Microsoft released only a handful of patches this past Tuesday. The first patch was a vulnerability affecting Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, and Outlook Express. The second patch dealt with vulnerabilities affecting Office XP, 2003 and 2007. Both are rated critical.

Another thing that comes up in discussions with clients and user groups that we particiapte in is that Microsoft has now added an unofficial patch day in which they are posting important patches to various products. While Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of each month, we are finding that the fourth Tuesday has also become a patch day. Patches offered in the second patch day includes Windows 7 and many business class products.

Check Microsoft Update for these patches.

It's been some time since we've actively updated this web space. We know it and we are responding to it. We've moved this to a new temporary server and within the next week or two will move it again to it's permmanent server. That will take care of the hardware side.

Then we will begin the process of adding content, and probably a redesign of the site. This will take place over time, but again, we want this to be the forefront of our business.

The Management...

Microsoft has released another monthly batch of security updates for its products. There are eleven group patches which affect a number of Microsoft products. Following is a listing of the vulnerabilities with a link to Microsoft for more information. See October 2008 Microsoft Updates for a brief summary of this month's updates.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Guidance - 14 August 2008

One of the many questions that we get nowadays is the question of whether to install XP Service Pack 3 (XPSP3). Under normal circumstances and based on past updates and service packs, you could take the view that this service pack is no different than previous service packs. However from those of us who have taken the plunge, this service pack is different from previous XP service packs ...