Microsoft Updates

It’s time for another article on Microsoft Update and why we should be using it.

Although Microsoft has been recommending that users switch from Windows Updates to Microsoft Updates since mid-2005, at the end of 2006 new computers from at least one major manufacturer were still being shipped with Windows Update and not Microsoft Update

If you’re running Windows XP, the choice is simple. Switch to Microsoft Updates!

Windows Security Updates Fix Vista Issue, too

AP has a good article about yesterday’s “Patch Tuesday” updates from Microsoft. Microsoft releases almost all updates on one day each month — the 2nd Tuesday of the month.

This time, there were 6 crifical updates, including one for the “malicious software engine” that powers Windows Defender, including on Vista.

What kind of problem? The usual — a flaw that could let the attacker take over the whole computer! In the anti-malware program, no less…

If you haven’t done your Microsoft Updates, do them now. IF you’re still using Windows Updates, start Windows Updates manually, then click on the option on the right-hand side of the screen to upgrade to Microsoft Updates.

Microsoft Updates will update Windows, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other Microsoft programs — all in one step. Windows Updates only handled Windows — you had to go to other places at microsoft.com to get the other updates.

Microsoft Update versus Windows Update

Windows Security Updates Fix Vista Issue, too