Patchmate XP, and its Windows Server 2003 counterpart Patchmate 2003, are ISO images that contain all Windows XP updates (Windows Server 2003 Updates) that have been released by Microsoft. The developer is adding new Windows XP updates to the ISO image on a monthly basis so that it will always include the latest patches issues [...]
Microsoft Security Bulletin May 2009
Microsoft has released the Security Bulletin for May 2009 which contains one Microsoft Office PowerPoint vulnerability which affects various editions of Microsoft Office but also the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. Affected are Microsoft Office PowerPoint editions in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007. The security [...]
Software Updates Checker
One of the main disadvantages of the Windows operating system is the lack of an internal application handling third party software updates on the computer system. An automatic update system like that offered in the Linux operating system would be increasing system security and stability of the Windows operating system. Several third party software programs [...]
Windows Update Fix
Windows Update is Microsoft’s main website for updating the Windows operating system. Users can visit the website using Internet Explorer to scan their operating system for possible updates. Updates can then be installed automatically and directly on the website.
Windows Update can cause problems on some computer systems. The first and probably most common problem that [...]
Software Updates Week 36 2008
The last seven days have been eventful just like the other week. Many interesting and popular applications have been updated in the last seven days. Some noteworthy updates include the Firefox updates, Cobian Backup, Microsoft Photosynth and Locate32 among others.
This week’s update of the week award goes to Locate32 which got updated to Locate 3.1.8.9210 [...]
Create A List Of All Installed Windows Hotfixes
Windows hotfixes usually solve errors and problems after installing them. It happened in the past however that they did produce additional errors that could bring a computer system to a standstill. It is therefor handy to produce a list of all installed Windows Hotfixes in the way that they have been installed on a computer [...]
Software Updates Week 32 2008
This week has seen many updates to applications that I reviewed before at Ghacks. It took me more than an hour to go through all of them and create this list. The list contains the names of the applications that have been updated, their current version and a short description.
Each points to the website of [...]
