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Mega Patch Tuesday

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windows securityTime To Run Windows Update
As I mentioned this past weekend Microsoft has as many updates as I can remember on a Patch Tuesday.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2014

Adobe Flash Player
APSB14-24 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Flash for IE
Flash for other browsers
Main download page
Windows 8 users check Windows Update.

Google Chrome
“The stable channel has been updated to 38.0.2125.122 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
This release contains an update for Adobe Flash as well as a number of other fixes.”
Download or update from within the program.

Patch Tuesday

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microsoft_Knight_shieldTime To Run Windows Update
Updates available for all currently supported operating systems.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2014

Adobe Updates
APSB14-21 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Download Adobe Flash Player

Reader will be updated “during the week of September 15, 2014“.
Prenotification Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 37.0.2062.120 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
This release contains an update for Adobe Flash as well as a number of other fixes.”
Download or update from within the program.

Botched Windows Update

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oopsSome folks are finding that the latest Patch Tuesday updates resulted in bluescreens.
Info is all over the web but the source of the news and the fix are all found in this Microsoft forum thread:
Blue Screen (Stop 0x50) after applying update KB2982791 to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
The fix is on page 5 of that thread.
Microsoft’s official response, fixes, and recommendation to uninstall up to 4 updates is here:
MS14-045: Description of the security update for kernel-mode drivers: August 12, 2014

Updates, Updates, And More Updates

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microsoft_Knight_shieldMicrosoft Patch Tuesday includes updates for all supported Operating Systems, Internet Explorers, and Offices:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2014

Adobe gets in on the Patch Tuesday action too:
APSB14-15 Security Updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
APSB14-14 Security Updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Download Adobe Flash Player
Download Adobe Reader or update from within the program (Help > Check for updates).

Google won’t be left out:
The Stable Channel has been updated to 34.0.1847.137 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Download or update from within the program.

Tomorrow Will Be A Busy Day For Windows Users

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ms_logoApril 8th’s Patch Tuesday marks:
The end of official Windows XP support.
See eXPired – The Last Windows XP Guide You’ll Ever Need and other XP articles.
Official support ends for Office 2003 too.
Be sure to update them TOMORROW.

Windows 8.1 Update 1 will also be released.
In some of the Geekier forums some folks have reported issues with this update. I don’t know if it’s the update itself, a bad download, or failure to follow the install order (RTM and MDSN had manual downloads).
I would advise folks to either:
1 – Backup their computer before taking this update.
or
2 – Wait a few days to see what is being said around the web about this update.

All other currently supported Windows will have a few critical updates:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for April 2014

FYI, Patch Tuesday updates are released around 1300 hrs EST  (1000 hrs PST, 1700 hrs UTC).

In addition, Adobe usually release their security updates on Patch Tuesday.
Tomorrow have a look at: http://helpx.adobe.com/security.html