{"id":2541,"date":"2019-04-15T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2019-04-15T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T13:20:32","slug":"new-weekly-newsletter-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/15\/new-weekly-newsletter-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"New Weekly Newsletter available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week\u2019s new\u00a0<em><strong>AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Issue 16.14.0 \u2013 2019-04-15 ) newsletter is out; and for a while, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/\"><strong>read it for free, here<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s issue includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>LANGALIST:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/windows-secrets-lounge-merging-into-askwoody-com\/#langalist-0\"><strong>Why won\u2019t some Win10 PCs update?<\/strong><\/a> A number of LangaList readers have reported being still stuck with a\u00a0<em>year-old<\/em>\u00a0version of Windows 10 \u2014 Release 1803 \u2014 and their setups will not or cannot upgrade to the current version! Here\u2019s an example \u2014 and a path to possible fixes.<strong>Plus:<\/strong> A classic \u201cno-reformat, nondestructive reinstall\u201d for Windows 10.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>WINDOWS SECRETS UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/windows-secrets-lounge-merging-into-askwoody-com\/#windows-secrets-0\"><strong>Windows Secrets Lounge merging into AskWoody.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0The main merge has begun. With about 180,000 Topics (mostly posted questions) and about a million Replies (answers and discussions) there\u2019s an enormous amount of data moving over. In this column Woody talk about what you need to know in order to make the leap from Windows Secrets to AskWoody. The steps are easy \u2014 but you have to initiate them!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">null<li><strong>PATCH WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/windows-secrets-lounge-merging-into-askwoody-com\/#patch-watch-0\"><strong>April patching plays a late joke on Win7\/Win8.1<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>OFFICE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/windows-secrets-lounge-merging-into-askwoody-com\/#office-0\"><strong>Managing meetings like a\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>polite<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0pro<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous issues are archived&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s this about?<\/strong>&nbsp;Woody Leonhard has launched a new newsletter that\u2019s very much cast in the mold of the classic <strong><em>Windows Secrets&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>newsletter, with the latest articles on Microsoft Windows, PC maintenance, security, best apps, smartphones, and other important computing topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the original Windows Secrets gang have signed on, including Woody himself, Susan Bradley, Tracy Capen, myself, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">others<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, the&nbsp;<em><strong>AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;newsletter will be by subscription, but for now it\u2019s open and <strong>free to all<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click on over <\/a>and take a look!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Permalink:<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2541\"><em><strong>https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2541<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"6\" data-attachment-id=\"1999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/around-boston-the-nearly-snowless-winter-continues\/seperator-short-grey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"104,6\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SEPERATOR short grey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?resize=104%2C6\" alt=\"[seperator]\" class=\"wp-image-1999\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong>  on <strong>THIS ITEM?<\/strong> <em>See the<\/em> <strong>Comment box<\/strong> <em>at bottom of this page!<\/em><br><b><em><br><\/em>NEW QUESTION? <\/b><em>Ask<\/em><b> <u><font color=\"#000117\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/font><\/u><\/b>!<br><br>(<em>Want free notification of new content? 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