Craig Peterson's Tech Talk

Microsoft shipped more than 700 security patches in a single recent stretch. The host's reaction is the honest one — do they not test any of this? — and Craig's answer is the part that matters more: those 700 cover Microsoft's own software, and not even all of it. Everything else on the machine stays exactly where it was. That is the whole segment in one line. Windows Update never touches third-party software. Adobe Reader, the PDF tools, the utilities, the things installed years ago and never thought about again — none of it is in that count. Craig also explains what changed about timing. For years the math ran in your favor: a flaw was found, and it took somewhere between six months and a year before anyone built something that could use it. That was your slack. You could wait for a quiet weekend. That window has closed to roughly a day, which means a patch you postpone is no longer a patch you postponed. Also in this segment: Why the loan robocalls keep coming, what the callback is actually fishing for, a