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douglas9

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2. MS-DEFCON System

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 07:31 AM

Yesterday

I have a rating system that lets individual Microsoft consumers know when it’s safe to install patches. I call it the Microsoft Patch Defense Condition Level, or MS-DEFCON for short. It’s modeled after the US armed forces DEFCON system and uses the same colors as the US Homeland Security alert levels.

The smaller the number, the higher the risk.

https://www.askwoody.com/ms-defcon-system/

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