Patch Tuesday April 2012

Patch Tuesday April 2012 everyone’s favorite day!

Well, maybe not. In fact, with some in the computer field, it’s right up there with April 15th – tax day. This months updates includes some from Microsoft and Adobe. Also, we’ve had some very concerning news in the last week for Mac users. So, what’s up this month? [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday January 2012

The first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2012

I have lots of news for this month’s Patch Tuesday.

Microsoft has patches today and also released some out of band about a week ago. Did you get them? Adobe is releasing patches today also. Finally, I also will have a bit of an update coming right here at Online IT Guide. [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday December 2011

December’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday has some important updates.

This month’s updates are important if you use Windows.  :-D

Window Update

This is what Window Update looks like in the start menu

More specifically, it’s important if you view text on web pages or on emails. This Patch Tuesday is important if you use any Chinese language on your computer. It is important if you use Internet Explorer. It is important if you use Microsoft Office. It is important if you have an Apple computer and have Microsoft Office on it.

What? Microsoft Patch Tuesday important if you have a Mac? Yep.

There’s more too.

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Windows Patch Tuesday October 2011

It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday again.

There’s also been quite a lot of updates over the last month that were released out of schedule. So, what’s up for this month? Again, Apple users will have some downloading too. [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday September 2011 – Important News

It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday for September 2011

The big news this month is not Microsoft’s official monthly patch release. In fact, during the last couple weeks, Windows has not been the main source of security problems. At least not directly. The internet security problems of the last few weeks seem to affect everyone. Linux and Mac OS Lion have had some potentially more serious problems this time. Most browsers have been updated as well recently. Adobe will have an update soon too. Still [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday June 2011

Yep, it’s time for Microsoft’s official monthly release of updates and patches to protect your computer from malware.

However, there are some updates that may be more important than the Windows update. Adobe also released updates to several products and as these updates are needed to stop some current malware on the internet infecting computers, I’ll be covering those first. But wait! There’s still more to cover this month too!

Let’s look at what Adobe has for us first. [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday March 2011

It’s that time of month again – time to update your computer, that is.

What does Microsoft have for Patch Tuesday March 2011?

Compared to some of the last few patches, this month’s release of fixes by Microsoft is fairly small. Just 3-4 updates for XP with a few more in Windows 7. For those running Windows 7 there may be an extra surprise in the updates this month. [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday February 2011

Lots of updates this Patch Tuesday and not just from Microsoft!

It’s Microsoft’s monthly patch release day already. I got caught off guard a bit thinking it would be next week, but no, it was today.

Microsoft, Adobe, and Firefox all have important updates released today.

From Microsoft: [Read more...]

How To Install Adobe Reader X aka 10

Adobe recently released Adobe Reader X

Actually, Adobe released it a couple weeks ago at the time of this post, but I had a few problems with it and waited to make sure it was going to work before I was going to recommend everyone switch to it.

I recommend that everyone with a Windows computer download and install Reader X right away.

Adobe Reader X

Adobe Reader X

This new version of Adobe Reader is more than just a small fix or upgrade. It introduces a new security feature that should help keep malware off your computers.

This version introduces a feature called sandboxing in Reader.

What this means is that [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday November 2010 and Adobe Updates

Wow! Another month went by so fast. This time news from Microsoft and Adobe.

After last months record setting number of updates, Microsoft does not [Read more...]