{"id":5302,"date":"2020-08-31T07:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T11:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5302"},"modified":"2020-08-31T07:42:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T11:42:14","slug":"1400-windows-office-users-contributed-to-our-survey-on-the-state-of-microsoft-patching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/31\/1400-windows-office-users-contributed-to-our-survey-on-the-state-of-microsoft-patching\/","title":{"rendered":"1,400+ Windows\/Office users contributed to our survey on the state of Microsoft patching."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Consumers\u2019 overall impression of keeping Win10 up to date was similar to that of business respondents: Microsoft needs to make the process easier to manage and more reliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, individual Office users were relatively comfortable with the patching process \u2014 among those who use the suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full story in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/URL\">AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.34.0<\/a>&nbsp;(2020-08-31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in this week&#8217;s<span style=\"color:#ff0004\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> <\/span><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/plus-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AskWoody<\/strong><\/a><em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/plus-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Plus<\/a><\/strong><\/em> edition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>BEST OF THE LOUNGE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/patching-survey-consumer-2020\/#lounge-0\">Windows 7 stops checking for updates<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>PATCH WATCH:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/patching-survey-consumer-2020\/#patch-watch-0\">August patching: One less thing to worry about<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>SMALL-BUSINESS WEBSITES:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/patching-survey-consumer-2020\/#small-business-0\">Building your business website: Understanding the options<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>BEST UTILITIES:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/patching-survey-consumer-2020\/#best-utilities-0\">Freeware Spotlight \u2014 Fawkes<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com\/fadcab1b-6abe-11ea-9648-2a7e788be8da\" target=\"_blank\">Askwoody Free<\/a><\/strong> signup; 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