{"id":2219,"date":"2019-03-04T09:45:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2019-03-04T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:46:06","slug":"march-4-newsletter-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/04\/march-4-newsletter-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"March 4 newsletter posted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week\u2019s new\u00a0<em><strong>AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0newsletter is out; and for a while, you can\u00a0<a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/windows-update-errors-cause-os-version-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\">read it for free, here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s inside issue 16.8.0:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>LANGALIST:<\/strong> Microsoft\u2019s massive, four-month-long series of Windows update screw-ups and outages has left some readers\u2019 PCs in the weeds. 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