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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
download - comments - 20.4.2007

Windows 7 Plus Patch V6

Windows 7 All versions PlusPatch V6 By Orbit30 [keznews forum]
download - comments - 6.1.2009

Windows Home Server patch is out

Hewlett Packard now has its hands on the Windows Home Server (WHS) update for which it decided to delay its MediaSmart Home Server.
windows - comments - 20.9.2007

Windows Vista Patch for DNS client

Microsoft just released a Windows Vista Patch.
windows - comments - 28.2.2007

Two Windows bulletins coming on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is planning a very light Patch Tuesday this month. - This is an advance notification of two security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on November 13, 2007.
microsoft - comments - 8.11.2007

Windows Vista Iso BillGates to MSDN patch 2

Second Little path for BillGates ISO of Windows Vista RTM to transform this release into legit MSDN release.
download - comments - 18.11.2006

Shrinking patch windows hit by automated attacks

The length of time between the development of security patches and the development of exploits targeting the security holes they address has been dropping for some time.
windows - comments - 21.4.2008

Microsoft to release EMERGENCY patch for Windows today

Cheers Bink for the heads up that Microsoft has notified him that they will release an emergency security patch later today.
download - comments - 23.10.2008

Windows Vista Iso BillGates To Legit MSDN PATCH

Little path for BillGates ISO of Windows Vista RTM to transform this release into legit MSDN release.
download - comments - 13.11.2006

OEM Logo and Information for Windows Vista - Auto Patch

Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in forum. You have successfully activate Windows Vista instantly in OEM style by using hardware-level BIOS ACPI-SLIC mod, or one of the two software based OEM BIOS emulator such as softmod SLIC BIOS bootloader and Paradox OEM BIOS Emulation Toolkit.
download - comments - 20.3.2007

Patch Tuesday: MS plans 5 Security Patches, 4 for Windows

Bink is reporting that on Tuesday April 10, 2007 Microsoft plans to release the following updates as part of its Patch Tuesday cycle.
microsoft - comments - 6.4.2007

Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.36.0 patch

I just found the latest Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.36.0 cracked by Team ETH0. Release date of this cracked WGA is on 17 May 2007.
download - comments - 20.5.2007

Patch Tuesday - Fixes for Windows XP/Vista & Server

Windows XP users are urged to fire up Windows Update and install these if you don't already allow for "Automatic Updates".
microsoft - comments - 11.6.2008

Blue Badge patch for Windows 7 unlocks additional features

On November 2, Rafael Rivera, announced that his indications that the Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build 6801 has some locked additional options, were right.
windows - comments - 11.11.2008

Microsoft's Latest Critical Fixes Include Buggy Windows Patch

For the second time in three months, Microsoft has released a buggy patch for problems it had deemed to be "critical."

Messages on Microsoft's newsgroups about problems began accumulating as early as Wednesday Oct. 12, within 24 hours of the patches' debut. Late Friday, Microsoft acknowledged the buggy patch in one of its infrequent security advisories, and said that customers had reported a wide variety of strange behaviors after installing one of the three critical patches released that week.
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Tuesday Microsoft will release 2 Windows patches, 1 Exchange patch, some critical

Security Updates - One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Exchange. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Critical. These updates may require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
microsoft - comments - 5.5.2006

Fake Windows patch e-mail leads to Trojan horse attack

Messages insisting that users install a just-released Microsoft Corp. security update are bogus and actually lead to a site that plants malicious code on PCs, several security companies warned today.
windows - comments - 28.6.2007

Critical Security Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final

Windows XP SP3 was barely out the door, when Microsoft rushed to issue the first critical patch for the service pack. Concomitantly with the general availability of the last service pack for XP, Microsoft dropped the first critical security update designed to patch Internet Explorer 7 running on XP SP3 RTM Build 5512.
windows - comments - 8.5.2008

Microsoft to push Windows Server 2003 SP2 via Automatic Updates on Patch Tuesday

On June 12, this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft will be delivering more than its usual bundle of security fixes and patches for Windows, Office and other products. The company also will be starting to push Windows Server 2003 Service Pack (SP) 2 to customers via its Automatic Updates patching mechanism.
windows - comments - 10.6.2007

Microsoft patch can cause IE trouble

Microsoft's security update from Aug. 8 to Internet Explorer is causing browser trouble for some systems.
microsoft - comments - 16.8.2006

Unlimited ReArm Patch

Automatic patch for Vista RTM. Current 3 people have reported that this has worked for them.
download - comments - 26.11.2006

BitTorrent Acceleration Patch 4.7.3

BitTorrent Acceleration Patch description - An innovative plug-in for BitTorrent that boosts your download speed
download - comments - 13.4.2008

Battlefield 2 Patch 1.03 Released

After much delay, the 1.03 patch for Battlefield 2 has finally been released. Include is Wake Island 2007 map, new server browser features, a nickname prefix feature, a BFHQ compare function, improved mod support, HUD & map enhancements, a dozen gameplay tweaks, a large number of bug fixes, and more.


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IE Patch Beats Coal In Your Stocking

If not for a terrible virus infection, I would have blogged about the Internet Explorer Zero Day exploit days ago.
microsoft - comments - 19.12.2008

Microsoft Patch Tuesday heads-up

Microsoft plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday with patches for a range of serious security vulnerabilities affecting millions of Windows users.
microsoft - comments - 5.2.2009

Microsoft: Patch now or face attacks

Microsoft today shipped four bulletins with patches for at least 8 documented security vulnerabilities affecting Windows users and warned that “consistent exploit code could be easily crafted” to launch attacks via the Internet Explorer browser.
microsoft - comments - 10.2.2009

6 patches for July patch Tuesday

Microsoft on Tuesday will issue six security bulletins for patch Tuesday reports PC Magazine.
microsoft - comments - 11.7.2009

Patch Tuesday for September 2009

Microsoft's Security Bulletin for September contains five critical bulletins for release on Tuesday to block Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in Windows operating systems.
microsoft - comments - 5.9.2009

Patch Up Your System's Security Holes with xpy


Don't Tweak Out

It's not just another tweaking program that'll spice up your system, xpy is the latest little ditty that'll close some of those security holes that Windows XP seems to leave. Another needle in the haystack has been found with xpy 0.9.2. I've been using a lot of separate system modifiers recently and I've finally gotten my hands on xpy, a program that's still in active development. xpy is not your typical tweaking program, it chooses to focus on your system's natural deficiencies and works to correct the gaping security problems you might face. Let's see what all the hype's about.
download - comments - 28.11.2005

Microsoft Fixes Patch Day Glitch

Following reports by some customers of problems when implementing Redmond's latest set of patches, Microsoft has shipped an update to its Software Update Services 1.0 patch system. Once the new script is applied, the patches will no longer show up as "unapproved."
microsoft - comments - 23.12.2005

Patch to a patch of a Microsoft patch needs patching

In the latest incident of a now-chronic problem that has been bugging Microsoft all year, a recent security patch now causes IE6 to crash in Windows XP...again...
betanews.com - 19.12.2007

Microsoft Patch Problems

Some Windows 2000 users could be unprotected even with recent patch.

Windows users continue to experience problems with Microsoft's latest round of security patches. This time a problem with a critical patch relating to Microsoft's DirectShow streaming media software is leaving some Windows 2000 users unprotected, even after they've installed a patch...
pcworld.com - 22.10.2005

Microsoft 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...
betanews.com - 19.08.2006

Microsoft Fixes Patch Snafus

Microsoft on Monday resolved a few problems surrounding last week's Excel-laden Patch Tuesday, most notably fixing a problem that prevented a patch from installing properly on Windows Server 2003 SP1. The company is encouraging administrators to re-run update checks...
betanews.com - 19.07.2006

Critical 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. ..
winbeta.org - 16.10.2005

Only One Patch Due in Microsoft's Monthly Security Fix

Expect a patch of a Windows flaw deemed critical...
pcworld.com - 09.09.2005

MS Patches Exchange, Windows Flaws

Microsoft patched two critical code execution flaws in both its Windows and Exchange products, as well as denial of service issue within Windows as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday program. Missing however was an expected cumulative patch for Internet Explorer...
betanews.com - 10.05.2006

Patch Tuesday: And Then There Were Four

Microsoft dropped one patch from its Patch Tuesday lineup, instead only releasing four patches, one of which was critical...
betanews.com - 12.09.2007

Six Fixes on Tap for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is taking the guesswork out of Patch Tuesday by detailing the type and severity of patches in its new Advance Notification bulletins. The first of these is being used for July's Patch Tuesday...
betanews.com - 06.07.2007

Homeland Security: Patch Windows Now

The Department of Homeland Security took the unusual step earlier this week of urging Windows users to apply a patch to protect themselves from possible attacks. A worm exploiting the vulnerability is imminent, experts say...
betanews.com - 11.08.2006

Tiny Patch Tuesday Brings Two Fixes

Compared with previous Patch Tuesdays, November's version was quite small with Microsoft releasing only two patches for the Windows operating system: one rated critical and the other important...
betanews.com - 14.11.2007

Out-of-band security patch addresses critical Windows vulnerability

It's a part of Windows that handles all the file and print sharing services over any network. Today, Microsoft decided to take the unusual step of issuing a patch for a vulnerability on this part now, and not wait until November 11...
betanews.com - 24.10.2008

Reminder: Windows 7 public beta today, remember to patch

We revealed that Microsoft would be posting a public beta of Windows 7 earlier this week and today is the day. According to Microsoft there are 2.5 million keys to go around worldwide so plenty in other words. Microsoft is expected to release the public beta at 12:00 noon PST (other time zones) on this page. Microsoft is also providing a QFE patch for the MP3 corruption issues that have plagued build 7000, this should be online shortly as KB961367. It's extremely important you apply this patch as you may lose parts of your MP3s if the patch is not applied. It's fully confirmed that the beta 1 build is 7000 that leaked shortly after Christmas.

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neowin.net - 09.01.2009

Next "Patch Tuesday" to include 4 Critical Patches

For this month’s “Patch Tuesday” (September 9th) Microsoft is planning to release 4 critical updates. Being rated “critical” means that the flaws allow remote code execution and is the highest rating Microsoft gives.

The first 2 patch fixes vulnerabilities in Windows Media Player and Encoder.

The third patch covers windows, Internet Explorer, Net. Framework, Office, SQL Server and Visual Studio

The fourth and final patch covers vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office.

September is a quieter month for Microsoft. In contrast August saw 11 patches being issued.


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neowin.net - 05.09.2008

Microsoft Issues Three Critical Patches

Microsoft on Tuesday issued a patch for an earlier discovered flaw in Visual Studio 2005, while yet another cumulative patch for Internet Explorer was released, as well as one for a vulnerability within the Windows Media Format...
betanews.com - 13.12.2006

Microsoft Plans Six Security Updates, Two For Windows Vista

Gearing up for next week's Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft announced on Thursday that it's preparing six security updates -- four of them for critical bugs.

One security update actually can patch multiple vulnerabilities so it's unclear at this point how many flaws next week's releases will fix. Microsoft, though, did announce in its Security Bulletin Advance Notification that each of the four critical updates will affect Windows software, while only one affects Internet Explorer. Another one will address issues in Outlook Express, as well as Windows Mail.

One critical vulnerability affects Windows Mail in Windows Vista and Windows Vista x64 edition. There another patch for Windows Vista that's rated "moderate"...
winbeta.org - 08.06.2007

MS Warns of Exploit for Windows Flaw

Microsoft on Tuesday acknowledged the existence of exploit code that could crash vulnerable Windows computers through a flaw in image file handling. The company had provided a patch for the problem as part of its November Patch Tuesday security update...
betanews.com - 30.11.2005

16 updates on tap for April Patch Tuesday

An advance notification regarding Microsoft's Patch Tuesday promises eight security updates to Windows, Office, and IE vulnerabilities and eight more non-security related updates for Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services...
betanews.com - 05.04.2008

Sixteen updates on tap for April Patch Tuesday

An advance notification regarding Microsoft's Patch Tuesday promises eight security updates to Windows, Office, and IE vulnerabilities and eight more non-security related updates for Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services...
betanews.com - 07.04.2008

Microsoft to Patch Critical Office Flaw

This month's Patch Tuesday will be a light one in comparison with those before it, with only three updates due next week. However, Microsoft's patch for Office shouldn't be taken lightly; its rating will be "Critical," the company said Thursday...
betanews.com - 08.09.2006