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.
And realistically looking at "flaws fixed" is about the worst take on security... as to improve your statistics you dont have to do anything.
More interesting information would be:
1. critical vunerabilities unpatched at the start of the month
2. critical vunerabilities discovered in that month
3. critical vunerabilities fixed.
The fact that the upcoming patch contains several "critical" level patches means that it is good to get the word out and make sure people update.
Don't you?
Get with the 21st century. Everyone wants better performance no matter what hardware you currently own. And you are welcome.
You whined about your windows performance and boot time, both of which are DRAMATICALLY improved under Vista with modern computers. So, I assumed you are still running an antiquated OS and/or antiquated technology, since you are apparently not seeing those results.
Here is what MS is doing about your issues.
http://www.guru3d.com/news/15-second-bootups-for-windows-7/
Last edited by excalpius on 06 Sep 2008 - 10:04
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