I saw this today when firing up a Windows 7 VM… interesting… note how the VM was deactivated. Reactivation was completed successfully.
Microsoft have released a preview of their new single destination for security vulnerability information, the Security Updates Guide. Instead of publishing bulletins to describe related vulnerabilities, the new portal lets you view and search security vulnerability information in a single online database. I quite like the Software Update Summary. Microsoft will continue to publish bulletins while also […]
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/12/oracle-agrees-settle-ftc-charges-it-deceived-consumers-about-java How were Oracle deceptive? By only removing the most recent vulnerable version of Java from user’s computers, leaving older versions in situ. “In 2011, according to the FTC’s complaint, Oracle was aware of the insufficiency of its update process. Internal documents stated that the “Java update mechanism is not aggressive enough or simply not […]
Yes, I know, Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP a long time ago. However, users of XP should still go to *Microsoft Update* to check for updates to other Microsoft software on their computer. Anyway, I saw this error in a couple of XP virtual machines today. The fix is to change your computer’s clock to a […]