Tag: sp2

Microsoft Patches Internet Explorer Patch

December 21, 2007 by Jason

Microsoft has patched a released for Explorer. It might not sound good, but it’s true. And it all began with the Redmond company’s monthly cycle. On December 11th, 2007, made available Security Bulletin MS07-069 Cumulative Security Update for Explorer (942615). As it is a tradition with offering and implementing security updates into Internet Explorer, the company releases a complete set of patches for all the supported versions of the browser, every month. Each security bulleting not only plugs the latest security holes, but also deals with previous vulnerabilities. Read More»

Cannot Update Windows using WindowsUpdate ?

July 14, 2007 by Jason

Broadly speaking, you can try one or all of these :
Run CCleaner to clear up PC Junk. . If you are using windowsupdate try using microsoftupdates and vice versa.

If you still cannot Update Vista (orWinXP/) using windowsupdate, try this : Read More»

Hidden XP Utilities

May 23, 2007 by Jason

Deep inside XP there’s all of forgotten tools and utilities, some of which were carried over from earlier versions of , or left behind by the . Here is a few for you to be getting on with and all you have to do is type the name in Run on the Start menu (without the of course). Most of them are undocumented, though a few of them have some Help files which might help you figure them out but as always you use and try them at your own risk Read More»

OEMs Bungle XP Dual Cores Systems

March 27, 2007 by Jason

ARE RELEASING dual-core machines onto the market without correctly configuring them. According to Review, XP machines being shipped from the big retail stores with on board are not configured correctly.

The site names Sager as one OEM which does not configure this for their Dual Core . Machines at BestBuy, Fry’s, CircuitCity have also been found unmodified. XP2 does not automatically sniff out whether or not a dual-core processor is being used and the configuration has to be done manually. Failure to do so results in some games such as Oblivion being tiggered.