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Time To Run Windows Update

February 12, 2013, 14:20(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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windows securityUpdates available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, Seven, Eight, 2K12, Windows RT, Office 2k3-2K13, etc.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2013

Tagged With: Security

All TweakHound Windows 8 Articles (so far)

January 21, 2013, 16:42(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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win8logoTweaking Windows 8

Install Windows 8 – Clean Install With Upgrade Media

Install Windows 8 – Upgrade

Windows 8 – Cleaning Up After You’ve Upgraded

Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc.

How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition

Create Windows 8 Recovery Media

Windows 8 – Elevated Command Prompt

How To Fix The Windows Bootloader

Windows 8 Default Services

All Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

Internet Explorer Pinned Sites

Buying The Windows 8 Pro Upgrade From Microsoft

Tagged With: This Site, Windows 8

Tweaking Windows 8

January 18, 2013, 14:18(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thAfter many, many, many hours of research and writing Tweaking Windows 8 is finished!

I hope you find it useful.

Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 8

Start8 1.1

January 16, 2013, 17:35(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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start8logoStart8 1.1 is out (windows 8 start button replacement).
Download & Info

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Windows 8

Security Update for Internet Explorer

January 14, 2013, 14:21(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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winupdateAll 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

Tagged With: Security

Bad Tweaks Updated

January 14, 2013, 13:17(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thWhile 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

January 8, 2013, 15:33(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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winupdateUpdates for all supported Microsoft operating systems and some Office products.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2013

Tagged With: Security, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc. – Updated

January 2, 2013, 15:16(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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win8logoI’ve made a few changes to my article Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc.
[Read more…] about Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc. – Updated

Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 8

How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition

January 2, 2013, 11:20(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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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.
[Read more…] about How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition

Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 8

Microsoft Security Advisory 2794220

December 30, 2012, 13:34(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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winupdateMicrosoft 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.

Tagged With: Security, Windows XP

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