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Revision Note: V2.0 (November 16, 2011): Revised to announce the rerelease of the KB2641690 update. See the Update FAQ in this advisory for more information. Also, added link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2641690 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary. Summary: Microsoft is...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (October 12, 2011): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2586448 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary. Summary: This security update resolves eight privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The...

Revision Note: V2.0 (August 10, 2010): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin. Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS10-049 to address this issue. For more information about this issue...

Revision Note: V2.0 (June 30, 2011): Announced that the Office File Validation Add-in described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2501584 is available through the Microsoft Update service. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of the Office File Validation feature for...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.1 (July 21, 2011): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2507938 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary. Summary: This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.1 (August 10, 2011): Removed two erroneous workarounds in this bulletin's vulnerability section for CVE-2011-1276. This is an informational change only. Summary: This security update resolves eight privately reported...

Revision Note: V2.0 (June 30, 2011): Announced that the Office File Validation Add-in described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2501584 is available through the Microsoft Update service.Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of the Office File Validation feature for supported...

We continue to improve upon our current services, especially regarding vBulletin 4 beta. Several changes have been introduced in the latter part of this month, they're listed below. This month's biggest announcement of course it the new Apture search add-in that runs along side the site. A...

JUNE 23, 2011 -- Windows7Forums.com (NOW WINDOWSFORUM.COM) is proud to announce the knowledge base (KB) addition to our support forums. Use the syndicated knowledge base directly from Microsoft.com, using Really Simple Syndication (RSS) to find the answers to common support questions and new...

Severity Rating: Important - Revision Note: V1.0 (June 14, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves eight privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves eight privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these...

I cannot believe something as basic as file transfer does not have a solution more than a year after the release of Windows 7. My file transfer speed between two Windows 7 computers over either a wired or wireless connection is literally unuseable. Windows Vista as unstable as it was did not...

Revision Note: V2.0 (August 10, 2010): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS10-049 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including...

Revision Note: V1.1 (August 31, 2010) Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2264107 to provide an automated Microsoft Fix it solution for the workaround, Disable loading of libraries from WebDAV and remote network shares.Summary: Microsoft is aware that research has been published...

Revision Note: V1.1 (August 31, 2010) Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2264107 to provide an automated Microsoft Fix it solution for the workaround, Disable loading of libraries from WebDAV and remote network shares.Summary: Microsoft is aware that research has been published...

Revision Note: V1.1 (August 31, 2010) Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2264107 to provide an automated Microsoft Fix it solution for the workaround, Disable loading of libraries from WebDAV and remote network shares. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is aware that research has been...

Revision Note: V2.0 (August 10, 2010): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin. Advisory Summary:Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS10-049 to address this issue. For more information about this issue...

Revision Note: V1.0 (February 9, 2010): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS10-049 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available...

According to this Microsoft knowledge base article, if you’ve set your desktop to use a solid color background instead of a wallpaper, your system will hang for 30 seconds during the logon process. Here’s what I’m talking about… the gray screen of death =) The fix, of course, is to use a...