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- A simple fix for Microsoft Update problems
- Microsoft Windows is the most widely used desktop operating system in the world. That doesn't necessarily make it the best. For many of us, supporting it is how we make our living. One of the endearing and annoying features of this ubiquitous OS is the monthly patch update process. Most of the time...
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Microsoft update has disabled Word2003's ability to read older files !
- My desktop admin applied a patch today which has caused MS Word to stop being able to read files from older versions of word. This is causing a serious problem since our business communicates with a lot of clients running different versions of word. We test all patches...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- Microsoft Updates from SBS in Workgroup
- Is there a way to push Microsoft Updates from an SBS 2003 Server in a workgroup environment?no such animalSBS 2003 Server is an Active Directory domain operating system. you CAN just install Windows Server 2003 and not proceed with the SBS configuration, but what's the point? Big waste of capabilities...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- MIcrosoft Update KB930178
- I have a windows xp home edition cmoputer that, on startup, would go to start normally, last known configuration, or boot safe mode. It would not start normally, kept returning to the same screen, booted in safe mode and was able to do a restore point. In downloading...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- Microsoft Update
- Please Help!! Updates are ready for your computer Loop....Updates continue to try to run (75 or so) but they contiually come back with failed failed failed...not sure what to do. Then it says I do not have permission to do a windows update. This is very confusing to say...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-07
- Automatically switch to Microsoft Updates Without Visiting Website?
- We have several remote sites with about 5 to 20 workstations at each site.We can set GPOs to schedule automatic updates, but many of the workstations only have "Windows Update" and we need to get them all to use "Microsoft Updates" so Office will also be automatically updated at the...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-19
- Microsoft announces security bulletin changes
- A Microsoft spokesperson just notified me of planned changes to both the advanced notification service ANS and format of the monthly scheduled Microsoft security bulletins. These changes are worthy of note, but they will not affect the actual information provided -- just the way it is presented.According to the spokesperson,...
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- The MOICE Office 2003 security plug-in
- Microsoft plans to release a plug-in to protect users from exploits targeting an ever-growing number of Office vulnerabilities. Known as MOICE Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment, the tool converts Office 2003 Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents to the Office 2007 Open XML format. This creates a document that...
- Blog posts 2007-05-11
- An Unintended Consequence of The Fixed Patch Cycle
- Fixed Patch Cycle ThreatsAlthough many of us cheered when Microsoft designated a Patch Tuesday regimen for releasing most security patches, hackers quietly cheered also and we are now beginning to see the unintended consequences of trying to make IT managers lives easier by having regularly scheduled patch days.Stop the patching...
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Threat
- A newly released Microsoft Security Advisory warns that the Redmond company is investigating reports of attacks taking place against Windows 2000 Server Service SP4 as well as Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2.The Mitre CVE reference for this is CVE-2007-1748. Details are few at this time but Microsofts report confirms...
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- Is Firefox ALSO affected by the Microsoft ANI vulnerability?
- A report on ZDNet UK suggests that the animated cursor vulnerability just patched in yesterdays Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017 can also make Firefox browsers running in a Windows environment vulnerable to the threat.The individual who initially reported the ANI vulnerability privately to Microsoft, Alexander Sotirov of Determina, has told ZDNet.uk.co,...
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- MS07-017: "Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution"
- Microsoft today released a patch for the critical-rated vulnerability in animated cursors that has been widely reported by me in this blog and elsewhere.Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017 is a patch for a remote execution vulnerability that is already being exploited.But, in addition to that .ani file vulnerability, this security bulletin...
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Microsoft will patch ANI vulnerability Tuesday April 03 (out of sequence)
- A Microsoft spokesperson notified me that the software giant is planning to release a Security Bulletin and patch for the new animated cursor vulnerability which is already being exploited in the wild. MS07-017 will support the regular automatic update procedure so those who take advantage of it will not need...
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Windows Animated Cursor Risk to all Windows, including Vista
- Microsoft has confirmed the threat. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/935423.mspxThere are already reports of this zero-day vulnerability being actively exploited.The risk, of course, is that an attacker could run arbitrary code on the vulnerable system, making this an extremely dangerous threat. Microsoft reports that these platforms are specifically affected:Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4Microsoft...
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- Protect your laptop from ad hoc wireless networks
- Over the past several months there have been a host of articles written about an issue with the Windows XP’s default wireless settings. The issue discussed is the automatic search for, and connection to, computer-to-computer wireless networks without user intervention.In this post, I take a quick look at why...
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- No Regular Microsoft Security Bulletins for March
- A Microsoft spokesperson just confirmed to me that, although the company is still investigating "potential and existing vulnerabilities," there would be no regular monthly update this month. For more information see http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/03/08/march-2007-advance-notification.aspx that page states in part: “We will though...
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- UPDATE to MS Security Bulletin MS07-002
- A Microsoft spokesperson just notified me that there was an update to MS07-002: "on Thursday, January 18, 2007, Microsoft issued a targeted re-release of the MS07-002 update for customers running Excel 2000. While the original version of this security update for Excel 2000 does protect against all vulnerabilities discussed...
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- UPDATE to MS Security Bulletin MS07-002
- A Microsoft spokesperson just notified me that there was an update toMS07-002:"on Thursday, January 18, 2007, Microsoft issued a targeted re-releaseof the MS07-002 update for customers running Excel 2000. While theoriginal version of this security update for Excel 2000 does protectagainst all vulnerabilities discussed in the bulletin, it does...
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- Configuring Windows XP for Windows Update and Microsoft Update
- Configuring Windows XP for Windows Update and Microsoft Update
- Discussion threads 2006-10-06
- Weird virus/trojan in Microsoft Security Update ???
- On Saturday, I needed to download a help file from Microsoft for Visual Basic 2005. I downloaded the file, and then tried to open the file, but was told that I needed a certain Windows Update on my machine.It has been my policy NOT to load any Windows Updates or...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-02
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