Microsoft as expected has just released an out of band security update for the Windows operating system that fixes a critical security vulnerable. The vulnerability affects all Microsoft operating systems that have been released in the past years, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and the Windows Server product line. The severity of the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Fix Stop Error Messages After Resume In Windows 7
Microsoft has released a patch yesterday that is fixing a bug that some Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users are experiencing after resuming their operating systems from hibernation or sleep state. These users experience stop error messages when resuming the system, to be precise one or multiple of the following stop error messages: [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Internet Explorer 8 And 64-bit Windows Fixes
Microsoft’s new web browser Internet Explorer 8 has been released about two weeks ago and received more praise than criticism since then. Two non security related fixes were released today by Microsoft for Internet Explorer 8. The first fix deals with a problem encountered when running the web browser in the 64-bit edition of Windows [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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January 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletin
Microsoft has the habit of releasing security patches on one Tuesday each month. Time critical patches can be delivered out of schedule but that did not happen that often in the past. Only one security bulletin has been released on the patch Tuesday in January 2009. Security Bullein MS09-001 has been rated critical for Windows [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Microsoft Security Updates May 2008
Microsoft released four security updates for various applications and operating systems that they produce. Three of the four updates are regarded as critical while one has a moderate risk level. To break it up further: Two patches are updating Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007, one Windows XP, Windows 2000 and [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Uxtheme.dll patch
The first operating system that I setup anew on my new computer was Windows XP which was also updated with Service Pack 3. One thing that I noticed when trying to change to my favorite Thallos theme from the default Windows XP theme was that it was not possible because I forgot to patch the [...]