The countdown to XPtinction continues. Meanwhile Microsoft released updates for Windows, IE, Silverlight and Exchange, Apple released updates for OS X, iOS, iTunes, QuickTime, Safari and Pages, Adobe released updated versions of AIR and Flash and there is much more. Continue reading
Updates 2014-03-11
↧
↧
Updates 2014-05-13
It's Patch Tuesday! Or should I say, it's Heartbleed Fix Day!?
Over the last month, the world has made quite the news out of a popular open source security library, OpenSSL. SSL is the underlying framework for nearly all secure communication and encryption in the world, and OpenSSL is the library which powers over 2/3rds of this. This isn't the first time that a security issue has been discovered in OpenSSL, and it surely won't be the last. But this particular bug enables attackers to collect information from the memory of affected services and applications, effectively creating such a significant weakness that hundreds of vendors scrambled to patch the bug, while millions of accounts from thousands of sites and services were potentially compromised.
One of the worst aspects of a popular bug like this is that everyone and their mother has their own opinion of it's ramifications, with some dismissing it entirely and others currently shaping a second (or third) layer of tinfoil... Continue reading
↧
Updates 2014-07-08
It's Patch Tuesday! Updates are now available for Windows, IE, OS X, Safari, Flash, iOS, pretty much everything in the Adobe Creative Cloud, and much more. Let's get started... Continue reading
↧
Updates 2014-08-12
It's Patch Tuesday! While there aren't a lot of updates this month, there are a lot of very large updates. If you don't have a fast connection, consider scheduling most of these for after you go to bed. Or just have me do it for you. ;) Continue reading
↧
Updates 2014-09-23
It's Patch Tuesday 3.0 for September, 2014! Seriously, what's with all the out-of-cycle updates this month? I guess we should get started... Continue reading
↧
↧
Updates 2015-01-13
It's Patch Tuesday! Very light update cycle this month. Expect next month to be ugly, though, as February usually is. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2015-03-10
It's Patch Tuesday! Moderate load today. The typical computer should see roughly 300mb in updates. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2015-05-19
It's not Patch Tuesday, but there were several updates released this week that need to be addressed. The typical computer should require approximately 60mb of updates. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2015-06-09
Hi, Folks! It's Patch Tuesday! The typical computer should see roughly 160mb in updates today. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
↧
Updates 2015-08-18
It's not Patch Tuesday, but Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, WordPress and more have released updates this week. The typical computer should approximately 100mb of updates. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2015-11-10
It's Patch Tuesday! The typical computer should see roughly 350mb in updates today spread across dozens of updates. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2015-12-08
It's Patch Tuesday! The typical computer should see roughly 250mb in updates today. Windows 10 will start being pushed out in January, whether you want it or not, and Microsoft will also stop supporting older versions of Internet Explorer starting January. Like it or not, it's time to upgrade. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2016-01-12
Hi, Folks! It’s Patch Tuesday! The typical computer should see roughly 250mb in updates today. Let’s get started. If you’re still running Windows 8 (not 8.1), you will no longer receive Windows updates. You MUST install 8.1 to continue to … Continue reading
↧
↧
Updates 2016-03-08
It's Patch Tuesday. Lots of small security updates out today. The typical computer should see roughly 120mb in updates today. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2016-05-10
It's Patch Tuesday. The typical computer should see roughly 1gb in updates today. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2016-06-14
It's Patch Tuesday! Quite often you'll read my posts about what needs to be updated and when, but this month I'd like to take the opportunity to remind you to remove stuff. If you're not using it, remove it. If you don't need it, remove it. If you aren't sure whether you need something, chances are good you don't, so remove it. You can almost always reinstall whatever you remove, so if you're not sure, ask your IT guy (or me) and *then* you can remove it. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2016-10-11
Hi, Folks! It's Patch Tuesday. The typical computer should see roughly 1.5gb in updates today. It's another big one. This month marks the beginning of a new Microsoft update policy of packaging updates in group rollups instead of individually for different applications, even for older supported operating systems like Windows 7 and 8.1. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
↧
Updates 2016-12-13
Hi, Folks! It’s Patch Tuesday. The typical computer should see roughly 1.6gb in updates today. The new MS update engine will help if you’re using the peer-to-peer features on *local* networks, or it will kill your performance if it’s touching the ‘net. The new release cycle of 1gb blobs is great for mass distribution, but chews through bandwidth if you’re not peering it for other devices on your LAN. Adobe has released 10 separate security updates today – still not remotely close to Oracle Tuesday last month, but more people use Adobe products than Oracle’s. The other updates run the gamut: every browser and almost everything from Chrome OS to WordPress. Let’s get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2017-01-10
Happy New Year, Folks! It's Patch Tuesday. The typical computer should see roughly 1.5gb in updates today. We're starting out the new year with a much smaller number of updates, but they're still quite large. Let's get started. Continue reading
↧
Updates 2017-06-13
Hi, Folks! It’s Patch Tuesday. The typical computer should see roughly 1gb in updates today. Let’s get started. Microsoft released updates to Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET, Flash, POSReady, and MSRT (~850mb). This includes security updates. A reboot is required. Apple … Continue reading
↧
More Pages to Explore .....
