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What’s New Wednesday: August 2026 August 12, 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday August 2026, this month Microsoft has released patches for 400 flaws including 1 actively exploited and 2 publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 176 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 11 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 110 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 86 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities…

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IT Tips and Tricks: Turn off the New Security Warnings on RDP Connections April 15, 2026 – Posted in: IT Tips & Tricks

You may have noticed that your RDP connections have started throwing up a couple of new windows when you try to connect, this change seem to affect connections to servers, PCs and terminal servers. The first popup one is a warning, it makes some good points, and you’ve probably already found the “don’t show again” box at the bottom so it doesn’t pop up next time. The second one is more irritating. It pops up…

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What’s New Wednesday: April 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to April 2026 this month Microsoft has released patches for 167 flaws including 2 zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 93 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 13 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 20 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 21 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 10 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities 9 Spoofing Vulnerabilities…

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What’s New Wednesday: February 2026 February 11, 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Februrary 2026 this month Microsoft has released patches for 58 flaws, 6 of which are actively exploited zero-days. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 25 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 5 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 12 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 6 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 3 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities…

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Whats New Wednesday: January 2026 January 14, 2026 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to the first Patch Tuesday of 2026. Microsoft’s New Year offering included patches for 8 critical vulnerabilities, including 3 zero-day flaws. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 57 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 3 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 22 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 22 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 2 Denial of…

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What’s New Wednesday: December 2015 December 10, 2025 – Posted in: IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to the last Patch Tuesday of 2025. Yes, it’s December already. Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays and an excellent New Year to you all, I’m sure you’ll be delighted to hear what Microsoft has for your stockings this year – 57 flaws were patched including 1 actively exploited and 2 zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if…

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Christmas Opening Hours December 9, 2025 – Posted in: Dates to Remember, News

Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays and an excellent New Year to all. We’re open on Christmas Eve and on the 29th, 30th and 31st of December, when we will be running a skeleton service. We’ll do everything we can to make sure there’s no interruption to your services during these times, and that any emergencies are dealt with accordingly. We would kindly ask that during that time only major, system-wide or critical issues are…

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What’s New Wednesday: Patch Tuesday November 2025 November 12, 2025 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday November 2025. 63 flaws were patched including 1 zero-day vulnerability and 4 critical vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 29 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 2 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 16 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 11 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 3 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities 2 Spoofing…

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What’s New Wednesday: Patch Tuesday October 2025 October 15, 2025 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday October 2025, final updates for Windows 10, Office 2016 and 2019, and Exchange 2016 and 2019. 172 flaws were patched including 6 zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 80 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 11 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 31 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 28…

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What’s New Wednesday: Patch Tuesday September 2025 September 10, 2025 – Posted in: IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

Welcome to Patch Tuesday September 2025, 81 flaws were patched including two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today, and we may restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 41 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 2 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 22 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 16 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 3 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities 1 Spoofing Vulnerability There…

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