Tips
Tuesday tips: what to do about the Windows 10 machines you still have
The cheap year of Windows 10 paid support runs out on 13 October. After that the price per machine doubles. Here is how to work out what you owe.
Resource Center
Plain-English notes on the things that actually break.
Microsoft 365
Four Intune changes from August worth turning on
Microsoft ships Intune changes every month and most of them go unread. Four from the August release are worth ten minutes of your time.
Security
Microsoft patched a Windows flaw attackers were already using. Check you got it.
CVE-2026-68820 was being exploited before the fix existed. The patch shipped on 11 August. The part people get wrong is confirming it actually installed.
Backup
How to tell whether your backup actually works
Almost every firm has a backup. Very few have ever restored from one. Here is the ten-minute check that tells you which kind you have.
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