Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month’s big bugs — and no Previews

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Computerworld Microsoft May 16, 2018 Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month's big bugs — and no Previews The third Tuesday of the month brought a handful of fixes, but nothing that addresses the Win10 1803 solid-state drive fiasco, or the network clobbering in Windows 7 — and there are no Monthly Rollup Previews. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • FAQ: How Edge's Application Guard and isolated browsing work • Office 365: A guide to the updates • The best places to find Windows 10 ISOs • Win10 version 1803 incompatible with Toshiba solid state drives, too • Microsoft finally stops screwing Surface Pro 4 owners with flickergate • Two more evolving threats: JavaScript in Excel and payment processing in Outlook • Surface Pro (2017) owners hitting Win10 1803 update blue screens. Now we know why. FAQ: How Edge's Application Guard and isolated browsing work Microsoft has added anti-malware, anti-exploit technology to Windows 10 Pro in a bid to make the Web safer for employees using the company's Edge browser. Read More ▶ Office 365: A guide to the updates Get the latest info on feature, bug fix and security updates for Office 365 for Windows as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for Version 1804 (Build 9226.2156), released May 14, 2018. Read More ▶ The best places to find Windows 10 ISOs How and where to safely grab these sometimes-elusive beasts — including versions from years past. Read More ▶ Win10 version 1803 incompatible with Toshiba solid state drives, too First we find out Win10 version 1803 doesn't work with Intel SSD6 solid state drives -- thus, by implication, many Surface Pro (2017) machines -- now we learn it also doesn't work with Toshiba SSDs. Read More ▶ Microsoft finally stops screwing Surface Pro 4 owners with flickergate In a well-orchestrated Friday night news dump, Microsoft has announced a reversal of its customer-antagonistic flickergate policy. If you have a Surface Pro 4 that flickers like a firefly in heat, you can now exchange it for a refurbished Surface Pro 4. Golly. Read More ▶ Two more evolving threats: JavaScript in Excel and payment processing in Outlook In the well-established Office Ready-Fire-Aim tradition, Microsoft adds two new "features" that beg to be abused. Details appeared at Build, and the bad guys already have their keyboards primed. Read More ▶ Surface Pro (2017) owners hitting Win10 1803 update blue screens. Now we know why. Microsoft and Intel now agree: If your machine has an Intel SSD 600p or SSD Pro 6000p, don't force it to install the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, version 1803. Surface Pro 2017 owners with a compromised SSD have an extra hurdle: bad advice. Surely someone tests these things, don't they? Read More ▶ Subscribe to Computerworld First Look Sign up for our popular daily newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's top stories, first thing in the morning. We deliver breaking news and in-depth features on topics like Windows 10 and enterprise mobility, as well as authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ Get the Deep Technology Insights You Need Get ongoing access to our exclusive Insider content — in-depth articles available only to Insider members. You get access not only to Computerworld's Insider content but to selected Insider content from InfoWorld, CIO.com, Network World, CSO, and other IDG publications. Sign up at no cost today! ▶

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