now-open-under-old-management\/#langalist-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my column<\/a> discussed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Windows Activation keys: &#8216;Use &#8217;em or lose &#8217;em?&#8217;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Recovering from a data-eating &#8216;INVALID PARTITION FOR DRIVE SIZE&#8221; error<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Choosing the best free MS Office alternatives<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a aria-label=\"My second column (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/preparing-for-the-windows-7-winter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My second column<\/a> discussed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><em>Five<\/em> different ways to fix airplane mode malfunctions (including a new one-click, instant reset for&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>all<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;your network adapters)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>A look at some of the new energy-use monitors in Win10\u2019s Task Manager<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not the only newsletter author, of course &#8212; those two issues, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/alert-no-16-0-1-2019-01-10-new-problems-with-windows-patching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"third issue (opens in a new tab)\">third issue<\/a> (published just today), contain plenty more good information from the rest of the Windows Secrets gang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current plans call for the newsletter to be published each week, with in-between updates as required. I&#8217;ll have a column in every other issue or so, and plan to mostly focus on topics more complex and involved than the items that typically appear here on Langa.Com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, AskWoody Plus is entirely <a aria-label=\"free and  open to the public (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free and open to the public<\/a>! Drop by, take a look, poke around the newsletters and the rest of the entire, vibrant AskWoody site!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, the &#8220;Plus&#8221; content will be for subscribers only, but &#8212; also following in the Windows Secrets tradition &#8212; Woody uses a &#8220;pay what you think it&#8217;s worth&#8221; model for Plus subscriptions.  No one need feel &#8216;priced out&#8217; of access to good information: You can help to keep the lights lit and the servers running by contributing whatever you think is fair. (<a aria-label=\"Plus membership information (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/plus-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plus membership information<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, over here at Langa.com, I&#8217;ll continue posting shorter, &#8216;quick take&#8217; kinds of columns and items. <a aria-label=\"Send in your questions (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Send in your questions<\/a>, and I&#8217;ll answer &#8217;em if I can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope to see and hear from you here, and over at <a aria-label=\"AskWoody.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AskWoody.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><em>Permalink: <a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=1785\">https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=1785<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to ask Fred a question? 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