17 MS patches next week

[Glenn]

Microsoft has one final bumper harvest of 17 security bulletins to release before the year is out. The record-breaking number of bulletins from Redmond will be pushed out next Tuesday and will address 40 vulnerabilities.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/10/microsoft_patch_tuesday_17_bulletins/

[Rik]

Well, they gave us a light month last time.

[pctech]

You'd have thought they'd have perfected XP by now wouldn't you?

[Rik]

It is perfect, Mitch. Just in need of conversion from sieve to pan.

[pctech]

 

Have to say though I do quite like 7 but was a bit miffed the other day to find out they've removed the display hardware acceleration control which has allowed me to get stuff working for customers while I get a developer to look at their code.

It is all display driver dependent now, grrrr.

[Rik]

Mustn't let people have control, Mitch, it's bad for them.

[pctech]

Redmond taking a leaf from Cupertino's book.

Oh yeah they've done that with Windows Phone 7.

[Glenn]

Keep the peasents in check.

[Rik]

Even if stripes suit them better.

[Glenn]

  before I pin it on you.

[Rik]

 

[esh]

Well I have 180 patches queued on my Linux box... but that is admittedly the entire software stack!

[Rik]