Updates for all supported Microsoft operating systems and some Office products.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2013
Jan 082013
Dec 212012
Most Windows users will have a critical security update.
It actually looks like an update to an update
Dec 192012
The usual Geek news sites today have featured a blog post entitled, “Why was Pinball removed from Windows Vista?”
The post is interesting but that ain’t why I’ve posted this.
Like many others I’ve been using the original XP pinball game in 64-bit Windows since Vista came out without a single issue. Continue reading »
Nov 272012
Updates available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, Seven, Eight, 2K12, Visual Studio.
Most of these are Compatibility Updates:
A compatibility update is a software update that improves the compatibility experience in Windows. Microsoft regularly releases Windows compatibility updates to improve the overall user experience.
Nov 222012
This article covers creating an all-in-one Windows recovery flash drive.
This is the one I use. I often carry it with me.
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Nov 132012
So you’ve managed to hose the bootloader on your computer? No worries, every Geek has.
This article will show you how to:
- Fix the Windows Vista bootloader
- Fix the Windows 7 bootloader
- Fix the Windows 8 bootloader
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Nov 132012
Security updates available for:
-XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, Seven, Eight, 2K12
- Microsoft Office 2003-2010, Excel Viewer, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2012
Jan 102012
Updates available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, and 7.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2012
Jan 032012
Microsoft has released a new performance analysis called PerfView.
This one isn’t for the average user.
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Dec 132011
Update available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, 7, Office 2003, 2007,and 2010.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2011
Nov 082011
Security updates available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, 7. These include a critical patch for the TrueType font vulnerability. There are also non-security updates available for Office 2010.
Oct 112011
Updates available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, and 7.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October 2011
Sep 202011
Bad Tweaks
(last edited 14 January, 2013)
The following is a list of Windows tweaks that either do not work, do not work as advertised, or that are better left alone.
Many of these once worked in some version of Windows and virtually every tweak guide and program use or has used these tweaks. My guide also used to contain some of them. It has taken a considerable amount of research and testing to come to these conclusions. While others have incorporated these into other guides and tried to pass it on as their own work I’ve done the investigation and benchmarking (and AFAIK I was the first to publish these en masse on the web). I’ve Googled up one side of the net and down the other. Sometimes I think I’ve seen every page at Microsoft. I’ve hosed installs, applied and removed settings, and spent more time tracking the registry than I care to admit (far more than I would like my wife to know about!).
The original version of this guide was part of my XP Tweak Guide.
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Sep 132011