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Microsoft August 2009 Patch releases - Huge filesizes this month
12 August 2009 10:59

We just added up the patch sets for August 2009 to 1.3GB. Holy cow that is a lot of content to be pushing out for patching. Little bit of looking and you'll discover that the main culprit is Visual Studio. We've seen this before for SQL patches, but the size of the patches for Visual Studio are just stupidly huge. Just don't understand why we are... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: Patching, August 2009

Patching: Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB960083) Failed to install
16 March 2009 13:56

Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 ( KB960083 ) fails to install Not many of you will see this, problem manifests if a SQL instance service is set to Disabled. Client System EventLog: Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80070643: Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB960083). Client... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Patching, Failed, KB960083

Apple OS patch release on the 12th of Feb filled in some Arbitrary code execution holes
13 February 2009 11:09

On the 12th of Feb 2009 Apple released a slew of patches . Dotted in amongst the list are patches for issues that look very similiar to Windows bugs, such as "arbitrary code execution". I only blog about this to add another pebble to the debate regarding the safetly of OS's. I don't think anyone that is Pro-Apple can lambast MS for it's... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: Apple, Patching