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Kept in Service

Notes on machines kept in service, from the first power-on to the second owner

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Software and safety

Operating systems, updates, backups, accounts, browsers and the settings that keep a working computer working, without a subscription for everything.

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A home office desk at dusk, an older laptop open to a plain text page, a current phone face down beside it, warm lamp light from the left, shot from slightly above.
Plate SW-003 The machine keeps working past its support date. The updates are what stop arriving.

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  1. A home office desk at dusk, an older laptop open to a plain text page, a current phone face down beside it, warm lamp light from the left, shot from slightly above.
    SW-003

    When a Desktop's Operating System Stops Getting Updates

    An operating system past its support date keeps running exactly as before. The security updates just stop arriving. How to find the date, read it correctly, and decide what to do before it passes.

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    Software and safety · 872 words · 2 sources
    Caveat
    this record cites only learn.microsoft.com

  2. A home office desk at dusk, an older laptop open to a plain text page, a current phone face down beside it, warm lamp light from the left, shot from slightly above.
    SW-002

    Why an Old Browser Turns a Page Blank

    A page travels from server to screen through weight, scripts, certificates and fonts. Here is where an unupdated browser drops it and what a reader can still

    Particulars
    Software and safety · 1098 words · 1 source
    Caveat
    this record cites only rfc-editor.org

  3. A home office desk at dusk in late autumn, an open laptop showing a storage settings panel, a notebook with two handwritten numbers beside it, a warm desk lamp lighting the keyboard, shot from slightly above at a three-quarter angle.
    SW-001

    Where a Laptop Drive's Free Space Goes

    What fills a laptop drive without warning, which caches and system files are safe to remove, and how to reclaim space in a measured order.

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    Software and safety · 1236 words · 1 source
    Caveat
    this record cites only support.apple.com