Updates available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, Seven, Eight, 2K12, Windows RT, Office 2k3-2K13, etc.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2013
Windows
All TweakHound Windows 8 Articles (so far)
Install Windows 8 – Clean Install With Upgrade Media
Windows 8 – Cleaning Up After You’ve Upgraded
How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition
Create Windows 8 Recovery Media
Windows 8 – Elevated Command Prompt
How To Fix The Windows Bootloader
All Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts
Tweaking Windows 8
After many, many, many hours of research and writing Tweaking Windows 8 is finished!
I hope you find it useful.
Start8 1.1
Start8 1.1 is out (windows 8 start button replacement).
Download & Info
Security Update for Internet Explorer
All you folks that haven’t upgraded Internet Explorer 6-8 have a Security Update for Internet Explorer.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-008 – Critical
This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows clients and Moderate for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows servers. Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10 are not affected.
See also: Advance Notification for Update to Address Security Advisory 2794220
Today, we are providing Advance Notification to customers that at approximately 10 a.m. PST on Monday, January 14, 2013, we will release an out-of-band security update to fully address the issue described in Security Advisory 2794220
Bad Tweaks Updated
While working on the upcoming Windows 8 Tweak Guide I found it necessary to update the Bad Tweaks page.
Revision Info
14 January, 2013
– added info about pagefile.
– added section: Bad tweaks specific to Windows 8.
– added section: Bad SSD Tweaks.
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates for all supported Microsoft operating systems and some Office products.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2013
Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc. – Updated
I’ve made a few changes to my article Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc.
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How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition
Windows 8 has the ability to resize the partition it is installed on.
This can come in handy since most computer manufactures completely hose the drive partition structure.
In addition I always recommend moving Libraries off the OS partition. For single disk system this step is required to do that.
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Microsoft Security Advisory 2794220
Microsoft Security Advisory (2794220)
Microsoft is investigating public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10 are not affected by the vulnerability. Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer 8.
Details of exploit here.
Bottom line:
If your Using Windows Vista or Windows 7 then upgrade your browser like you should have done in MARCH of 2011.
If your using Windows XP (REALLY?) then Firefox and/or Chrome FTW.