Microsoft has five updates and Adobe has two for us on this fine Patch Tuesday, in addition to a patch Mozilla pushed out for Firefox last week. Don’t get too complacent if you run something other than Windows. If you run Microsoft Office on a Mac, or Adobe Reader or Acrobat on a Mac, or [...]
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Happy Patch Tuesday, September 2011
by Dave Farquhar on September 13, 2011
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Tagged ACTIVE, adobe, Adobe Reader, code execution, excel, execution, file format, firefox, installation, java, linux, macintosh, microsoft, Microsoft Office, microsoft updates, office 2007, oracle, Patch Tuesday, patches, PDF, pdf files, RUN, security, servers, slipstream, slipstreaming, SQL, toolkits, unix, US, VIA, vista, vulnerability, windows, Windows Server, Windows Update, windows xp, XML, XP
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 13, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/09/happy-patch-tuesday-september-2011/
What to do when a Microsoft patch won’t install
So, Microsoft KB947742, an old .NET 1.1 fix, refused to install on one of the servers at work. When I ran the executable, all it did was pop up the window showing the Windows Installer switches or parameters. Searching Google turned up a number of people having the problem, but no solutions that worked, although [...]
by Dave Farquhar on October 11, 2010
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Tagged error messages, google, hotfixes, installation, microsoft, microsoft updates, patches, RUN, security, servers, shavlik, switches, windows, wsus
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 11, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/10/what-to-do-when-a-microsoft-patch-wont-install/
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