I already know where this thread is going to go with the inevitable "Upgrade to Mint" or "Microsoft can pry Windows XP from my cold dead hands," but seriously, install this patch! I work in the IT security sector and can tell you that this one is bad. It WILL be exploited in the very near future.
1 posted on
08/15/2019 4:12:46 AM PDT by
rarestia
To: rarestia
Can’t we successfully turn off RDP?
2 posted on
08/15/2019 4:18:29 AM PDT by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: rarestia
Thanks, I downloaded the security updates while reading the article.
3 posted on
08/15/2019 4:19:27 AM PDT by
deks
To: rarestia
5 posted on
08/15/2019 4:20:58 AM PDT by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: rarestia
6 posted on
08/15/2019 4:22:57 AM PDT by
pigsmith
(Liberals can't make the connection between their politics and the decline of everything around them.)
To: rarestia
Every time Win 10 updates it does it several times, crashes and has to uninstall for whatever reason and I wait for the “updating” circle and % shxt then “uninstalling updates” which can take a couple hrs over all.
Then I search for some “unique” MS BS that will allow the upgrade if I’m having problems with the “latest” update. It’s endless......
7 posted on
08/15/2019 4:55:08 AM PDT by
maddog55
To: rarestia
My W10 Home says it doesn’t support RemoteDesktop. I always disable any program that would allow another PC to connect...
8 posted on
08/15/2019 5:08:07 AM PDT by
jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
To: rarestia; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ...
10 posted on
08/15/2019 5:56:26 AM PDT by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: rarestia
Why not go proactive. ID the hackers and blow them away with a drone.
12 posted on
08/15/2019 5:59:32 AM PDT by
Mouton
(The media is the enemy of the people.)
To: rarestia
Just don’t open port 3389 on your router’s firewall.
To: rarestia
There is a PAUSE setting for updates under Settings, Advanced Options....mine is set for Aug 29...I DID NOT SET THIS....and I cannot reset it, except till Aug 16th....HELP
20 posted on
08/15/2019 7:42:09 AM PDT by
goodnesswins
(White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
To: rarestia
I remember going to a computer expo many decades ago, where Microsoft introduced the feature allow one PC to control another. I remember thinking, “this won’t go well”.
27 posted on
08/15/2019 11:36:15 AM PDT by
aimhigh
(THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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