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Black Screen woes could affect millions on Windows 7, Vista and XP
30 November 09 07:23 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Firstly, there appears to be many causes of of the black screen issue. The symptoms are very distinctive and troublesome. After starting your Windows...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows, Windows 7

Out-of-band patch marked Critical
23 October 08 08:32 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Bulletin Identifier Windows Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating Critical Impact of Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Detection Microsoft Baseline Security...

Filed under: Patch Management, Security, Windows, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server

Error in the docs: Installing WSUS on Windows Server 2008
29 May 08 01:27 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Jarvis finds a typo in the documentation for installing IIS on a 2008 server... http://verbalprocessor.com/2008/05/29/wsus-on-server-2008/

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

Windows XP SP3 update causing endless reboots in AMD machines
12 May 08 03:37 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

An issue with how the Service Pack 3 update handles AMD chips will cause some Windows XP computers to continuously reboot. Microsoft says it is investigating...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 3 from your computer
12 May 08 03:30 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

According to reports of Windows XP SP3 forcing computers with AMD components into a reboot loop, this might be useful... http://support.microsoft.com/kb...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

Vista SP1 is now available through Windows Update
22 April 08 03:43 PM | rodtrent | 13 comment(s)

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

The official Vista reboots KB finally live
22 February 08 03:02 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

It's nice to see the list of Optional Updates cleared out after installing Windows Vista SP1
16 February 08 12:03 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

After installing Windows Vista SP1, I jumped into Windows Update to see if there’s any new updates. Sure enough, there’s an audio driver available...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

Windows Vista SP1 - I'm happy
16 February 08 08:42 AM | rodtrent | 2 comment(s)

The speed and performance improvements that Windows Vista SP1 brings has me giddy with excitement about using my computer again. I noted before that everything...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

Ahhhh...here's the Windows Vista SP1 installation screen I was looking for
15 February 08 06:53 PM | rodtrent | 4 comment(s)

Stages 1 and 2 took a combined 40.11 minutes. Stage three ended at 51.14 minutes. What did I do differently than before ? Hmmph. I turned off Windows Live...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

Removing Windows Vista SP1
15 February 08 05:31 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

You can use Programs and Features in Control Panel to remove SP1 and restore your computer to its previous state. To uninstall SP1: Click Start , and then...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

Installing Windows Vista SP1: Before You Begin
15 February 08 05:31 PM | rodtrent | 3 comment(s)

From the installation notes: Before you begin Before you install SP1, do the following: Make sure your computer is running Windows Vista. If your computer...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

It's time to try the Vista SP1 installation again
15 February 08 05:01 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Alright…I have enough work done now to last me a couple hours. hehe…myITforum.com is a 24 hour a day job. Did you know that? I’ll be...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

Windows Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals
15 February 08 02:44 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

These guides will assist IT Professionals in evaluating and deploying Windows Vista SP1 and are downloadable versions of the SP1 guides found in the Windows...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows

Vista SP1 - 2 hours in, 2 hours out - nothing to show for it
15 February 08 08:51 AM | rodtrent | 6 comment(s)

Well, I spent about 4 hours total away from my computing life yesterday to install Windows Vista SP1. Guess, what? It didn’t work. I guess I’m...

Filed under: Patch Management, Windows