Every single Internet Explorer at risk of drive-by hacks until Patch Tuesday

[Gary]

Just a heads up 'Microsoft has lined up a bumper Patch Tuesday this month to snap shut a backbreaking 57 security vulnerabilities in its products.

Five of the 12 software updates addressing the gaping holes will tackle critical flaws that allow miscreants to execute code remotely on vulnerable systems.

In all, the soon-to-be-patched vulnerabilities exist in the Windows operating system, Internet Explorer web browser, Microsoft Server Software, Microsoft Office and the .NET framework'



http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/08/ms_feb_patch_tuesday_pre_alert/

[Simon]

.NET Framework is a right pita on my machine, and I keep getting prompts to apply updates that have already been applied. 

[pctech]

Sounds like your Windows Update database has been screwed up.

[Technical Ben]

How many hours should I wait to see if anything gets broken before I dive in myself? 

[Clive]

Outrageous!  They should perform continuous updates like Chrome.

[pctech]

The new Office 2013 does streaming updates.

[Simon]

Sounds like your Windows Update database has been screwed up.

Any solution?

[Glenn]

http://rahuldpatel.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/clearing-windows-update-cache-upon-update-failure/

[Simon]

Cheers, Glenn, I'll try that and see what happens next time.   

[pctech]

Sorry brain wasn't fully in gear when I posted.

[Simon]

Well, it hasn't helped anyway.  Still getting the .NET Framework updates, which seem to install, then the same updates pop up again.  Like before, I've ticked the boxes to make them go away.

[pctech]

Try this link instead http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=971058

[Simon]

Thanks Mitch, but I've done all that previously.  I think it's a matter of uninstalling and reinstalling .NET Framework, but therein lies the problem in that when I tried to uninstall it, it complained that other applications were reliant on it, and refused to unintall.  I gave up at that point, and I think I need to set aside some time to sort it out properly.

[Steve]

Might as well install 7

[Den]

8   

[pctech]

No you want 7 as 8 is 'orrible.

[Simon]

It would be 7.

[pctech]

I like it very much as now have it on my work PC too, the interface is much kinder to the eyes when being used for long periods.

[Simon]

I need more storage, so it's probably time to look for a new PC anyway.  I could just buy an additional hard drive, but when I put this machine together, I buggered up a couple of the infuriatingly delicate SATA connectors, so I'd need to check to see if I have a spare one, and a free power connector.  I guess I could buy an external drive, but find it a bit irritating having to keep turning them on and off, as, for some unknown reason, my PC won't boot up with an external hard drive connected and powered on.

[Steve]

I think you've had nearly five years out of it, so it's not done bad. You could add more SATA slots and power is probably easily solved.

[Simon]

Not sure about adding SATA slots - would that be on a PCI card?  If so, that might not be a bad idea, in the short term. 

[Clive]

I need more storage, so it's probably time to look for a new PC anyway.  I could just buy an additional hard drive, but when I put this machine together, I buggered up a couple of the infuriatingly delicate SATA connectors, so I'd need to check to see if I have a spare one, and a free power connector.  I guess I could buy an external drive, but find it a bit irritating having to keep turning them on and off, as, for some unknown reason, my PC won't boot up with an external hard drive connected and powered on.

You've had your money's worth out of that Simon.  And the satisfaction of building it yourself.  But I don't know how you have managed to fill it up.   

[Simon]

It's taken five years to fill it up! 

[Steve]

Not sure about adding SATA slots - would that be on a PCI card?  If so, that might not be a bad idea, in the short term. 

I can't recommend one but you can get PCI and PCI Express SATA cards although make sure you get one with internal ports as a few just have external eSATA ports.

A Molex to SATA power adaptor you may also require.

[Glenn]

It's taken five years to fill it up! 

Clean all the junk off it, then download and run Auslogics defragger http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/ in optimized mode it does a far better job than the windows program.