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    Patch Tuesday

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Hungry Man, Apr 12, 2011.

  1. Hungry Man

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    Hungry Man, Apr 12, 2011
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    agusman when the going gets weird

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    oh I had forgotten... thanks for the reminder!

    +rep (tomorrow...)
     
    agusman, Apr 12, 2011
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  3. dummy27

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    I'm downloading it right now.

    18 updates + 1 optional
     
    dummy27, Apr 12, 2011
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    The MU payload for machines hereabout (Win7 Pro x64) was 19 updates and approx 191 Mb downloaded. This included 5 updates for Office 2010.

    We've suppressed MSIE v9.
     
    newsposter, Apr 12, 2011
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  5. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    I had over 20 too :)
     
    Gracy123, Apr 12, 2011
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  6. Full-English

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    23 + 1 Optional for me.

    Cheers
     
    Full-English, Apr 12, 2011
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  7. nemt

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    14 for Windows 7 (2 "recommended," including MSRT for April 2011)
    1 for Visual Studio 2008, something I didn't know was installed
    4 for Office 2010

    86.6MB total
     
    nemt, Apr 12, 2011
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  8. MidnightSun

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    25 and 26 for me, perhaps because I have Office 2007 and Visual Studio on both my machines. Thanks for the heads up!
     
    MidnightSun, Apr 12, 2011
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  9. richierichdollar

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    14 plus 3 optional for me. Running windows 7 64bit
     
    richierichdollar, Apr 12, 2011
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    20 + 2 optional for Win 7 x64.
     
    metril, Apr 12, 2011
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    the only update i had was for a browser i will never use (IE9).
     
    Sahugani, Apr 12, 2011
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    16 for me but 1 was for MSE
     
    shakennstirred, Apr 13, 2011
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  13. Hungry Man

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    Sahugani, security updates for IE9 are still important since it's installed on your computer whether you like it or not =p
     
    Hungry Man, Apr 13, 2011
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  14. metril

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    @sahugani

    The IE rendering engine is an integral part of Windows 7. You can upgrade to IE 9 and not use the actual browser and still benefit from the updates to the underlying engine.
     
    metril, Apr 13, 2011
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    20+1 optional. 110mb. Biggest one I've seen.
     
    nu_D, Apr 13, 2011
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    23 updates, 450MB total here (including an SP for VS 2008). Five times the size of the Service Pack update to Win7... :rolleyes:
     
    Pirx, Apr 13, 2011
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  17. 3Fees

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    16 updates Win7 X64

    Cheers
    3Fees :)
     
    3Fees, Apr 13, 2011
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  18. Full-English

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    Anyone notice if after the updates, it's dumped a load of files in another drive, I've just noticed on my D:, a load of leftover files, VC-RED.cab and MSI files, looks as if they were to do with the Visual C++ update maybe?
     
    Full-English, Apr 13, 2011
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    800MB and I have already unchecked IE 9. Tells you how many MS stuff I am using.
     
    chimpanzee, Apr 13, 2011
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  20. vaio.phil

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    23 + 1
    So they finally pushed IE9 to me and I happily installed it. ...and then i found out people are already talking about IE 10 on another thread :)
     
    vaio.phil, Apr 14, 2011
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  21. alvinkhorfire

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    Remember, guys, mark the second Tuesday of every month in your calendar as Patch Tuesday.
     
    alvinkhorfire, Apr 14, 2011
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  22. vaio.phil

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    bump :)
    Nothing exciting this week other than an optional driver for an external monitor.

    An optional driver/update from that massive bunch last week hurt my HP networked printer at home (it doesn't print after the print driver update). Will probably figure it out or rollback the driver one of these days. In the meantime I've been using my other networked Lexmark printer.

    So I installed the optional driver for the external monitor a few minutes ago and now I'm waiting for it to crash ha ha :)

    EDIT: Now that I think about it... that broken printer after the update.... hey what a great opportunity to upgrade to a newer and faster printer!! ha ha
     
    vaio.phil, Apr 20, 2011
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  23. nemt

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    Why would a monitor need a driver?
     
    nemt, Apr 20, 2011
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    It's to identify some PnP info and also special features of the monitor. After installing the monitor driver, it shows up in the Start -> "Devices and Printers" page. As we click further in there, it shows all the properties of the monitor (too much info in there :) ha ha). bye
     

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    Well I'll be damned.

    I wish some WU driver could fix the issue I'm having on an older PC where the Windows XP bootup screen shows a few corrupted pixels off to the right. The monitor is totally fine once it gets past that screen.

    EDIT: I also got a 6MB update for Silverlight.
     
    nemt, Apr 20, 2011
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  26. vaio.phil

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    ^bump. It turns out my printer is just fine after the recent driver update. It's the new IE9 that just can't print!! Everything else prints fine on this printer.
     
    vaio.phil, Apr 23, 2011
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  27. shakennstirred

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    more updates yesterday
     
    shakennstirred, Apr 27, 2011
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  28. 3Fees

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    I just got several more updates today 2 weeks after update tuesday. 4/27/11

    Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2515322) Windows Explorer may crash
    Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2522422) Canon printers update
    Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2492386) Legacy games and applications
    Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB982018) Advanced Disk Format
    Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2506928) Outlook update


    Cheers
    3Fees :)
     
    3Fees, Apr 27, 2011
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  29. shakennstirred

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    both my printers work fine with IE9
    so its not were the problem is
     
    shakennstirred, Apr 27, 2011
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  30. vaio.phil

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    ^ IE9 prints fine on some printers only... but not all printers .... just type "IE9 print problems" in Google and they're reported there. My IE9 actually prints fine on/to a HP 2420, Oki C830DN, Acrobat PDF print driver, etc but not on/to a HP2600n. Pretty strange. We need to root IE9 to remove the printer DRM!!! :) bye.
     
    vaio.phil, Apr 27, 2011
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