In reviewing my Windows Update History, I find that Windows XP Service Pack 3 Failed on 08 21 2008, but several Service Pack 3 Updates have downloaded since that date. Two Questions: 1) Why did the SP3 Update Fail, and 2) Why are the updates downloading and installing even though the Service Package

The file association gets removed by Service Pack 3 for Office 2003. While you can fix the file association, the next time a Office 2003 hotfix is applied, the file association will be removed again. Other than that here are some comments to your questions…

The folks at the MSRC have posted the questions and answers from the security bulletin webcast we conducted on October 14 at this link .

In case you missed the announcement last Friday, the MSRC released the September 2009 security bulletin webcast where it was clear that customers had a lot of concerns about MS09-048 as almost half the questions we answered were on that topic. To read…( read more )

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On one computer using Windows Server 2008 R2 it appears that Microsoft Update was not working and so I’ll have to revert to using the standard Windows Update . Just how to uninstall Microsoft Update is not that obvious so …

Revision Note: November 25, 2008: Added an entry to Frequently Asked Questions to communicate that users with Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation will still be offered but do not need to install this update.Summary: Microsoft is releasing a new set of ActiveX kill bits with this advisory.

Revision Note: November 12, 2008: Removed an incorrect reference that Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation is affected. Added an entry to Frequently Asked Questions to communicate that users with Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation will still be offered but do not need to install this update.Summary: Microsoft is releasing a new set of ActiveX kill bits with this advisory.

Revision Note: Bulletin summary published.Summary: This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for November 2008.