TechRepublic Resources
- Windows XP SP3 back on Windows Update
- Windows XP SP3 is now back online for automatic download via Microsoft's Windows Update service. This comes shortly after the hasty withdrawal last week of both Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1 following the discovery of a compatibility issue. The compatibility issue involved Microsoft's Dynamics Retail...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Windows XP SP3, Microsoft RMS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Operating Systems, Software, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Software and Patch Management with Software Update Service, Windows Update and SMS - Level 200
- This webacst covers installation and configuration of Software Update Services (SUS) and use of Group Policy to configure clients to use SUS for Automatic Updates. Review Systems Management Server (SMS) features and learn how to install and distribute SUS packages for SMS.
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Software Update Services, Microsoft Windows Update, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, SMS, Microsoft Systems Management Server
- Webcasts
- TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Solutions for Windows Update Management (Level 200)
- This webcast explores update management for Microsoft Windows. Through this webcast one can learn about the business case for update management and the vulnerability timeline, and can see a demonstration of how the timeline gets shorter with every new vulnerability. This webcast helps to learn about the severity ratings that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Webcast, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Update Management, Microsoft TechNet
- Webcasts
- TechNet Webcast: Ask the IT Security Experts: Overview and Functionality Changes in the Upcoming Windows Update Services Release (Level 200)
- This webcast series brings together some of the sharpest, security-focused, Microsoft IT professionals to provide expert answers to the viewer's security questions. This webcast explains the new features and added functionality in the next generation of Software Update Services (SUS). The presenters of this webcast will explain Microsoft Windows Update...
- Tags: Security, IT Security, Microsoft Windows Update, Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- 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...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Update, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Tim Malone
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Confusion as Office 2007 SP1 arrives via Windows Update for some
- Some users have received the massive Office 2007 SP1 download that was released just last week via Windows Update. This is despite what Microsoft said about SP1 being a separate download until a later date, at least several months from now. This has understandably caused...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- TweakVI Basic (exe)
- Unlike other tweaking utilities, TweakVI bundles lots of different utilities in one. It was developed to combine both tuning and optimizing features to increase the speed of your Windows Vista system. It's the worlds first software for Windows Vista to combine both customization, tweaking and optimization features. Version 1 build...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-10
- IE7 Error Ocurred Printing after Windows Update
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP SP2.A few days ago (after having installed it over a year ago) whenever I print I get a dialog box that says "An error ocurred duirng this operation". At the same time, sound through IE7 (playing videos, etc.) is not working.The most recent...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Alan.Mick@..., Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2007-11-24
- how to back up service pack 1 and service pack 2 for Windows XP
- how do you effectively back up all of the security updates as well as service pack 1 and 2 for windows xp professional. I have it on my home pc but have had to reinstall xp 2 or 3 times over the years due to different circumstances but am tired...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Security administration, mag72867@..., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Update, service pack, Service Pack 2
- Discussion threads 2007-11-17
- Server Logins and Windows Updates
- After the last round of Windows updates, all of our servers are defaulting to the local machine at the Windows login instead of the domain login.Anyone else seen this or am I the only one?
- Tags: Operating systems, rickk@..., Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, server
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- Go to WindizUpdate (7-fx)
- Go to WindizUpdate is designed to provide an alternative to Windows Update which will run in Firefox, Netscape or Opera. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-10-15
- Microsoft admits to stealth updates
- Over the last few weeks, and without user approval of any kind, Windows Update has updated nine executable files on both Windows XP and Windows Vista. We first reported about this last week in Microsoft caught doing stealth updates, in which a user noticed files being modified...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- Control user access to Windows Update with Windows Server 2003 Group Policy
- Windows Windows Update is a wonderfully useful application that allows central management and automatic installation of updates for Windows Server 2003. There are other solutions that do this, but Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services Server are cost-effective solutions that work well in many cases. However,...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Derek Schauland
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Windows update triggers Skype outage
- Folks, the word is out on the official Skype Heartbeat Blog. The outage that started on Thursday, August 16, 2007, was "triggered by a massive restart of [Skype users'] computers across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted after receiving a routine set of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Network, P2P, Skype Technologies S.A., Outage, Peer To Peer (P2P), Microsoft Windows, Networking, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Halo for Windows Update (0-1)
- The Halo Update v1.02 adds support for multiple instances to our (Bungie) dedicated server, enabling us and the community to roll out many more servers for gamers. Also introduced are client support for RCon (Remote Console), allowing dedicated server operators to have control over their servers running in data centers....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-08-24
- Halo for Windows Update v1.031 (0-1)
- The Halo Update v1.031 adds to the changes from v1.02, providing many options to allow servers to automatically prevent players from repeatedly killing teammates, by setting thresholds for automatic temporary or permanent bans, and limitations to the amount of damage teammates can do to each other. This update also includes...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Corp., Option, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-16
- FIXED: Windows Update generate Error: 0x800A0007
- One of my Windows Server 2003 SP1 wasn't reporting its status to the WSUS server for more than a month. So I checked to see what is going on by running Windows Updates on the server in question locally. I was getting the Error: 0x800A0007 when I tried to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, selinathe1, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- Windows update triggers Skype outage
- How do you think the state of confidence in Skype now stands?How do you think the state of confidence in Skype now stands?RE: Windows update triggers Skype outageIt all goes back to the fact that Microsoft Windows is the root of all evil in the world of IT. Skype...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Microsoft Windows, paulmah@..., Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Windows Update
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Windows updates in a P2P Network, how?
- We have about 15 to 20 PCs in the office. We don't have a server of any kind. All the PCs are running winxp pro. My question is, how do I make sure that all the PCs have the latest widows updates? Also, can anyone recommend any antispyware for this...
- Tags: Patches, Desktops, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows Update, warpman999@..., network, P2P, Microsoft Windows, Automatic Update, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Fedora Updates vs Windows Updates
- I've got Fedora 7 running in a virtual machine. I started it up today and got a popup saying 41 updates were ready. I clicked for the updates to install and let them run. I then got a window saying I should reboot due to the updates,...
- Tags: Palmetto, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, Fedora Project, reboot, kernel, Mandriva
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
