Of the 8 updates that will be released next Tuesday, 4 affect Vista (all ‘Important’) and 1 affects IE7 (’Critical’). Keep reading →

If you’re getting blue screens after installing iTunes 8, Ed describes the problem and notes that Apple has provided an ‘Update’ that fixes it. Keep reading →

Description: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability by performing additional parameter validation and modifying the way that controls in Windows Media Encoder interact with Internet Explorer. Keep reading →

Next Tuesday expect one critical update for the Media Player in Vista. Keep reading →

You try to install or run a program, or try to install an update on a Windows Vista-based computer.
You may receive one of the following error messages:

• Program too big to fit in memory
• ProgramName is not a valid Win32 application

In Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008, software updates use a new technology to install .msu files. To manually install .msu files in a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 environment, you must have the Wusa.exe tool installed. However, this tool returns a “1 (S_FALSE)” error code when either of the following conditions is true:

• You try to install a software update that is already installed on the computer.
• You try to install a software update that does not apply to the computer.

Microsoft has released an update for Media Center Extenders for Windows Vista. This update is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.

Microsoft has released an update for Media Center Extenders for Windows Vista. This update is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate. Keep reading →

Microsoft has released the June 2008 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center for Windows Vista. This update rollup is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.

In addition to the fixes that are contained in the updates that are listed in the “Hotfix replacement information” section, the June 2008 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center for Windows Vista resolves the following issues:

• For Windows Media Center configurations that use an analog TV broadcast without a set-top box, this update improves the experience of recording television shows. Previously, shows were blocked with “protected content” messages.
  Note: This issue does not apply to configurations with set top boxes or configurations that use analog TV together with digital cable tuners.
• This update addresses a blank screen issue that occurs when you switch between full-screen mode and windowed mode while you play videos.
• On extender sessions that use Internet TV or Online Spotlight, this update increases a maximum path limit from 260 characters to 2048 characters.
• This update resolves an issue that was introduced in Vista Service Pack 1 in which empty removable media devices were displayed in galleries.
• This update addresses an issue in which channel names in Simplified Chinese were shown as unrecognizable characters.
• This update provides an updated frequency table for China.
• This update addresses an issue in which a Client ID was not set correctly if you use the Express setup option.
• This update fixes a memory leak issue in extender sessions.

Description:If for some reason you have not been able to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), an update is available from the Microsoft Download Center that might improve the performance and reliability of Windows Vista. If you are already running Windows Vista SP1, you should not download this update. The fixes that are included in this update are already included in Windows Vista SP1. Keep reading →