Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er : Patch Management

Black Screen woes could affect millions on Windows 7, Vista and XP

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:23:54 GMT

Firstly, there appears to be many causes of of the black screen issue. The symptoms are very distinctive and troublesome. After starting your Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, W2K, W2K3 or W2K8 PC or server the system appears normal. However, after logging...(read more)

WSUS 3.0 SP2, Docs and Downloads – the complete link list

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:40:03 GMT

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a206ae20-2695-436c-9578-3403a7d46e40#tm Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 Deployment Guide http://www.microsoft.com...(read more)

WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC is now live on Connect!

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:30:31 GMT

Connect Site WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC Overview New Windows Server and Client Version Support · Integration with Windows Server® 2008 R2 · Support for the BranchCache feature on Windows Server...(read more)

Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr : ITMU/SCCM/Patchinstall command line switches

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:51:42 GMT

A question came up the other day about how to set the patchinstall command line switches for ITMU in SCCM. In SMS 2003 it was a simple edit to the command line for the program but in SCCM there is no such ability since we do all of the command...(read more)

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Available Today

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:55:28 GMT

Today, Microsoft made available the SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 via free download to current SQL Server 2008 customers. Microsoft recommends that customers currently running SQL Server 2008 should download SP1 via the SQL Server 2008 Web...(read more)

Cumulative Update 1 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:30:04 GMT

This article describes Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Cumulative Update 1 (App-V 4.5 CU1). This package provides the latest updates to Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5. Cumulative Update 1 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5...(read more)

The WSUS Support Team Blog : WSUS 3.0 SP2 beta now available

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:29:37 GMT

Today the WSUS product group launched the WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 2 beta program over on our Connect site so if you want to get a head start on testing and evaluating this Service Pack then you'll want to make your way over there and download...(read more)

The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog : ConfigMgr 2007: How to install patches manually on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:37:56 GMT

Our very own Steve Rachui has a cool post over on his blog that talks about how to install patches manually on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 machines. While that may sound trivial, if you've every tried this with Vista or Win2K8...(read more)

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2009

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:10:15 GMT

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: January 8, 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: January 13, 2009 This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on January 13, 2009...(read more)

Shavlik claims that if you don’t use their product, you are vulnerable

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:45:53 GMT

Shavlik Technologies has claimed that organisations that rely on patch management solutions limited to Microsoft-only applications will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability. http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5939&zoneid...(read more)

Latest news on MS08-067

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:59:19 GMT

Hi, this is Christopher Budd. We’ve been getting some questions from customers this week asking if we’ve seen any changes in the threat environment around MS08-067 . We do have some information that we can share so I wanted to pass that along. Most importantly...(read more)

Outlook 2007 SP2 will force Outlook to “shutdown”

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:39:49 GMT

I’ve been waiting for this feature (as I’m sure most have) since Outlook was introduced. When you shut down Outlook, it never really shuts down – or takes a long, long time to do so. The Outlook.exe process just sits and eats memory for eons...(read more)

How did ConfigMgr help you during the critical patch rollout?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:53:56 GMT

I’ve heard from a few others that deploying the critical update the past couple days really made ConfigMgr shine. They say that ConfigMgr has completely alleviated the patching woes of the past. Did it help you? Did ConfigMgr make your patching...(read more)

Additional Microsoft Security Bulletin Webcast and for MS08-067

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:58:09 GMT

For the Friday, 10/24/08, 11:00 AM Webcast, customers can register at: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032394179&Culture=en-US Read More......(read more)

First reports – IE7 has problem with the latest out of band patch?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:16:01 GMT

Several people in different companies have reported that IE7 will either hang or just not work at all after the October 23, 2008 patch is applied. So, far there is no discerning relationship between the different environments. Are YOU having IE7...(read more)

Special Live OneCare Message for the October 23, 2008 out of band update

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:47:51 GMT

Because I continually test Live OneCare updates, I run OneCare on my computer exclusively. This is the first time an update from Microsoft has produced the following message (and, yes, Microsoft is actually misspelled in the message): Current Advisory...(read more)

How to patch Hyper-V

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:29:34 GMT

On October 23rd 2008, Microsoft released a critical security bulletin (MS08-067) which applies to Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. This article discusses how to download and install updates for Hyper-V Server 2008. http://myitforum.com/cs2/files/folders...(read more)

Sunbelt says – patch now, it’s serious!

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:59:05 GMT

Pay attention folks! The urgency is quite real — unpatched, you’ve got the spectre of another SQL Slammer , Code Red type of scenario if the malware writers create a worm. http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-some-comments-on-ms08-067.html ...(read more)

Public Bulletin Webcast for today’s critical patch

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:51:06 GMT

Title : Information about Microsoft Security Bulletins (Level 200) Date : Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:00 P.M. Pacific Time (U.S. & Canada) URL : http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032393978 Read...(read more)

Out-of-band patch marked Critical

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:32:47 GMT

Bulletin Identifier Windows Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating Critical Impact of Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Detection Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update requires a restart...(read more)