Microsoft Updates For October

[dave.m]

Microsoft will issue its biggest ever security update on 13 October.

The update will include 13 bulletins that between them tackle 34 vulnerabilities.

Microsoft said that eight of the bulletins were rated as critical - the most serious sort of vulnerability.

To prevent any of these updates causing problems with your system and software programs, may I suggest that you turn off Automatic Updates and wait until Wednesday and, using Internet Explorer, go to MS Updates and click Custom.
Then install just two of the updates (make a note of the KB numbers) and reboot and see how your computer runs.
If OK then repeat and get another two.

Any problem, go straight to Add/Remove section and remove the last two that you downloaded.
Then proceed with two more until they have all downloaded and installed.

It is a labourious job but better to know that if any of them causes problems, which ones it was.

Safe Updating.

13 bulletins on the 13th may be an omen, but it's my birthday so I'll be OK.

dave

[lamntile]

If it was also a friday i wouldnt be doing it lol

[dave.m]

There will be nothing untoward with these updates but just one of us may have some software that one of them may conflict with and it is a pita trying to find the culprit if all 13 have come down at one go.

For info:

How to turn off Automatic Updates in Vista

How to turn off Automatic Updates in XP

dave

[Hoovie]

could be also worth making a System Restore save point before the day so you have something clearly labelled to go back to to check (although some/most of the updates may not let you go back!!)

[Irene]

13 bulletins on the 13th may be an omen, but it's my birthday so I'll be OK.

dave

Happy Birthday, Dave.

[dave.m]

Thank you Irene.

Well, how did everyone get on with the massive list of updates.

The number will be different for most people because of the different Microsoft programs and OS that we all have.

The first Custom scan showed 18 critical updates.
When I checked the list and clicked on each + sign to read what each one was for, Three were for MS Outlook which I don't use but it is part of my Office 2003. One of them must have a problem with some software because they had also included an update to cure the problem of the other update stopping something, so those two were unticked. Also the Outlook Junkmail filter was unticked.

I ended up downloading and installing 13.
All systems are go!

Remember to set your Automatic Updates back to what you normally have it.
Mine is set to "Notify but do not download or install"

Hope it went OK for everyone.

dave