Today Microsoft has released security updates exclusively for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Of the four bulletins released today, one has received the maximum severity rating of critical while the other three have received one of important. Maximum severity means that at least one Microsoft operating system has received the critical vulnerability rating. In this case, [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has released two security bulletins on this month’s patch day. Every second Tuesday of a month is so called patch day at Microsoft where a number of security related updates are released. One of the security bulletin addresses securities in Microsoft Windows, the other in Microsoft Office. If you look at the maximum severity [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has released new security patches on yesterday’s Patch Day that address vulnerabilities in various Microsoft products including Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. The updates that have been released are already available via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. One of the vulnerabilities has a maximum severity rating of critical, the highest possible. The [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

I have covered all the basics and then some in our Windows Update overview which I published a few days ago here at Ghacks. What I did not mention in the article in detail were the available configuration settings for Windows Update, and this article exemplifies the available options in the Windows 7 operating system. [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Windows Update is a free computer service provided by Microsoft that provides Operating System (OS) patches and service packs to computers running the many versions of Microsoft Windows. These updates are either enhancements or corrections to OS features, or security updates meant to protect your system from malicious attacks and malware. Reliability, security and performance [...]

Categories: Knowledge, Windows

Every second Tuesday in a month is patch day over at Microsoft. What does it mean? Microsoft pushes out all security patches of a month on that day to all users of their Windows operating systems and other applications like Microsoft Office. Only highly critical vulnerabilities receive out of band security patches. This month’s patch [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has released this month’s security patches for their operating systems and applications. The patches and updates are already available via Windows Update and Microsoft Download, and it is recommended to update the operating system as soon as possible to protect it from exploits targeting those vulnerabilities. A total of nine bulletins has been released [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has just released four security bulletins on this months’ Patch Tuesday fixing vulnerabilities in Microsoft software products. Three of the four bulletins have a maximum severity rating of critical, the highest rated, while one is rated as important. Affected software includes several Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft Office, take a look at the listing [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has just added the security updates for April 2010 to Windows Update from where every Windows user can download and install them on their operating system. A total of eleven security bulletins have been released that update the Windows operating system as well as other Microsoft software like Microsoft Office. The updates fix security [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Security, Windows