MS: $4,000 for Daylight Saving Fix
Customers using Microsoft products that have entered their "Extended" support phase will need to fork over $4,000 for a patch that makes the software compatible with the new March 11 date for Daylight Saving Time (DST), according to Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.
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1.3.2007 Updates from the Microsoft Daylight Saving patch trenches
It's going to be a busy weekend for IT administrators still struggling to get their systems patched to handle the change to Daylight Saving Time (DST) on March 11.
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10.3.2007 Microsoft Releases Out of Cycle Patch to Fix Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft usually releases patches once a month, on a day called by the industry the “Patch Tuesday”.
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30.10.2008 Fix Windows 7 Update Stopped Working with Fix WU
Often due to missing dlls or other files windows functionality like firewall, automatic updates etc stops working.
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10.11.2009 Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Microsoft Products for the Year 2006
Overview
The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held during March 2006 in Melbourne Australia. Several Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania, have changed the Daylight Savings transition end dates to the first Sunday of April 2006.
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20.12.2005 World of Warcraft Patch 3.10 Released and Available for Download
Blizzard is really working hard to keep all those 11 million of subscribers to World of Warcraft happy and busy.
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15.4.2009 Fix for a Fix that fixes Windows Update fixes
Consider the following scenario. You apply the hotfix package that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 916089.
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21.2.2007 MS: Another Patch for cursor patch
Stop 0x0000007F error when you try to print from computers that are running Windows XP or Windows 2000 and that have GDI security update 925902 installed
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20.4.2007 Microsoft: We can Fix that for you
Microsoft Windows operating systems like Windows XP and Windows Vista provide troubleshooting options for errors that occur in your PC and sometimes provide a link which can have a solution for that error.
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3.1.2009 How to Fix Microsoft in Five (Not So) Easy Steps
It's summer and the living is supposed to be easy. Easy, that is, unless you're Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Ballmer just can't seem to appease Microsoft shareholders, customers and watchdogs, and no wonder. The company has lurched from one PR mess to the next.
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8.7.2006 How to fix Vista's network bottlenecks
As much as I enjoy using Vista, I’ve definitely noticed that in some networking activities, it definitely seems to struggle. Particularly compared with Windows XP.
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27.9.2007 Will Windows Mobile 7 fix updating?
According to a recent job posting, Microsoft might be changing how updates work on Windows Mobile with the release of version 7 next year.
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16.3.2009 Xbox 360 crash fix found
A gamer fed up with his new Xbox 360 crashing every 20 minutes has fixed the problem by raising the power supply off the ground with some string.
Dan, from Duluth, or 'goldeneyemaster' as he is known, told the game spot forum here that he thinks the main reason that the xBox 360 freezes is because the power supply overheats. The solution is to lift the power supply off the floor and allow the air to circulate better around it.
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26.11.2005 Microsoft tests fix for IE bug as exploits appear
A recently identified Internet Explorer security hole is now being exploited and Microsoft hopes to include a fix for it in its April 11 patch or maybe even earlier, according to a posting on a Microsoft blog. So far, attacks are limited in scope, Stephen Toulouse, head of Microsoft's Security Response Center, wrote on the center's blog on Saturday.
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28.9.2006 No fix for 'critical' hole in Windows 98, ME
Microsoft will not fix a serious flaw in Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition because a patch could break other applications.
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11.6.2006 Microsoft to issue fix for Zune glitch
Microsoft is planning to issue a firmware update next month designed to fix a glitch that is causing some owners of its Zune music player to experience skipping when playing songs purchased from Microsoft's online store.
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2.3.2007 Microsoft repairs cursor vulnerability fix
Microsoft on Tuesday plans to push out a fix to repair problems caused by last week's emergency cursor flaw patch.
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10.4.2007 Final iPod fix for Vista delivered
Microsoft Corp. yesterday released what it called the "final" fix for a problem that iPod owners had been having with the new Vista operating system since its Jan. 30 launch.
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10.5.2007 Here’s the list of fixes in those new Vista fix packs
I linked to an AeroXP post this morning listing hot fixes for Windows Vista provided in two new Knowledge Base postings. The AeroXP post is gone now. Poof!
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30.7.2007 Latest Windows 7 Updates Cause BSOD: Fix
TechARP had been providing giving updates on the Windows 7 Downgrade Rights Program. Now Microsoft has confirmed the same in a blog post, regarding the Windows 7 Downgrade rights program.
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16.4.2009 1st fix for Windows 7 RC 32bit
A folder that is created under the root of the system drive is missing entries in its security descriptor, which may cause some application failures on the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate 32-bit Ultimate
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11.5.2009 SafeDisc Windows XP Fix for Microsoft Games
When running a restricted user account with fast user switching under Windows XP, some games will not start correctly. The game requests that the original disk be placed in the drive, even if it is already present. To remedy this issue, download and run this fix.
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2.3.2006 Another Microsoft team looks to end ‘hot-fix hell’
You've heard of DLL hell. What about hot-fix hell — the case where multiple Microsoft fixes and/or service packs don't play nicely together?
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26.1.2007 Microsoft to Fix Critical Vista Flaw Early
Microsoft confirmed Sunday that it would not wait until April's "Patch Tuesday" to release a fix correcting a critical flaw in Windows Animated Cursor Handling, which affects most supported versions of the company's operating systems. Instead, an update is coming Tuesday.
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3.4.2007 Microsoft's fix for Automatic Updates lockup not working
Windows XP systems are still locking up during patch update attempts -- even after users deployed the fix suggested by Microsoft Corp.
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12.5.2007 Safely Remove Hardware fix for Windows Vista
When you click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification area on a Windows Vista based computer, and then you click Safely remove Device_name, the device may not be removed as expected.
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5.9.2007 No fix until June for Windows Home Server flaw
Microsoft dashed the hopes of users waiting for a fix to the Windows Home Server data-corruption issue Monday--the patch will not be available in its official form until June.
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11.3.2008 Fix Windows 7 Does Not Start After Force Shutdown of Computer
No Microsoft operating system is bug free and it starts getting uncovered as more and more users start using it.
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10.10.2009 Repair Corrupted Internet Explorer with Fix IE Utility
Often it happens that after getting infected with Malware, spywares or virus your Internet Explorer gets corrupted.
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13.10.2009 Fix Limited or No Connectivity Error on Windows Vista and 7
If you have DHCP based internet connection or using WIFI to connect to internet then you may come across one typical error message “Limited or No Connectivity”.
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5.11.2009MS: $4,000 for Daylight Saving Fix
Customers using Microsoft
products that have entered
their "Extended"
support phase will need to
fork over $4,000 for a patch
that makes the software
compatible with the new March
11 date for Daylight Saving
Time (DST), according to
Microsoft watcher Mary Jo
Foley...
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28.02.2007Microsoft Fixes Another August
Patch
Microsoft released a new
version of its patch intended
to fix a problem in Windows
Server service, saying the
original patch could cause
programs to fail if they
request more than one gigabyte
of contiguous memory...
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19.08.2006MS Issues Two Fixes for Patch
Tuesday
Microsoft issued two more
critical patches as part of
its regular Patch Tuesday
security update, including a
fix for a vulnerability when
viewing embedded Web fonts and
a flaw in the decoding of TNEF
messages. The company included
its WMF fix with the monthly
security updates...
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11.01.2006MS Patch Tuesday to Bring Nine
Fixes
Microsoft plans to fix several
holes in the security of
Windows during its monthly
"Patch Tuesday"
release next week, including
at least one deemed
"critical." Eight of
the patches will deal with
problems in the operating
system, and one will fix a
flaw in the company's
Exchange Server...
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07.10.2005Only One Patch Due in
Microsoft's Monthly Security
Fix
Expect a patch of a Windows
flaw deemed critical...
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09.09.2005Western Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Windows
Western Australia is
introducing daylight saving
for a trial period commencing
December 3, 2006. Several
Microsoft® products require
updates in order to display
the correct time during the
daylight saving period.
Western Australia is
introducing daylight saving on
a trial basis for the next
three years.
Microsoft products which are
aware of daylight saving time
changes need to be updated to
include the new Western
Australia time zone rules.
The following table shows
the start and end dates for
the daylight saving period in
each year of the trial
Start /
End
the hour of 2
a.m. on 03 Dec 2006 / the hour
of 2 a.m. on 25 March 2007
the hour of 2 a.m. on 28 Oct
2007 / the hour of 2 a.m. on
30 March 2008
the hour of
2 a.m. on 26 Oct 2008 / the
hour of 2 a.m. on 29 March
2009
Note: Both the
start and end time are
specified in standard time, so
the end time is 3 am daylight
saving time.
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06.12.2006Microsoft to issue critical patch for Office on May 12
Microsoft has issues a statement saying they will issue a "critical" patch this coming Tuesday to fix a flaw in Microsoft Office PowerPoint. The
single update is oddly timed, after Microsoft released eight patches to fix 23 vulnerabilities only days ago. Critical patches are the highest rating
Microsoft gives to updates, issuing an urgent warning to install the needed fix. The outstanding patch has been sitting idly by for almost a month
until questions were raised on why it was missed during the latest patches. The vulnerability was reported almost a month ago, back on April 2, in
Microsoft's Office PowerPoint can be triggered using rigged presentation files.
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08.05.2009Microsoft to Patch its
Security Patch
In response to problems
experienced by some customers
after installing the MS06-015
security update last week,
Microsoft is planning to issue
a new patch that includes a
workaround for the
compatibility issues. Only
users who have not installed
MS06-015 and those having
trouble will receive the fix...
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21.04.2006Critical Windows patch may
wreak PC havoc
A Microsoft patch
meant to fix critical security
flaws in Windows 2000, Windows
XP and Windows Server 2003 is
causing trouble for some
users, the company said
Friday.
Th
e patch was released Tuesday
to fix four Windows flaws,
including one that experts
predict will be exploited by a
worm in the coming days. The
flaw, tagged "critical" by
Microsoft, lies in a Windows
component for transaction
processing called the
Microsoft Distributed
Transaction Coordinator, or
MSDTC.
Installing
the patch can cause serious
problems, Microsoft said in an
advisory posted to its Web
site Friday. The patch could
lock users out of their PC,
prevent the Windows Firewall
from starting, block certain
applications from running or
installing, and empty the
network connections folder,
among other things, the
software maker said. ..
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16.10.2005MS: IE Patch Causing Browser
Crashes
Microsoft acknowledged
Wednesday that a glitch in its
patch intended to fix several
security vulnerabilities
within Internet Explorer may
cause the browser to crash
when visiting certain Web
sites...
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16.08.2006Patch Tuesday: Five critical for August 2009
Microsoft has issued an advanced security bulletin for August 2009 with five of the nine bulletins marked as "critical" and four are labelled as
"important". These five critical patches are to patch remote code execution and the other four fix elevation of privileges and Denial of Service
(DoS), where a hacker (or hackers) could allow Internet worms inside your computer without the use of user interaction. The nine patches being
released on Tuesday will fix flaws in a number of Microsoft products.
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08.08.2009Australia Daylight Saving - Revised Announcement - February 2008
Australia Eastern (New South Wales, Victoria, Australia Capital Territory and Tasmania) and Central (South Australia) time zones will extend daylight
saving and also harmonise start and end times commencing April 2008. From April 2008, daylight saving will end on the first Sunday in April and
recommence on the first Sunday in October in all states.
This change will affect Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Outlook and
other Microsoft, third party and custom applications:
- All Microsoft Windows PC, server and mobile devices in the affected time
zones will need to be updated.
- Microsoft Office Outlook calendars may need to be adjusted. Client and Server-based tools to automate this
process are available from the Microsoft Download Centre.
- Microsoft, third party and custom applications which schedule events at future
dates should be reviewed to ensure they will operate correctly during the extended daylight saving period. Previously scheduled events may also need
to be adjusted.
- Microsoft recommends that all PC and server systems are updated regardless of location to ensure consistency of
operation.
The
Australia 2008 Daylight Saving Planning
Guide is now available for download.
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06.02.2008Microsoft Preps for Daylight-Saving Time Headaches
Microsoft is taking steps to ease the transition back from daylight-saving time.
Microsoft is trying to ensure that when
daylight-saving time ends and Americans turn the clock back in the first week of November, the experience is seamless.
That was
not the case on March 11, when daylight-saving time started three weeks earlier than usual.
It will also end a week later than
usual, on Nov. 4, as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended daylight-saving time by a month in the United States, and came into
effect in 2007.
For those companies that do business in other parts of the world, the pain is not yet over. As much of the United
States and Canada "fall back" in November, there are going to be changes happening in Jordan, Egypt and New Zealand that were not planned in the
spring.
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14.09.2007Microsoft working on quick-fix capability for IT patch tools
Under the dark cloud of recent zero-day attacks, Microsoft is quickly working to update its enterprise patching tools to incorporate short-term, quick
fix technologies to thwart malware that is already actively exploiting vulnerabilities.
Microsoft's goal is to add its Fix-it
technology, introduced in January, into its overall patch management toolbox, which is anchored by Patch Tuesday. The idea is to streamline blockers
for zero-day attacks into current patching best practices.
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17.07.2009Microsoft Releases Fix for VML
Exploit
In what could be the quickest
patch ever to be released by
Microsoft, the company on
Tuesday publicly issued a fix
for the highly-publicized
Vector Markup Language (VML)
vulnerability that surfaced
last week and was being
actively exploited by numerous
attacks...
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27.09.2006Microsoft & Daylight Savings Time in North America
Because this year, Daylight Savings Time starts three weeks earlier than normal, on March 11th, 2007, and it is ending one week later than usual, on
November 4th, all software on your computer needs appropriate updates in order to have the correct time. Windows users with Automatic Updates
configured for Windows Update already have the necessary update to ensure the date and time change is made correctly. There are, however, various
other Microsoft programs that need to be updated as well. If you have noticed that one of your programs is not up to date, follow the links below to
download the appropriate update.
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04.11.2007Microsoft: Daylight Saving Fix for $4000 in Extended Support
Microsoft have decided to
reduce the pricing of a patch
to fix the new March 11 date
for Daylight Saving Time (DST)
from a whopping $40,000 to
a mere $4000 for products
that have left mainstream
support and have entered the
"Extended" support phase,
according to
Microsoft watcher Mary Jo
Foley.
Products
affected are Windows 2000,
Exchange Server 2000 and
Outlook 2000,
among
others. Microsoft explains
in a PowerPoint document
distributed to
analysts
"For
products that have entered
into the Extended Support
phase, Microsoft will provide
customers with the opportunity
to purchase the DST 2007
hotfix at a reduced price of
Four Thousand Dollars (US
$4,000). Customers will
only be charged a single fee
of $4,000 to obtain all
hotfixes, for products in
Extended Support phase, needed
to update their systems for
DST 2007.
"For
customers who have previously
purchased DST 2007 hotfixes
for products in Extended
Support, Microsoft will
reimburse the difference to
them under the new pricing
category."
A
Microsoft spokesman was quoted
saying the $4,000 price
represents a "substantial
discount" and that it was
merely to "cover costs".
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01.03.2007Mozilla Patches New Firefox
Flaw
Mozilla developers acted fast
to patch a new security
vulnerability in Firefox,
which slipped its way into the
first beta build of Firefox
1.5 and exists in earlier
versions as well. However, the
patch simply disables the
buggy feature while a
permenant fix is worked out...
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12.09.2005Microsoft Re-Re-Releases IE
Patch
Acknowledging that its
patching process has "not
been an example of our best
work," Microsoft this week
issued a second update to
security bulletin MS06-042,
which was released in August.
The original patch included a
security vulnerability - and
it turns out the fix
introduced even more...
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14.09.2006Oops -- New Sony DRM Patch
Insecure
Just one day after jointly
announcing a patch to correct
a security flaw in the
SunnComm MediaMax copy
protection included on 27 CDs,
Sony BMG and the Electronic
Frontier Foundation are urging
users not to install it. The
update includes a
vulnerability similar to the
one it attempted to fix...
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