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The end-of-the-year patching all-clear
As 2020 slips away and '21 comes into view, it's time to get Microsoft's latest patches installed, and maybe do a little DIY upgrades on your hardware.
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It’s that time of the month to give the final 2020 all-clear for installing updates.
Microsoft has already fixed the issue with KB4592438 for Windows 10 20H2 and 2004, where if you were lucky, or rather, unlucky enough to perform a chkdsk c: /f on your system after installing the December updates you might have been forced to rebuild your system — not exactly the greatest holiday present from Microsoft. As I noted last week, this issue was fixed with a cryptic behind-the-scenes update for those who get their updates from Windows update.