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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet...

Me again, I have a new Win7 Pro machine. It appears it's only updated to SP-1. Yesterday I asked it to check for updates. It returned 'Checking for Updates'. It was still checking for updates when I went to bed with no result. Other machines would come back with the number and type of...

I've been trying to get my laptop (HP Envy 15T CTO) to install Cumulative Update KB3140745 with no luck. The machine gets stuck on 'restarting', and I have to power off. I have tried to jump directly to 3140768 by way of a standalone file downloaded from MS, but my machine rejects it with an...

Revision Note: V2.0 (February 10, 2016): For MS16-014, Bulletin Summary revised to announce the availability of update 3126041 for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2. Customers should apply the...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (January 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in the VBScript scripting engine in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially crafted website. An...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (January 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The more severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet...

Revision Note: V1.0 (January 12, 2016): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is releasing a new set of ActiveX kill bits with this advisory. These ActiveX kill bits are included in the Internet Explorer cumulative update released on January 12, 2016. Continue reading...

After attempting to upgrade from win7 to win10 and it failed I now cannot get update to work. Whenever I open or reboot my laptop I then get a message that I need to restart to finish installing updates but :-) of course it says the same the next time. This has the effect of not allowing...

Windows Updates has stopped working. I've tried everything I can think of, trying to run Update after each of the steps shown below. Needless to say, my Update History is also gone after running these steps. 1) Ran KB947821 v34 x64 and restarted 2) Ran WuReset For Windows 7 & 8 and restarted...

Cumulative Update 11 for Exchange Server 2013 (KB3099522) Link Removed

It appears that MS is getting more agressive about forcing Windows 10 on people. I just saw this Microsoft no longer lets you opt-out of a Windows 10 upgrade If you don't want Windows 10 there should be a way to opt out permanently and not have to constantly look for new update that tries to...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 8, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an authenticated attacker creates multiple machine accounts. To exploit the...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 8, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Skype for Business Server and Microsoft Lync Server. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if a user clicks a...

I upgraded my system to Windows 10 back on Aug 6th and didn't have any problems until yesterday. I won't go into the details of that issue but it forced me to restore Windows 10 from an Acronis TrueImage backup I had taken on the 8/7. Although the restore went well and Windows 10 is back up...

Today we released security updates to provide protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. More information about this month’s security updates and Link Removed can be found in the Security TechNet...

A security issue has been identified in a Microsoft software product that could affect your system. Link Removed

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (July 14, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if the Windows Installer service improperly runs custom action scripts. An...

Original release date: July 14, 2015 | Last revised: July 15, 2015 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows systems with Adobe Flash Player installed. Overview Used in conjunction, recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash and Microsoft Windows may allow a remote attacker to execute...

Today we released security updates for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, and Internet Explorer. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. For more information about this month’s security updates and Link Removed...

A security issue has been identified in a Microsoft software product that could affect your system. Link Removed