Something I had never paid attention to before saved me from replacing my computer. The computer had progressively more symptoms of problems and I was convinced the motherboard was bad. The POST beep had expanded into a musical diddy that the AMI specs said indicated a motherboard problem. In...
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Hello,
I am having major issues with my custom built gaming pc. I have had this rig for less than a year and everything had been running smoothly up until recently. While playing games my pc will just randomly blue screen. I did not assemble the pc myself, i have very little knowledge about how...
Today we provide advance notification for the release of five bulletins for March 2014, two rated Critical and thee rated Important in severity. These updates address issues in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and Silverlight.
The update provided in MS14-012 fully addresses the issue first...
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silverlight
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Hey, does anyone know which is the best benchmark for testing the all-around performance of a Windows device? I don't wanna pay for it so it'd better be free.:razz:
Hi, I hope someone can help me.
I required a second copy of win7 for testing purposes. I created a bootable virtual hard drive with win7 installed on it. However when I restart my pc, there is no boot manager present. I always have to press F11 to enter into the boot menu and then choose the...
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easybcd
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testing
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virtual hard drive
windows 7
Hi,
I have been having strange issues recently. Since september or so I have had 4 BSODs when using Windows Media Center Live TV, I thought it was related somehow to the tunner, but today I also got BSOD when not using live TV (although I was testing a different, external tunner when it crashed...
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diagnostics
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external tuner
kernel
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memory
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windows 8.1
Everything I've found, as far as SATA cable testers appear to only be for testing the power cables, not the data cables. I know that cables are cheap, thus not making testing an absolute necessity, but I hate buying new cables when I'm not certain it's necessary. Is there an inexpensive tester...
Original release date: November 13, 2013 | Last revised: November 16, 2013
Systems Affected
Windows Operating System and Components
Microsoft Office
Internet Explorer
Overview
Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to address...
automated updates
bulletin
december 2013
denial of service
elevation of privilege
information disclosure
internet explorer
microsoft
network security
office
patch
remote code execution
security
security policy
system administration
testing
updates
vulnerabilities
watering hole campaign
windows
Okay, began getting some BSODs, and by the time I realized it was more than coincedence, System Restore window was passed anyway. BSODs kept coming, so I formatted. After format, BSODs continued. Checked HDD, tests were fine. Memtest86'ed for 16 hours, no errors. Tested Ram Dimms individually in...
Original release date: September 10, 2013
Systems Affected
Windows Operating System and Components
Microsoft Server Software
Microsoft Office
Internet Explorer
Overview
Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to address these...
automated updates
denial of service
home users
information disclosure
internet explorer
microsoft
office
patch
privilege escalation
remote code execution
security
security bulletin
september
server
system administration
testing
updates
vulnerabilities
windows
wsus
Occasionally I got bootable *.iso images which contain a Linux system with some additional software.
Ok, I could burn these ISO images on a CD/DVD and boot from them in order to test the software.
But I could imagine that there is something like a Linux boot emulator (similar to QEMU under...
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win7
windows 7
I was looking at the switches for the powercfg utility and noticed there seemed to be a new one in 8.1, /sleepstudy. When I try it, the message says it will not run on my system. Has anyone tried it yet?
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of seven bulletins, six Critical and one Important, for July 2013. The Critical bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Internet Explorer and GDI+. Also scheduled for inclusion among...
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communications
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gdi+
internet explorer
july
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msrc
pdt
security
silverlight
testing
trustworthy
update
vulnerabilities
windows
While I do not suggest that this article is in any way the definitive authority regarding Internet Security Suite choices, it looks for the most part like their testing process that they employed is sound and relevant.
And I do endorse two of their top ranked products, both Kaspersky and Eset as...
Today we’re providing Advance Notification of 10 bulletins for release on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. This release brings two Critical and eight Important-class bulletins, which address 34 unique vulnerabilities. The Critical-rated bulletins address issues in Microsoft Windows and Internet...
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critical
deployment
guidance
important
internet explorer
may 2013
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office
pst
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security
server
testing
trustworthy computing
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vulnerabilities
windows