april 2012

  1. Release Notes for April 27, 2012

    Release notes with updates for both forums have been made public at Windows 8 Forums. Click here to read over these changes.
  2. Release Notes for April 27, 2012

    If you received a message indicating some posts were deleted, this was an accident. Thousands of posts were removed that have been soft deleted. Soft deleted posts are posts that still exist in our database, but typically can only be seen by moderators. We keep all deleted messages in our...
  3. MS12-023 - Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2675157) - Version: 1.0

    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (April 10, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a...
  4. MS12-028 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2639185)

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (April 10, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Works. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a...
  5. Windows XP and Office 2003 countdown to end of support, and the April 2012 bulletins

    Hello, As you know, today is Update Tuesday. Before I go into the bulletin details, however, I wanted to let you know that today we’re notifying customers that Windows XP and Office 2003 will go out of support in April 2014. We understand that preparing to deploy the latest versions of...
  6. MS12-024: Vulnerability in Windows could allow remote code execution: April 10, 2012

    Resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that could allow remote code execution if a user or application runs or installs a specially crafted, signed portable executable (PE) file on an affected system. More...
  7. Advance Notification for April 2012 - Version: 1.0

    Revision Note: Advance Notification published. Summary: This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on April 10, 2012. More...
  8. MS11-024: Vulnerability in Windows Fax Cover Page Editor could allow remote code execution: April 12

    Resolves a vulnerability in Windows that could allow remote code execution if a user opened a specially crafted fax cover page file (.cov) by using Windows Fax Cover Page Editor. More...
  9. Latest Windows 8 Rumor Says RTM by April 2012

    Just one beta to rule them all? Source: Yahoo! News
  10. Windows 8 May Arrive Early to Fight iPad (But Hopefully Not)

    As Apple's iPad threatens to gobble up PC market share, Microsoft may be moving faster than expected on Windows 8. An anonymous source tells ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley that Microsoft's shooting for an April 2012 release to manufacturing for Windows 8, which will accommodate tablets with a touch-based...
  11. Windows 8's Coming Out Sooner Than You Expected [Blip]

    A "trusted" source tells Mary Jo Foley that Windows 8's gonna RTM (read: be finished) by April 2012. Furthermore, it said that the only beta version will be a full build, released this September (remember the Windows 7 beta?). More*» Source: Yahoo! News
  12. Rumor: Windows 8 rushed for April 2012 to fight iPad

    Microsoft may be stepping up the schedule for Windows 8 to help counter the iPad, a new tip from a reliable source says. Most have it shipping in late 2012 to keep with Microsoft's usually rigid three-year schedule, but ZDNet has been told Microsoft was pressing for a Release To Manufacturing...
  13. (Not so) Crazy Microsoft Rumors: Windows 8 to RTM in April 2012

    It's (not so) crazy Microsoft rumors time again. Today's single-sourced -- but trusted -- tip claims that Windows 8 will RTM in April 2012. Source: Yahoo! News